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ok to buy from China? Same documentation, firmware ect?
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He also sells through Amazon too.
I'm not sure if they're out for sale yet, but here's what I saw on their website:
You may look at this varifocal. I saw you had a 3.6mm picked out. This will handle 2.7mm to 12mm focal range. You may want to not have a fixed lens looking through a window, this will help in placement. Also beware of the IR reflection from your window glass, you will most likely need to turn IR off so unless you have lighting outside you will not get good night video.
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You might have a little better luck with the bullet model, ... since you're already working through a house window, the bullet not having the plastic dome around the camera would be one less potentially reflective surface for it to go through.
I was thinking about the varifocal, but this new N1 has an F1 Aperture, lower lux. I currently have an IR lamp outside. Want to see if maybe I could do without it.You may look at this varifocal. I saw you had a 3.6mm picked out. This will handle 2.7mm to 12mm focal range. You may want to not have a fixed lens looking through a window, this will help in placement. Also beware of the IR reflection from your window glass, you will most likely need to turn IR off so unless you have lighting outside you will not get good night video.
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Oh! The Hik ColorVu and 5442TM-AS-LED can only use visible light, so the IR from the lamp outside wouldn't help them any. -NI models look to be the same, if that matters.
Hmmm, so much to learn, so many variables! That really didn't occur to me.
Do you mean 5442? You regret getting colorvu so you will get a second colorvu?
, our lights would shine into our neighbors windows from our 8 foot eve over a 6 foot fence, so for us the 5442 makes more sense.Granted that specs are just numbers on paper, but it doesn't sound like a big different in terms of low-light performance between the lowest 0.001 lux models (the f1.0 Hik ColorVu, Dahua -NI models) vs the next lowest 0.002 lux models (like the Dahua 5442 series).
There's a dome. I haven't seen a turret yet.
Sorry for off topic, but how would the bullet cam access his external IR? Does the external IR stay on all the time or on a timer or activated by motion? So to use eternal he would turn off the IR on the cam right?
Yeah, since this camera will be inside the house looking outside through a window, the built-in IR will need to be disabled. I’m not sure how he’s controlling the external IR right now, but as long as it can come on when needed, the 5442 should be able to see it whereas the ColorVu (and Dahua Full Color -NI models) can’t.
