Please recommend bullet; I'm lost in options.

[johnsmith7812]

My Amcrest bullet died recently after 4 years of work.
Please recommend hikvision/dahua IR (no color) bullet with the best night vision that I can buy on Amazon/Ebay.
Angle 120, 2.8mm (walkway 3m away), furthest IR distance possible. ONVIF

 

[tigerwillow1]

IMO there are only two choices that would fit your criteria the best:
541 (5442) fixed focal
541 (5442) varifocal

If by angle 120 you mean horizontal field of view, neither of these hit it but come awfully close. If you're absolutely positive you don't need the varifocal. the fixed focal not only costs less but is physically smaller. If you need to you can buy them from Empire Tech on amazon, or they cost a little bit less on the Empire Tech web site. Same cameras from the same seller.

 

[johnsmith7812]

Is IPC-B54IR-ASE-S3 (541 (5442) fixed focal) IR at night or tries to be smart and keep color? I'd rather have clear IR than ghosting. I have color hikvision and it's great for static and turtle speed but pretty bad for anything fast walking.
EmpireTech is a rebranded Dahua?

 

[bigredfish]

You can set it either way, but yes IR at night and less blur/ghosting is correct way unless you have a LOT of ambient light

Yes Empiretech= Dahua

 

[gwminor48]

EmpireTech is a rebranded Dahua?

Yes

 

[steve1225]

Is IPC-B54IR-ASE-S3 (541 (5442) fixed focal) IR at night or tries to be smart and keep color? I'd rather have clear IR than ghosting. I have color hikvision and it's great for static and turtle speed but pretty bad for anything fast walking.
EmpireTech is a rebranded Dahua?

You decide in configuration - it can stay in color or switch to IR..

54IR bullets have one of the strongest IR (4 strong IR LEDs, 2 wide for near, 2 narrow for far, can be configured proportion).

Even in IR, big 1/1.8" sensor providers much better image that all normal cams with 1/2.8"...

Here some example how strong IR is with night ANPR, distance 10 meters from cam, 5442H-Z4E bullet variant with strong optical zoom (3-9x) and without problems take cars in motion with plates in WDR + IR mode at very short exposure time...

 

[johnsmith7812]

Good image. Sold.