EmpireTech Dual lens IPC-HDBW5441F-AS-E2 courtesy of @EMPIRETECANDY
Review unit courtesy of Andy (@EMPIRETECANDY) in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Andy's ipcamtalk vendor forum: link
Andy's AliExpress store: link
Andy's Amazon store: link
Purchase direct by Email: Andy's Email: kingsecurity2014 (at) 163 (dot) com
Price Approximately US $199.00 shipped.
Purchase from Amazon here: Link
Andy's Aliexpress store here: Link
Links and price valid 9/29/21
Please try to keep this thread on topic
2 × 4 MP Dual-Directional No-Splicing WizMind Network Camera
Full Data Sheet: Link
Manual: Link
The Boobie Cam gets an update!
I reviewed the previous version of this camera here: Link
This cameras claim to fame is that all important parameters can be set individually on each camera now, which was a big let down on the previous version of this cam.
This cam is a little smaller in diameter than the previous version, which is a good thing. I have not noticed this camera running nearly as warm as the older version does.
Yes, it still requires the plugin for viewing video, hopefully this will finally change in 2022 for all of Dahua's cams as Internet Explorer is going away soon. I have an older version of IE on a Windows 7 machine, that doesn't play nice even with the plugin. So it's getting long in the tooth.
The plugin for this camera when installed, breaks the plugin for the previous version of this cam, and some other cams plugin's as well. I understand partly the reason for this issue, is a change in chip hardware between versions/revisions. That's the story anyway.
I had problems with the plugin, on a couple of different systems upon first download of it. I had to uninstall all cameras plugin's on a given machine, including this one'. Dig around and find all mentions of this cam plugin in the system, delete such. Then install the plugin from the camera once again to solve all the weirdness. Andy and Dahua are aware of all of this. One of the issue's I experienced with the plugin weirdness, when SMD was enabled, the camera had a very distinct stutter, and audio drop outs even when recorded on to the camera's SD card or watched live. The un-installing of all plugins, then the fresh install of this camera's plugin, solved the issue.
Anyway, does it work? Yes, and it is an improvement over the older model. Since it uses the 1/2.7" CMOS, it does not rise to the occasion quit as well as a 5442 series cam does after dark. With a little additional light, it can hold it's own.
IVS works as it should, SMD works for the most part, it still has issue's with triggering on shadows, cats, dogs bugs etc. Like SMD does in the 5442 cams. This can be mitigated by reducing the threshold and sensitivity settings in the motion detect area of settings.
As normal for Dahua it, is a well built camera with an all metal housing, no plastic used except for the dome's, which I assume are lexan.
As you will see in the videos, the domes show their downfalls in the picture quality. I purposely mounted the cam so the domes were exposed to light from the sky, and sometimes, from direct sun. It is highly recommended to not do that, place it under an eve or such so it is shielded from exposure from the sky, and from any other sources of light's in it's field of view.
The audio is much improved in this version of the cam, it has sound quality closer to that of the 5442's. Meaning it has more bottom end, and is more natural sound. The older version is very......um tinny sounding and unnatural in comparison.
It also contains a neat feature, where as you can set the 2nd substream on channel one to show both cameras, in one single stream, albeit it is limited to 1080p, and not 4mp. That feature doesn't play nice in Blue Iris, as both cameras appear very stretched side to side in BI. Maybe I missed, it but tried everything I could in BI to solve that, but no luck. The author of Blue Iris may be able to add such a feature if asked. I assume this feature would work ok with a Dahua NVR.
At time of this writing Smart IR is NOT in the firmware, it is scheduled to be included in the next couple of weeks,
Recorded and exported from Blue Iris, let me know if I missed anything.
On with the videos'.
@EMPIRETECANDY
Review unit courtesy of Andy (@EMPIRETECANDY) in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Andy's ipcamtalk vendor forum: link
Andy's AliExpress store: link
Andy's Amazon store: link
Purchase direct by Email: Andy's Email: kingsecurity2014 (at) 163 (dot) com
Price Approximately US $199.00 shipped.
Purchase from Amazon here: Link
Andy's Aliexpress store here: Link
Links and price valid 9/29/21
Please try to keep this thread on topic
2 × 4 MP Dual-Directional No-Splicing WizMind Network Camera
| mage Sensor | 1/2.7" CMOS |
| Max. Resolution | 2560 (H) × 1440 (V) |
| ROM | 128 MB |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Scanning System | Progressive |
| Electronic Shutter Speed | Auto/Manual 1/3 s–1/100,000 s |
| Min. Illumination | 0.005 Lux@F1.6 (Color,30 IRE) 0.0005 Lux@F1.6 (B/W,30 IRE) 0 lux (Illuminator on) |
| S/N Ratio | > 56 dB |
| Illumination Distance | 30 m (98.43 ft) (IR) |
| Illuminator On/Off Control | Auto |
| Illuminator Number | 16 (IR LED) |
| Pan/Tilt/Rotation Range | Pan: 0°–175° Tilt: 0°–65° Rotation: 0°–360° |
| Lens | |
| Lens Type | Fixed-focal |
| Lens Mount | M12 |
| Focal Length | 2.8 mm; 3.6 mm |
| Max. Aperture | F1.6 |
| Field of View | 2.8 mm: Horizontal: 95°; Vertical: 52°; Diagonal: 114° 3.6 mm: Horizontal: 78°; Vertical: 41°; Diagonal: 94° |
| Iris Control | Fixed |
| Close Focus Distance | 2.8 mm: 1.1 m (3.61 ft) 3.6 mm: 1.7 m (5.58 ft) |
| IVS | Abandoned object; missing object |
| Professional, intelligent | |
| IVS (Perimeter Protection) | Intrusion, tripwire, fast moving (the three functions support the classification and accurate detection of vehicle and human); loitering detection; people gathering; parking detection |
| SMD 3.0 | With intelligent algorithm, Dahua Smart Motion Detection technology can categorize the targets that trigger motion detection and filter the motion detection alarm triggered by non-concerned targets to realize effective and accurate alarm. |
| Face Detection | Face detection; track; snapshot; snapshot optimization; optimal face snapshot upload; face enhancement; face exposure; face snapshot set as face or one-inch photo; snapshot strategies (real-time snapshot, quality priority and optimization snapshot); face angle filter; optimization time setting |
| People Counting | Tripwire people counting and people counting in area; generating and exporting report (day/month/year); queue management; 4 rules can be set for tripwire, people counting in area and queue management |
| Smart Search | Work together with Smart NVR to perform refine intelligent search, event extraction and merging to event videos |
Manual: Link
The Boobie Cam gets an update!
I reviewed the previous version of this camera here: Link
This cameras claim to fame is that all important parameters can be set individually on each camera now, which was a big let down on the previous version of this cam.
This cam is a little smaller in diameter than the previous version, which is a good thing. I have not noticed this camera running nearly as warm as the older version does.
Yes, it still requires the plugin for viewing video, hopefully this will finally change in 2022 for all of Dahua's cams as Internet Explorer is going away soon. I have an older version of IE on a Windows 7 machine, that doesn't play nice even with the plugin. So it's getting long in the tooth.
The plugin for this camera when installed, breaks the plugin for the previous version of this cam, and some other cams plugin's as well. I understand partly the reason for this issue, is a change in chip hardware between versions/revisions. That's the story anyway.
I had problems with the plugin, on a couple of different systems upon first download of it. I had to uninstall all cameras plugin's on a given machine, including this one'. Dig around and find all mentions of this cam plugin in the system, delete such. Then install the plugin from the camera once again to solve all the weirdness. Andy and Dahua are aware of all of this. One of the issue's I experienced with the plugin weirdness, when SMD was enabled, the camera had a very distinct stutter, and audio drop outs even when recorded on to the camera's SD card or watched live. The un-installing of all plugins, then the fresh install of this camera's plugin, solved the issue.Anyway, does it work? Yes, and it is an improvement over the older model. Since it uses the 1/2.7" CMOS, it does not rise to the occasion quit as well as a 5442 series cam does after dark. With a little additional light, it can hold it's own.
IVS works as it should, SMD works for the most part, it still has issue's with triggering on shadows, cats, dogs bugs etc. Like SMD does in the 5442 cams. This can be mitigated by reducing the threshold and sensitivity settings in the motion detect area of settings.
As normal for Dahua it, is a well built camera with an all metal housing, no plastic used except for the dome's, which I assume are lexan.
As you will see in the videos, the domes show their downfalls in the picture quality. I purposely mounted the cam so the domes were exposed to light from the sky, and sometimes, from direct sun. It is highly recommended to not do that, place it under an eve or such so it is shielded from exposure from the sky, and from any other sources of light's in it's field of view.
The audio is much improved in this version of the cam, it has sound quality closer to that of the 5442's. Meaning it has more bottom end, and is more natural sound. The older version is very......um tinny sounding and unnatural in comparison.
It also contains a neat feature, where as you can set the 2nd substream on channel one to show both cameras, in one single stream, albeit it is limited to 1080p, and not 4mp. That feature doesn't play nice in Blue Iris, as both cameras appear very stretched side to side in BI. Maybe I missed, it but tried everything I could in BI to solve that, but no luck. The author of Blue Iris may be able to add such a feature if asked. I assume this feature would work ok with a Dahua NVR.
At time of this writing Smart IR is NOT in the firmware, it is scheduled to be included in the next couple of weeks,
Recorded and exported from Blue Iris, let me know if I missed anything.
On with the videos'.
@EMPIRETECANDY
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