Is there an affordable 1/1.8" CMOS 180 Pano camera w/ INFRARED night vision?

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Hello from Oregon! First post. Thank you in advance for your help securing our new-construction home with video surveillance.

I am looking for something like the Hikvision DS-2CD2387G2P-LSU/SL but with IR night vision instead of white LEDs. I believe some expensive $1500+ options exist but is there something more affordable? Bonus points if the camera is black (my house is all black).

This Milesight seems to be a match but it's white and I don't even know how to buy one:

The Annke FCD600 is 1/2.5" and it's also white.

I am thinking of going with the Dahua IPC-PDW3849-A180-AS-PV but the sensors are lower quality 1/2.7" CMOS, which isn't ideal. At least it's black.

Setup context:

Rural location with very little outdoor lighting that can get very dark at night. Surrounded by woods on all sides. The house is essentially an 80ft by 80ft square, single story with interior courtyard. I would much rather get 4 perimeter cameras than 8, hence my desire to find a pano camera that works well in low light without a white LED, but I am open to other suggestions too. I value simplicity, which is also why I'm a bit scared of PTZ and moving parts. I am open to one of the cameras having the ability to spot farther away objects down our driveway but it's not a must.

I plan to run Frigate + Home Assistant on a 40TB N100 mini PC as the NVR / AI object detection, all connected to a 24 port PoE switch.
 
First off, welcome to IPCT! :wave:

Secondly, what is your definition of "affordable" ? :cool:
 
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for now only low-end TIOC variants (3849) and very high end (83242) have IR...
5849-A180 is white only (don't see IR)..
the same situation is in HIK catalog.

5849-A180 is 3 years+ old model, but done in FullColor technology from 2020...
We wait for WizColor models which will replace that line. Single lens WizColor 5x49 models should be available in Q2, we don't known what with 180 degree model...
 
for now only low-end TIOC variants (3849) and very high end (83242) have IR...
5849-A180 is white only (don't see IR)..
the same situation is in HIK catalog.

5849-A180 is 3 years+ old model, but done in FullColor technology from 2020...
We wait for WizColor models which will replace that line. Single lens WizColor 5x49 models should be available in Q2, we don't known what with 180 degree model...
I see... Technically I can delay this purchase until Spring 2026. Do you think it's likely we will see a new model hit the market in the next year that fits the bill?
 
I see... Technically I can delay this purchase until Spring 2026. Do you think it's likely we will see a new model hit the market in the next year that fits the bill?

180 degrees cams are very popular ones...

Both Dahua & HIK should release new 180 degrees cams based on WizColor technology (IR + white LEDs on 1/1.8" sensor and AI processing).

FullColor (only white LEDs) technology is too old, also 5849-A180 have many strange problems / limitations...