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Yes, Andy has that camera. I just bought it today for $174 (with power adapter). Dahua model: SD1A203T-GN

Had a Foscam POS in a room where I need to monitor my parrots (yes petcam). I have had a hate/hate relationship with the Foscam since day 1. Outdoors I have two SD1A203T-GN that were recommended here and I bought through Andy. Great cams. I think they might be a bit too much for the 10x10...

Planning to get a Full version license but I don't have the permanent hardware yet that I will eventually run it on. Can I purchase now, run on my current PC to play/learn and eventually transfer the license to my server?

Can you let me know how you add the NACL to the task bar? It's going to be a while before I ever get a BlueIris machine setup. That makes a lot more sense about digital zoom if you're recording. I'm live view only, I have no interest in any recording at the moment. Maybe when I get a BI...

I'm not following you. Why should you never use digital? This is what I saw last night testing: Digital zoom was disabled, I didn't even know how to enable it. I was zooming in to the far end of the room and trying to make out what I was looking at. Not even possible, just too small. I...

I'm definitely not confusing optical and digital zoom. The optical on this camera is only 3x. With digital, it zooms to 12x, granted 12x digital is not what 12x optical would be but 12x digital vs 3x optical is still superior in my case. I tested it last night: with 3x optical zoom I cannot...

Thanks, I didn't realize it had it's own internal interface. I tried the digital zoom, much much better! The plugin didn't seem to work with Firefox but I got it going in Chrome. Always makes me cringe when I have to use a plugin, the camera I've used in the past is basically a brick now...

Question: what camera software are you using to view the feed? I just bought two of these cameras and finally figured out how to change their IPs. So far I'm just using SmartPSS to view the feed. Would like to see how mine functions with the optical and digital zoom as shown in your sample...

Great info. I did contact Andy about the SD29204T-GN and he's out-of-stock on those. So I'm considering the SD1A203T-GN instead. It's only a few dollars more, and I thing it might look better too.

While you posted that, I was comparing that same camera against the SD1A203T-GN The only relevant differences I see are Optical zoom: 3x vs 4x ( I have been unimpressed with my birdroom cam which has 3x digital zoom - sometimes I need to see what they have in their beaks) Starvis CMOS - not...

The area is literally 28'x12'. Pretty small area for a cam. I have the cat-5 and power all ready to go. The cam will sit in the corner somewhere beyond the light so I can see every corner of the aviary

I've been on that site for hours now. I just don't know enough about the technology to make the right decision. I nearly screwed up and bought the camera this thread is about. Major screw-up that would have been. My original thread here if you have any suggestions on which cam would be a...

Thanks for the cam suggestion. I'll have a look at the wiki too. Andy had recommended the SD29204T-GN-W as "good enough" or the IPC-HDW5231R-Z for what I want. This is going in an aviary so no exposure to the elements which is why I believe he went with the first. I guess I didn't...

I do recall reading that last time I was here researching this. I do plan on running a Blue Iris server, I just don't have time right now to do it as I'm traveling for work in the next couple weeks. When I get back I'm going to set all that up. I need the cameras first though. Can you...

You can't adjust the PT on this cam? I found the specs below. This is a manual PT cam? I need something that will allow me to control the PTZ offsite. This may not be the cam for me then. Pan/Tilt/Rotation Pan/Tilt/Rotation Range Pan:0˚~360˚; Tilt:0˚~78˚; Rotation:0˚~360˚

I just ran across this comment, don't really understand what varifocal zoom really is even after googly. Are you saying the zoom on these cams are not meant for frequent use or is there a 'second' zoom on this cam that is meant for set and forget? I was planning to use this cam in an aviary...

You guys should just pin a post "I need camera recommendations" and then just use Looneys post there. I came here a few weeks ago and that's pretty much what I've landed on. Then you could just point them to it.

Just stumbled on the thread for the hdw5231r-z. This is a better mounting option for underneath my soffits. Seems to be very well liked and affordable. https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/dahua-starlight-varifocal-turret-ipc-hdw5231r-z.14683/

Taking the advice given: It looks like I know who to order a Dahua from *wink* *wink*! I found the thread recommending the SD59225U-HNI. Looks like it might be in my price range depending on what kind of deal is being offered. Is there a better option? I don't think I would use the...

So how are people getting to a live feed of their cameras? I see something called Blue Iris but that requires a $60 license to view multiple cameras. Some of the cheap cameras don't even cost that much.

I have a new outdoor aviary/sunroom addition we just built onto our house. I need to find 2-3 PT (zoom too would be nice) cameras to put out there so I can monitor my parrots during the day while I'm at work. I currently have a Foscam PTZ camera in their bird room that I watch them with...