Some conclusions after a month with this camera. I have the 3.5 mm/4 mm version, testing it side-by-side with a 6mm 5442.
-The horizontal FOV is 5.4 degrees less for thermal camera, and 15.2 degrees more for the visual camera so the thermal FOV is pretty close to the 6mm 5442 that it's replacing.
-The aspect ratio for both cameras is 4:3. In my application that's just wasted pixels on the top and bottom that would be more useful on the sides.
-Thermal IVS has no object filers. Visual IVS has human/vehicle filters that won't turn off, making visual IVS useless for detecting animals.
-Since the thermal IVS does pick up animals, it largely compensates for the buggy visual IVS (the UI lets you turn off the filters, it just doesn't work).
-The thermal camera rocks for picking up animals. Trips on little and distant animals the other cameras don't detect.
-Because of the lousy thermal resolution, you might not be able to identify which animal you're looking at.
-Thermal camera has much lower false trip rate than IVS. No trips on moving tree branches and shadows.
-Disagreeing with at least one other report, I don't think the visual camera is all that bad. It's a step down from the 5442, but not a night-and-day difference. My feeling is that it's slightly better than the 2MP starlight 5231.
-I haven't had a chance to check out the thermal camera in rain and snow. Looking forward to that.
If I were spending somebody else's money I'd get a few more.
-The horizontal FOV is 5.4 degrees less for thermal camera, and 15.2 degrees more for the visual camera so the thermal FOV is pretty close to the 6mm 5442 that it's replacing.
-The aspect ratio for both cameras is 4:3. In my application that's just wasted pixels on the top and bottom that would be more useful on the sides.
-Thermal IVS has no object filers. Visual IVS has human/vehicle filters that won't turn off, making visual IVS useless for detecting animals.
-Since the thermal IVS does pick up animals, it largely compensates for the buggy visual IVS (the UI lets you turn off the filters, it just doesn't work).
-The thermal camera rocks for picking up animals. Trips on little and distant animals the other cameras don't detect.
-Because of the lousy thermal resolution, you might not be able to identify which animal you're looking at.
-Thermal camera has much lower false trip rate than IVS. No trips on moving tree branches and shadows.
-Disagreeing with at least one other report, I don't think the visual camera is all that bad. It's a step down from the 5442, but not a night-and-day difference. My feeling is that it's slightly better than the 2MP starlight 5231.
-I haven't had a chance to check out the thermal camera in rain and snow. Looking forward to that.
If I were spending somebody else's money I'd get a few more.