- Mar 27, 2014
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As I was leaving for work DHL showed up with a surprise. It never happened before where delivery was made that early. Declared value is $80 which is roughly half of the price paid. Looks like they are listening, so might be safe to order 2x cams next time and avoid duty fees.
The box is still banged up, but cam seems ok. The logo is printed on it which I don't care too much (I preferred unmarked look) and for some reason it feels larger then previous Mini, but maybe I am just imagining things.
The "hidden" IRs. Two on bottom for wide area and two on top for spot
Didn't have a better shared object to record so this is all I can do for now. (NR is at 50%, default settings otherwise with 1080p@30fps 10000 Mbps, fully zoomed in at 10x)
Test setup
With all IR power (4 total)
1st gen
2nd gen
No IR
1st gen
2nd gen
With it's own IR (2 each)
2nd gen
1st gen
Another gloomy day and not really bright at 8:30 am, but it should give you an idea that there are improvements in terms of noise with the new sensor. Again all settings are the same NR at 50%. Here I am using my 1st gen 3x camera, but IQ is the same as in 1st gen 10x. You will notice some minor corner blurriness, it's still prevalent in the new cam.
1st gen
2nd gen
There is one other new firmware feature. Digital zoom up to 160x.
10x optical
40
80
120
160
2nd Gen vs 1st Gen
Final shot by Huisun gen 1 to show IRs in gen 2
Power measurement:
Idle (no IR) 3.3watt
Idle (IR for wide area) 9.3 watt
Idle (IR for long distance) 8.4 watt
PTZ (IR) jumped up to 15.5 watt, stayed at 11 watt
What changed?
1. Design, the front shape is now squarish and looks subjectively nicer. Body is mostly metal now, except the top and bottom pan/tilt motor cover. IR leds location has changed, two on top for long distance, two on the bottom for short distance. They are not visible when they are not on, but at night they still glow in red color. There is no difference in the light output. The front panel can be removed by placing a pin in the small hole. To access SD card you will have to unscrew the front panel
2. Image improvement. New sensor provides slightly cleaner image with less noise, it's more noticeable in low light without IRs. Daylight image also slightly improved.
3. Firmware is mostly identical with minor changes. There is a setting to set resolution to 1280x720 & 1280x960 and also an option to enable digital zoom up to x160.
4. Motion detection region and sensitivity works as expected
What would've been nice to have:
- Allow shutter in manual mode less then 1/30
- H265 support
RTSP streaming link rtsp://huisun_username:huisun_password@huisun_ip:554/mpeg4
Bugs found:
I've changed ports (HTTP, RTSP, HTTPS) in ivms-4200, but in the camera UI it doesn't reflect the changes for updated ports even though I am already using them. Changing ports in the camera UI doesn't make any difference.
Overall, I am pleased with the 2nd gen and even slight improvements are welcome at very minor price increase. If you already own 1st gen camera there is very little incentive to upgrade it with 2nd gen, but I would certainly buy 2nd gen if you are new to Huisun
The box is still banged up, but cam seems ok. The logo is printed on it which I don't care too much (I preferred unmarked look) and for some reason it feels larger then previous Mini, but maybe I am just imagining things.
The "hidden" IRs. Two on bottom for wide area and two on top for spot
Didn't have a better shared object to record so this is all I can do for now. (NR is at 50%, default settings otherwise with 1080p@30fps 10000 Mbps, fully zoomed in at 10x)
Test setup
With all IR power (4 total)
1st gen
2nd gen
No IR
1st gen
2nd gen
With it's own IR (2 each)
2nd gen
1st gen
Another gloomy day and not really bright at 8:30 am, but it should give you an idea that there are improvements in terms of noise with the new sensor. Again all settings are the same NR at 50%. Here I am using my 1st gen 3x camera, but IQ is the same as in 1st gen 10x. You will notice some minor corner blurriness, it's still prevalent in the new cam.
1st gen
2nd gen
There is one other new firmware feature. Digital zoom up to 160x.
10x optical
40
80
120
160
2nd Gen vs 1st Gen
Final shot by Huisun gen 1 to show IRs in gen 2
Power measurement:
Idle (no IR) 3.3watt
Idle (IR for wide area) 9.3 watt
Idle (IR for long distance) 8.4 watt
PTZ (IR) jumped up to 15.5 watt, stayed at 11 watt
What changed?
1. Design, the front shape is now squarish and looks subjectively nicer. Body is mostly metal now, except the top and bottom pan/tilt motor cover. IR leds location has changed, two on top for long distance, two on the bottom for short distance. They are not visible when they are not on, but at night they still glow in red color. There is no difference in the light output. The front panel can be removed by placing a pin in the small hole. To access SD card you will have to unscrew the front panel
2. Image improvement. New sensor provides slightly cleaner image with less noise, it's more noticeable in low light without IRs. Daylight image also slightly improved.
3. Firmware is mostly identical with minor changes. There is a setting to set resolution to 1280x720 & 1280x960 and also an option to enable digital zoom up to x160.
4. Motion detection region and sensitivity works as expected
What would've been nice to have:
- Allow shutter in manual mode less then 1/30
- H265 support
RTSP streaming link rtsp://huisun_username:huisun_password@huisun_ip:554/mpeg4
Bugs found:
I've changed ports (HTTP, RTSP, HTTPS) in ivms-4200, but in the camera UI it doesn't reflect the changes for updated ports even though I am already using them. Changing ports in the camera UI doesn't make any difference.
Overall, I am pleased with the 2nd gen and even slight improvements are welcome at very minor price increase. If you already own 1st gen camera there is very little incentive to upgrade it with 2nd gen, but I would certainly buy 2nd gen if you are new to Huisun
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