PTZ camera moving on its own

[jkthomas3480]

I have an Amcrest IP2M-841 ProHD 1080O camera setup at my house and I am recording through BlueIris. Occasionally, when I am viewing recorded clips, I will see that the camera has made one or two small movements. This morning I had about 5 seconds of movement in which the camera moved up, over and then down. The movement was very small and the motion was jerky. A couple of days ago, the same camera moved up and to the left, again that movement was very small. I have checked the connection log and do not see any other IP addresses connected other than myself from my phone. Has anyone else experienced this with their camera?

 

[nayr]

This is common with all cheap ass lil consumer PTZ's, the stepper motors used are quite cheap and can have a mind of there own.. Ive seen it happen to other cameras in the same price range, not this one in particular though.

 

[jkthomas3480]

This is common with all cheap ass lil consumer PTZ's, the stepper motors used are quite cheap and can have a mind of there own.. Ive seen it happen to other cameras in the same price range, not this one in particular though.

Thanks! On my budget, I have to stick with the cheap ass cameras but they do what I need them to lol. The movement isn't a big deal now that I know it's common among the cheaper cameras.