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Just got this camera in the mail and installed it today. It's a quantum leap over the previous generation 3MP Hikvision that it replaced (DS-2CD2132F-IS). It's a no brainer upgrade. I'd almost dare to say that it holds its own against some of my $600 full size dark fighter cameras. Maybe...

Would if I could but they are unobtanium right now. I've only seen the 8mp and 5mp variants for sale and that's only from one seller on the grey market.

Motorized PTZ to solve an installation challenge is tremendous overkill and not really the problem that those cameras were designed to solve. The reality is that if you can reach it to install it then you can reach it to position it before tightening everything down. If you don't want to...

Maybe it is a legit product but the seller is selling it at a loss because it has hacked firmware that will compromise your network and silently funnel your info back to the seller so he can steal your identity or worse. How about that? I'm just spitballing but the point is that if something...

Just to clarify, the limiting factor of a POE run is the data, not the power itself. 328' is the maximum run length for any 100BASE-T or 1000BASE-T before you start seeing issue whether it's a powered connection or not. The power being sent over a POE connection can far exceed 328'. You can...

The 3MP should be better than the 5MP for low light according to Hikvision's stats. With that said the Easy IP 3.0 5MP and 8MP cameras should be better than the older 2-line 3MP cameras once again based on Hikvision's published specifications. I don't see any reason they wouldn't work with the...

Thus far it appears that it create two higher resolution options (5MP and 8MP) in their budget camera configurations as well as two low light options (3MP and 2MP). Both the higher resolution and low light bullet points were only met previously by their higher end cameras as far as I can tell...

I have indeed looked at Dahua Starlight cameras. They look awesome but a couple years ago I standardized on Hikvision so that my NVRs and viewer apps were "harmonized" across a single brand. I've got 3 different locations that I have simultaneously linked to Hikvision iVMS apps on both my...

This thread is also relevant to my interests. How is the low light performance? I've got a 3MP DS-2CD2632F-I(S) varifocal camera on my driveway at a vacation house but the low light performance is just downright miserable. I know the new 4MP versions are better but I want to make a quantum...

I think it's a typo carried over from Hikvisions website. When you download the data sheet it quotes a more typical 0.01 lux rating which I think is the same as the prior gen 4mp version. I got excited about that one too until I double checked the data sheet. I think the 2mp and 3mp versions...

The 2mp and 3mp versions appear to be low light versions. They also have 5mp and 8mp cameras in that same line.

I've recently seen some new cameras pop up on Hikvision's international website that have specs which seem too good to pass up. I'm particularly looking at the 3MP line of "Low Light" cameras with a color Lux rating of 0.005: Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. Ltd. I've got some of...

Unfortunately I don't know much about using HiDDNS so I'm probably not the best person to help you. I know that when I tried HiDDNS I did not need to open/forward any ports on my router. I don't know why it worked, but it did. I just use DynDNS since I don't have a static IP and port...

How were you doing it when it worked? Port forwarding? VPN? HiDDNS? The first thing that comes to mind is that the IP address of your internet connection changed and you have not put anything in place to make sure it gets automatically updated on whatever device is managing the connection to...

Alright, well I came back to it today and added the camera manually and it appears to be working. I'd rather have it work plug and play like the others but this gets the job done. It still has one weird behavior where when I try to change the resolution from the NVR web interface it will...

Thanks for the explanation. That is about what I feared. I have activated the camera in SADP and then feed the password in the NVR manually but it still had some issues. I moved on quickly to the idea of downgrading the firmware though so I don't think I fully exhausted that idea. I will try...

I have six of these cameras running on a DS-7608NI-SE/P NVR. They are all running with the V5.2.0 build 140721 firmware that they came with and working very nicely with this NVR. I purchased a seventh DS-2CD4065F-A (a year later) and it came with V5.3.0 build 150513 firmware and it does NOT...

Thank you for the ideas. The cable is Mohawk LAN 6 cable which is solid copper. Definitely a possibility of a bad bend during the pulling. I think I can rule out noise from AC power lines as 3 other cameras follow the same trunk and there is no AC power lines anywhere after the point that...

I wanted to throw this one to the board and see if anyone has any good ideas for troubleshooting. I have a Hikvision DS-7608NI-SE/P NVR with six DS-2CD4065F box cameras attached to it in "Plug and Play" mode. Most of the Ethernet cable runs are 75 to 100 meters however I have one camera at 130...

Yep, still working well. I got another one and put it on the porch. That one is even better in that location as it does not have a massive light sink in the form of a asphalt driveway in front of it. The detail I can see on the porch in pitch black is considerably sharper than any of the...

Thank you for your post. I am absolutely sure the router DNS settings were changed. I logged on to my router and could visually confirm that the DNS settings were changed from "Automatic" to the IP address of a DNS server that appeared to reside somewhere in Europe. That does not rule out...

Question: Do the 4mp cameras have a 4:3 mode like the 3MP cameras? I have a few spots where I use 2048x1536 (4:3) because it gives a litter more vertical field of view at the expense of horizontal field of view. Do the 4mp cams have this or are they wide screen only? Unrelated question...

Out of curiosity, what model cameras? Once again, I'm short on specific knowledge but my understanding is that there is a difference in how WDR is achieved in "True WDR" cameras and other cameras. The Darkfighter camera I was using is a "True WDR" camera so disabling the WDR in my camera may...

I did eventually find the answer to this question as well. 1/30 is the lowest with WDR enabled. If you turn off WDR, then you can go as low as 1s.

I have not tried that but I think I JUST figured it out. Hopefully this will help someone else out reading this thread having the same problem in the future. I turned off WDR on the camera and BAM the noise went away and the picture cleaned up dramatically. I'm guessing that's pretty much the...

It does improve but I still think it underwhelms compared to what I've seen these Darkfighter cams do on other people's reviews and YouTube videos. My theories at the moment are: 1) I don't have the settings tweaked quite right. For example, maybe the lens isn't letting enough light in at...

I recently installed a DS-2CD4526FWD-IZH Low Light camera to help with a very challenging light situation. The area I'm looking at is basically pitch black at night with none of the kind of ambient light you would normally get in a neighborhood or city. Attached is an image of what I'm working...

Thank you!

Thank you for the clarification. I think you make a very good point here regarding only forwarding the server port. If nothing else, I will at least make the change to no longer forwarding the HTTP ports and just using iVMS for remote viewing on my PC. I'm running 3.0.0.4.376_3861 on the...

Thanks for your reply. By media port are you referring to what Hikvision calls the Server port and is used by iVMS? What would be a good alternative to directly exposing the cameras to the internet if I want to be able to view them remotely? We both have ASUS RT-N66U routers. I've been...