Review- EmpireTech IPC-B5442E-SE 4mp Mini Bullet 3.6mm.

[looney2ns]

Courtesy of @EMPIRETECANDY we have the EmpireTech IPC-B5442E-SE 4mp Mini Bullet with 3.6mm lens.
This is an OEM cam, the Dahua model is IPC-HFW5442E-SE.

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Available here: Link
Price as of this writing $165

4MP IR Fixed-focal Bullet WizMind Network Camera

Image Sensor: 1/1.8" CMOS
Max. Resolution : 2688 (H) × 1520 (V)
RAM/ROM: 512 MB /128 MB
Scanning Systemrogressive
Electronic Shutter Speed: Auto/Manual 1/3 s–1/100,000 s
Min. Illumination : 0.002 lux@F1.6 (Color, 30 IRE)；0.0002 lux@F1.6 (B/W, 30 IRE)；0 lux (Illuminator on)
S/N Ratio:> 56 dB
Illumination Distance :
2.8 mm: 30 m (98.43 ft) (IR)
3.6 mm: 30 m (98.43 ft) (IR)
Illuminator On/Off Control :Auto; Manual
Illuminator Number : 2 (IR LED)
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: 113°; Vertical: 60°; Diagonal: 134°
3.6 mm: Horizontal: 89°; Vertical: 48°; Diagonal: 104°
Iris Contr : Fixed
Close Focus Distance: 2.8 mm: 0.6 m (1.97 ft)；3.6 mm: 1.2 m (3.94 ft)
Professional, intelligent : IVS (Perimeter Protection) ,SMD 3.0，Face Detection ，People Counting ，Smart Search ，Alarm Event ,Heat Map
Network
Network Port : RJ-45 (10/100 Base-T)
SDK and API :Yes
Network Protocol ：IPv4; IPv6; HTTP; HTTPS; TCP; UDP; ARP; RTP; RTSP; RTCP; RTMP; SMTP; FTP; SFTP; DHCP; DNS; DDNS; QoS; UPnP; NTP; Multicast; ICMP; IGMP; NFS; SAMBA; PPPoE; 802.1x; SNMP
User/Host : 20 (Total bandwidth: 80 M)
Storage: FTP; SFTP; Micro SD card (support max. 256 GB); NAS
Browser :IE: IE 8 and later，Chrome，Firefox
Management Software : Smart PSS; DSS; DMSS
Mobile Client :iOS; Android
Electrical
Power Supply: 12 VDC/PoE (802.3af)/ePoE
Power Consumption:
Basic: 2.4 W (12 VDC); 3 W (PoE)
Max. (H.265 + three streams + intelligence on + IR on ): 5.7 W (12 VDC); 6.8 W (PoE)

What can I say, this camera is boring. It's boring because is just works. Everything acts as it should and works as it should.
I've not found any bugs of sort in the 4 days its been running.
Thank goodness it comes with the previous GUI, and not the new Web 5.0 buggy mess.
This is a great form factor for those that need a small bullet.

This camera does not have any audio capabilities.

Setting used:
Day Manual Shutter 0-8ms, gain 0-30, NR 38. Brightness 50, Contrast 56, Saturation 53, Sharpness 35, gamma 50, backlight off.
Night Manual shutter 0-15ms, gain 0-50, NR 41, Brightness 60, Contrast 66, Saturation 50, sharpness 38, gamma 50. backlight off.



SD card and reset


Be sure to choose 1440 in Youtube player.

 

[bigredfish]

IR seems to adjust pretty well

 

[wittaj]

Looks good. Glad to see it kept the older GUI.

 

[EMPIRETECANDY]

Thanks @looney2ns , th 5442 series are very stable now. I will keep the old GUI, still have enough chips.
Yeap, we add this MINI bullet to the selling list, very small and sharp pics at low light place, so will be easy to install if some place hard to install the turret.
Looney's place is very good to test low light IR models. Very dark in the night.

 

[Nunofya]

Wow, got this cam from Andy back in Oct 2022. Why the late review. Love it by the way, plan to replace my Lorex cams with it. It looks just like my lorex E861AB 4k cam but with better megapixels to sensor size. Like that your settings are typed out instead of being part of the video. What's the latest FW?

 

[Nunofya]

Courtesy of @EMPIRETECANDY we have the EmpireTech IPC-B5442E-SE 4mp Mini Bullet with 3.6mm lens.
This is an OEM cam, the Dahua model is IPC-HFW5442E-SE.

Please Keep This Thread on Topic.

Available here: Link
Price as of this writing $165

4MP IR Fixed-focal Bullet WizMind Network Camera

Image Sensor: 1/1.8" CMOS
Max. Resolution : 2688 (H) × 1520 (V)
RAM/ROM: 512 MB /128 MB
Scanning Systemrogressive
Electronic Shutter Speed: Auto/Manual 1/3 s–1/100,000 s
Min. Illumination : 0.002 lux@F1.6 (Color, 30 IRE)；0.0002 lux@F1.6 (B/W, 30 IRE)；0 lux (Illuminator on)
S/N Ratio:> 56 dB
Illumination Distance :
2.8 mm: 30 m (98.43 ft) (IR)
3.6 mm: 30 m (98.43 ft) (IR)
Illuminator On/Off Control :Auto; Manual
Illuminator Number : 2 (IR LED)
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: 113°; Vertical: 60°; Diagonal: 134°
3.6 mm: Horizontal: 89°; Vertical: 48°; Diagonal: 104°
Iris Contr : Fixed
Close Focus Distance: 2.8 mm: 0.6 m (1.97 ft)；3.6 mm: 1.2 m (3.94 ft)
Professional, intelligent : IVS (Perimeter Protection) ,SMD 3.0，Face Detection ，People Counting ，Smart Search ，Alarm Event ,Heat Map
Network
Network Port : RJ-45 (10/100 Base-T)
SDK and API :Yes
Network Protocol ：IPv4; IPv6; HTTP; HTTPS; TCP; UDP; ARP; RTP; RTSP; RTCP; RTMP; SMTP; FTP; SFTP; DHCP; DNS; DDNS; QoS; UPnP; NTP; Multicast; ICMP; IGMP; NFS; SAMBA; PPPoE; 802.1x; SNMP
User/Host : 20 (Total bandwidth: 80 M)
Storage: FTP; SFTP; Micro SD card (support max. 256 GB); NAS
Browser :IE: IE 8 and later，Chrome，Firefox
Management Software : Smart PSS; DSS; DMSS
Mobile Client :iOS; Android
Electrical
Power Supply: 12 VDC/PoE (802.3af)/ePoE
Power Consumption:
Basic: 2.4 W (12 VDC); 3 W (PoE)
Max. (H.265 + three streams + intelligence on + IR on ): 5.7 W (12 VDC); 6.8 W (PoE)

What can I say, this camera is boring. It's boring because is just works. Everything acts as it should and works as it should.
I've not found any bugs of sort in the 4 days its been running.
Thank goodness it comes with the previous GUI, and not the new Web 5.0 buggy mess.
This is a great form factor for those that need a small bullet.

This camera does not have any audio capabilities.

Setting used:
Day Manual Shutter 0-8ms, gain 0-30, NR 38. Brightness 50, Contrast 56, Saturation 53, Sharpness 35, gamma 50, backlight off.
Night Manual shutter 0-15ms, gain 0-50, NR 41, Brightness 60, Contrast 66, Saturation 50, sharpness 38, gamma 50. backlight off.

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SD card and reset
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Be sure to choose 1440 in Youtube player.

What did you have the Exposure comp set at?
You have NR at 38, it has separate 3D and 2D NR. Are they both at 38?
Do you have the Encode mode at H.264H or something different.
My FW is V2.820.15OG004.0.R Build date: 2021-07-29
Web Version V3.2.1.1082162 Is it supposed to be 4.0?

Thanks for the review.

 

[looney2ns]

Exposure comp at default of 50.
NR both 38.

 

[Flintstone61]

Thanks @looney2ns
I didn't know about this model. Something to think about.

 

[wittaj]

Would've been something to think about if it wasn't crippled by removing its audio capabilities.

Most of Dahua bullets don't include audio, just the turret. You bought the correct camera for your application so quit overthinking it LOL