Mini Pan Tilt 4mp, 4mm Active Deterrence Full Color SD3A400-GNP-B-PV from @EMPIRETECANDY
Review unit courtesy of Andy (@EMPIRETECANDY) in exchange for a fair and honest review.
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Andy's Email: kingsecurity2014 (at) 163 (dot) com
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Purchase from Amazon here: TBD
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After delay's caused by the wrath of old man winter, then torrential flooding rains that followed, I've had this camera up and running for a little over three weeks or so. The day I mounted the cam, the temp plummeted, and that's not my idea of fun anymore. But the camera has now been tested in most types of weather, a blizzard and another plain old snow storm, 5 below temps, and 15 below wind chill for multiple days in a row. Then it went through torrential rains that totaled 3.25" in a 12 hr period. So finally, finished the night time video portion of the review.
As I don't have a lot of light on the front of my house, so the test rig received a new job, holding lights for the driveway.
Note, this cam only features Pan and Tilt, no Zoom, the lens is 4mm.
Spec sheet: Here
Install guide: Here
Manual: Here
I really hate to see Dahua using plastic for this camera, I don't think that bods well for the longevity when exposed to the sun. You can also see how the housing sags between fastening points. It was that way right out of the box. Again, not good for long term viability of the cam. I checked that the screws were snug, but I didn't investigate beyond that concerning the gaps. I can see wind driven rain easily getting into those gaps, I can also see the gaps getting larger over time exposed to the sun. Now whether or not the camera it's self is weather proofed to overcome the failing of those gaps, well that's a good question.
At time of this writing, I don't have a price point for this. But I'm assuming it will be at the lower end. So, to that end. Overall the camera delivers on it's goods in just the "ok" category.
Quirks I've seen:
All video recorded and exported from BI. Cam had the following exposure settings, couldn't drop the NR below 50 at night, it had crazy noise if I did.
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
Andy's Email: kingsecurity2014 (at) 163 (dot) com
Price Approximately US TBD
Purchase from Amazon here: TBD
Andy's Aliexpress store here: TBD
Please try to keep this thread on topic
After delay's caused by the wrath of old man winter, then torrential flooding rains that followed, I've had this camera up and running for a little over three weeks or so. The day I mounted the cam, the temp plummeted, and that's not my idea of fun anymore. But the camera has now been tested in most types of weather, a blizzard and another plain old snow storm, 5 below temps, and 15 below wind chill for multiple days in a row. Then it went through torrential rains that totaled 3.25" in a 12 hr period. So finally, finished the night time video portion of the review.
As I don't have a lot of light on the front of my house, so the test rig received a new job, holding lights for the driveway.
Note, this cam only features Pan and Tilt, no Zoom, the lens is 4mm.
Spec sheet: Here
Install guide: Here
Manual: Here
| Camera | |
| Image Sensor | 1/2.8" STARVIS™ CMOS |
| Pixel | 2560 (H) x 1440 (V) |
| Max. Resolution | 4MP |
| ROM | 256 MB |
| RAM | 512 MB |
| Electronic Shutter Speed | 1/3 s–1/100,000 s |
| Scanning System | Progressive |
| Min. Illumination | Color: 0.005 Lux@F1.0 B/W: 0.0005 Lux@F1.0 0 Lux (illuminator on) |
| Illumination Distance | 30 m (98.43 ft) |
| Illuminator On/Off Control | Auto; Manual; Off |
| Illuminator Number | 2 white lights |
| Lens | |
| Focal Length | 4 mm |
| Max. Aperture | F1.0 |
| Field of View | H: 76.9°; V: 41.8°; D: 92° |
| Close Focus Distance | 2 m (6.56 ft) |
| Iris Control | Fixed |
I really hate to see Dahua using plastic for this camera, I don't think that bods well for the longevity when exposed to the sun. You can also see how the housing sags between fastening points. It was that way right out of the box. Again, not good for long term viability of the cam. I checked that the screws were snug, but I didn't investigate beyond that concerning the gaps. I can see wind driven rain easily getting into those gaps, I can also see the gaps getting larger over time exposed to the sun. Now whether or not the camera it's self is weather proofed to overcome the failing of those gaps, well that's a good question.
At time of this writing, I don't have a price point for this. But I'm assuming it will be at the lower end. So, to that end. Overall the camera delivers on it's goods in just the "ok" category.
Quirks I've seen:
- Picture looks soft, even when using it's UI, BI or an NVR. I raised sharpness to 70 to try to over come that. It helped but didn't cure it.
- Video has a jerkiness to it, at times, the video will actually pause for a second or two. You will see this in the video's.
- The panning speed won't win any races, it's rather slow. It has 3 speeds, low, Mid, High, I'm running it in high. Low and mid is painfully slow.
- The camera spontaneously reboots it's self once, sometimes twice per day as shown in the logs. It takes 3-4 minutes to fully boot up.
- The white light on the front of the cam, is not worth much in helping the night color picture. It works well as a flashing warning.
- The controls from the UI for PT are finicky, they don't provide a smooth experience, you will see the camera slightly jerking at times.
- The cam sometimes takes a second or two to respond to PT controls.
- Everything else works as it should, the AI, the active deterrence features, etc.
- Two way talk works, the speaker can be adjusted to be quit loud.
- It works in BI, two way audio and recording.
All video recorded and exported from BI. Cam had the following exposure settings, couldn't drop the NR below 50 at night, it had crazy noise if I did.
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