1080p POE Camera Recommendation

[Futaba]

Hello. I have been using Foscam cameras and they need to be replaced cause they really suck . I recently got a Mini PTZ 10X POE camera and it has been working great with Bue Iris. I now need a POE 1080p cam, it doesn't need to be PT or PTZ cause it will be fixed to look at the front door. I have no idea what is good out there. Previously I just blindly bought the first thing I saw on Amazon (Foscam).

Do you have any recommendation for a 1080p POE camera, fixed, PT, or PTZ? Thanks.

 

[fenderman]

Hello. I have been using Foscam cameras and they need to be replaced cause they really suck . I recently got a Mini PTZ 10X POE camera and it has been working great with Bue Iris. I now need a POE 1080p cam, it doesn't need to be PT or PTZ cause it will be fixed to look at the front door. I have no idea what is good out there. Previously I just blindly bought the first thing I saw on Amazon (Foscam).

Do you have any recommendation for a 1080p POE camera, fixed, PT, or PTZ? Thanks.

any hikvision 1080p camera will suit your needs...the turret is my preferred model.

 

[Q™]

any hikvision 1080p camera will suit your needs...the turret is my preferred model.

+1 on the Hikvision Turret!

 

[wcrowder]

Yeah, I now have 2 Dahua HDW-4300C turrets, less spiders, point them anywhere, very good night vision. @Q2U, should I try a Hikvision? Better? Do they have 3 axis?

 

[Futaba]

Thanks guys. Can the turrets be mounted on walls as well as ceilings?

 

[wcrowder]

The Dahua 4300c can be mounted at any angle, it will rotate any direction. It's a ball that floats in fingers in the mount. If the Hikvision does this I'll order one right now to try it out. Anybody have one? I read an amazon review that said it wouldn't, but it looks like it does.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RL2FZF0?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00

I'll see for myself, be here tuesday...

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[Q™]

Yeah, I now have 2 Dahua HDW-4300C turrets, less spiders, point them anywhere, very good night vision. @Q2U, should I try a Hikvision? Better? Do they have 3 axis?

I believe that the more expensive (approx. $165.00 available from RyanODan @ Nelly's Security) Western Region DS-2CD2342WD-I is 3-axis ...but someone will have to confirm this. Try one? I dunno bro...there certainly are some more exciting cameras out there for the less.

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[wcrowder]

@Q2U @fenderman

On the Hikvisions, on the multicasting setup, is there a setting for, "Always Multicast" or something similar? Can you look and see?

In a multicast environment, the switches control multicasting, the camera should always stream. Dahua will not do this, works great if you open the web page and choose "multicast", but if I close the webpage I loose the stream. Can't quack it. Pelco, does the same but can be "convinced" to stream all the time, this is intentional to sell there VMS, Endura. Vivotek, JVC, Axis, Synectics, and most other high dollar cameras do this correctly.

 

[Pardigital]

I have 3 Hikvision turrets with another one on the way- great cameras!

Give this a look.

 

[klasipca]

I have 3 Hikvision turrets with another one on the way- great cameras!

Give this a look.

These were great a few years ago... Although, I still have one, moved it to garage where IQ doesn't matter much.

 

[wcrowder]

I ordered one, already kicking myself in the ass if it won't rotate.... 3-axis. I'll see Tuesday.

 

[Q™]

I ordered one, already kicking myself in the ass if it won't rotate.... 3-axis. I'll see Tuesday.

The DS-2CD2335-I is not 3-axis.

 

[wcrowder]

The DS-2CD2335-I is not 3-axis.

I ordered a DS-2CD2332-I

I don't think this is either...

 

[wcrowder]

Thanks guys. Can the turrets be mounted on walls as well as ceilings?

From what I'm reading, and @Q2U just said in a post, the Hikvisions turrets can not effectively be placed on a wall easily. A 2-axis camera has to be placed level, on a house eve or interior ceiling. A Dahua HDW-4300C however can be, it is 3-axis.

 

[Pardigital]

Here's the Hikvision DS-2CD2332-I I purchased just over a year ago. It is mounted vertically on an exterior wall above my deck. There were no issues aiming it downward. After all, it's just a ball that turns in an external housing. I also have 2 that are mounted horizontally on the underside of my eaves.

 

[fenderman]

I ordered a DS-2CD2332-I

I don't think this is either...

The 2332 is 3 axis...i cant imagine how a turret could be designed not be be 3 axis...The 2332 will have better low light performance than the 4300c, at least in my opinion. With hikvision i prefer the 2mp or 4mp wdr models as they perform better in low light over the 3mp.

 

[fenderman]

@Q2U @fenderman

On the Hikvisions, on the multicasting setup, is there a setting for, "Always Multicast" or something similar? Can you look and see?

In a multicast environment, the switches control multicasting, the camera should always stream. Dahua will not do this, works great if you open the web page and choose "multicast", but if I close the webpage I loose the stream. Can't quack it. Pelco, does the same but can be "convinced" to stream all the time, this is intentional to sell there VMS, Endura. Vivotek, JVC, Axis, Synectics, and most other high dollar cameras do this correctly.

I have never used the multicast function..there is a place to enter the multicast address and you can select multicast in the live view parameter options...the manual may have the info you need. http://www.hikvision.com/UploadFile/image/2013101807092095969.pdf

 

[Q™]

Opps. I apologize for passing on bad information. h:

 

[klasipca]

Opps. I apologize for passing on bad information. h:

How Qould you!

 

[Q™]

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