(On Auto-Tracking being removed from the model...)
Unfortunately this was a surprise to us all including Andy. Just remember as I’ve shared above,
@GuitarKin too that using IVS triggers and presets or even PTZ activation allows you to accomplish similar (albeit no ‘tracking’) and impressive results ...
That is indeed impressive. Looks like a lot of setup work, though. (Perhaps not
so bad once you've done it once or twice.) And y'know what: If the camera had originally been sold w/o AT, and I hadn't seen the problems I've seen reported here: I might be seriously entertaining acquiring one. (In fact I briefly considered asking for one for my birthday.)
Yes as I mentioned a few posts ago, definitely a PTZ can be jostled, mis-aligned etc when on power, cutting power mid movement, moving to final position, in transit, when mounting etc and ... I recommend people be cautious of and plan for when testing and installing a PTZ.
I know Reolink isn't much respected around here, but I gotta tell y'all: My Reolink C1 Pro, for which I paid all of $85 a little over two years ago, has endured all kinds of light abuse--incl. being jostled; being interrupted during POST; installed, un-installed, packed away, and reinstalled at least four times, etc. It's PTZ has
never given me a moment's trouble. The video quality on my five 2mp Dahua cams (four varifocals and a fixed) is much better, but they cost 1-1/2 to 2 times as much, so I'd certainly hope they'd have
something over the Reolink.
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Well as I mentioned above, I wouldn’t right any PTZ off just for Auto Tracking because using the IVS triggers, MD, PTZ activation etc you can end up with a more rock solid capture setup anyway.
I'm not writing this camera off for that, per se. I'm writing it off for Dahua doing the worst kind of bait-and-switch - selling something with a feature,
then removing that feature after the fact, and for what sounds to me, from what I'm reading here, like build quality I feel unacceptable for a $360+ cam.
I'm open to having my mind changed, but, from what I've seen here so far, I think it unlikely that's going to happen.