Ok, done my install. Overall, I'm pretty impressed. OK the software is a bit lacking, but image quality is good, build quality is good, and so far working very well with
Blue Iris.
The lens is very wide. For my application, I'd love to be able to turn it sideways and have software rotate the image.
I screwed up a few times. That's what I get for rushing an install after a full day of work, in a snowstorm.
My existing doorbell is on a narrow wood strip on the door frame. the wire coming out is typical solid wire, fairly short, and the hole is small. Couldn't really put the existing wire directly on the small terminals of the camera. The supplied terminal block would definitely not go down the hole so I thought I'd use some fairly small crimp connectors.
But, they wouldn't go in the hole either.
So, I cut, stripped, soldered and used heat shrink
Second mistake. Did you spot it?
I connected the wires, and forgot the gasket. D'oh!
Third and worst mistake, although they provide a template to drill pilot holes, I thought I was smarter and just positioned the camera and drilled the holes. The wood strip is quite narrow so I kept it as far left as possible. Screwed it in, tested. Great. Then went to put the cover on. Oh crap no room against the screen door frame. Took it off, repositioned, re-drilled, and re-mounted.
All done.
I put a few washers behind the top screw to tilt it down a bit, as I want to get as much of the porch as possible, didn't make a huge difference really.
Some quick night time samples.
There's just enough light from the streetlights to keep the IR off, but that's because we're getting a ton of snow. With no IR and with IR there's a tiny bit of reflection from the dome, not bad. With IR the wall reflects a fair amount of light, but it still looks OK.
Here's no IR, Porch light, and with IR
Hope that's not too many pictures.