Hi Vette-kid,
I don't know their products well - this is actually the first time I have heard of them, and looking at the camera casing - while it can help determine the OEM, OEMs often have many versions of cameras in the same casing.
So, it can be challenging to determine without more information of the internal guts of a camera what the value proposition is.
During my search for a solution I looked at a lot of options - and it got to be very confusing - in the end I decided to go with what others here had good experiences with and which seemed the best for my needs at the time ( low light situations ).
I suspect you may want to review what your functional needs are, as if you are like me when I came here - I thought security cameras where much more effective in IDing suspects than they really are. ( thanks largely to Hollywood completely distorting reality )
Recommend taking some time to determine what you want your security camera system to do.
Good items to review:
What do you want to accomplish with a security camera system?
- Is the day time more of a threat? or night time? If night time look at the starlight models referenced here, if day time the 4K cameras work well. If a combination get both starlights and consider good 4K cameras.
- See what happened?
- Potentially ID suspects? Locate cameras less than 8 feet high and close enough to get a potential ID'able facial image. ( please see the ID distance list )
- Help deter criminal activities? Mount your cameras in obvious locations.
- Keep an eye on your car parked in your drive way? in the street?
- Potentially ID cars which suspects maybe using?
- Watch of other activities, wild animals, your dogs, your cats, birds,..
- License plate captures? For successful license plate captures you may need to dedicate a camera to it as it requires camera tuning adjustments which makes the overall picture darker.
- While you are thinking about these issues, you will need to look at potential camera installation locations and measure the distance to the potential suspect and determine if you are within the ID distance. You may need a camera with a better "zoom".
I've been taking a number of notes which you may find useful, as have giomania which you may want to check out, it will give you some useful pointers to what we have learned from those who have been sharing their experience and knowledge here.
It's easy to get swamped with information here, so I wanted to share some notes with you
Please check out
@giomania 's notes:
Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)
I have also made notes which are a summary of a lot of the reading I've been doing here,:
Looking for some advice and direction!
Have fun joining us here.
