I have the Jidetech that looks exactly like the Leftek. 2.0 Mexapixel with supposed 20 x optical zoom. It has a nice crisp lens, I was able to use it for a row of parked cars as an LPR, but you had to decide which out of 8 spots you were going to make the focal point. So you cannot read all of them.
When it was in front and I set a focus in the drive way exit and set the shutter to about 500 not 2000 and went IR mode and played around with setting until I could get plates of slow movers in a parking lot. But never a car moving above 15-20 at my particular angle and location. Seems like the motion detection was starting its capture late, and so I had the pretrigger set on 10-15 sec. But it was blurred when i did get a plate. YMMV.
I ended up spending 259 for the Z-12. But i have not installed it yet. SO now I've spent $200 on the Jidetech, and $259 on the z12.
If Granny One-eye in her jalopy cruised by at a slow pace could i get her plate. But ffs she lives here. I screwed around with it for about 10-11 months and put it in a new location as a rear parking lot overwatch.
it was interesting to learn what wittaj said about PTZ's and autofocus issues and plate captures. mighta been why i struggled.
