Cantonk 2.4MP Speed dome PT5AM22XH200

[stoney7713]

I think it's auto gain, but it also has a smart IR. Either way it worked well since my porch cam washes out with people with blonde hair. She's in bed now or I would disable one at a time to see which it is.

Yes the loss of focus, not sure why but I left it as is.

 

[Kawboy12R]

Wake her up. We need to know NOW. Hahaha...

 

[stoney7713]

If it wasn't for all this rain I would temp mount it on my fence and catch some traffic.

One thing I've noticed the cam has some difficulty right at twilight focusing.

Daytime focus is flawless.

Nighttime focus is good but more sensitive. As I said before if I have my fence in the frame it will focus on it as apposed to what's beyond.

 

[stoney7713]

A few pics of the DWDR on and off at night

On, some noise which you can see in the pitch black cloudy sky but you can make out the tree on the right
Off
On
Off

 

[stoney7713]

Soap? Am I missing something here? Does it stand for something I don't know?

 

[Kawboy12R]

Haha. Must mean the transparent mask for the motion detection grid?

 

[pozzello]

probably a typo for 'scope', which is what they seem to call the motion-detection area...

 

[badmannen]

soap =D .. best ever

 

[stoney7713]

I mounted it up higher on the back of my house so I could test the other speed dome side by side. I'll post some more pics and vids soon.

 

[stoney7713]

Here's a daytime vid of the PTZ of the cam

 

[stoney7713]

As far as the out of focus issue on the edge, it's not always like that, if things are close to being the same depth of the field of view it settles in well on auto focus. I know other cameras don't always experience this problem, I don't think it's a deal breaker but it is something to note.

Tech help did not have a solution for it.

 

[stoney7713]

Here is a good Low Light picture, comparison is to the 400
200 The glare is from the porch light which is directly above the cam
PT7DH20XH400


Here is the porch light off
200
400

 

[gadgetry]

@stoney7713 - Could you post a pic of this camera where you have it mounted? I'd like to get a feel for size scale vs. the out-of-box pic you posted at beginning of the thread. Thanks!

 

[stoney7713]

It's just temporarily mounted for now, but I will take another picture in the morning. It's almost 6 inches wide and sticks out about 8 inches. Compared to the Huisun that sticks out about 10 inches, it would have an overall smaller footprint.

 

[stoney7713]

Here's a few pics

 

[Abbell]

Do you have any pics with the IR on.
How do these cameras compare noise wise? I am thinking about replacing a 27X beast that is on the side of my house we can hear inside. At $107 plus shipping that little camera is very tempting just to play with.

 

[stoney7713]

Do you have any pics with the IR on.
How do these cameras compare noise wise? I am thinking about replacing a 27X beast that is on the side of my house we can hear inside. At $107 plus shipping that little camera is very tempting just to play with.

Post #10 has night pics with IR
Post #19 has a short video of someone walking in front of the camera

If you want some more I can post them, still haven't got the camera mounted in it's permanent location.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Would you mind providing a link to this camera? I'd like to purchase one.

 

[Abbell]

I dealt with Seven@cantonk.com I found her very helpful.

 

[stoney7713]

You can go to their website and try to contact them. You can also PM me and I can send a link to the catalog and contact information.