flynreelow
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those images do look good.
Review-OEM 4mp AI Cam IPC-T5442TM-AS Starlight+
- Thread starter looney2ns
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@EMPIRETECANDY
Andy, did you ever get this in 6mm? The Dahua site has the IPC-HDW5849H-ASE-LED listed as being available in 6mm.
This one will not keep 6mm stocks, they said the lens 6mm on it ,not work very well.
Bummer. I would have purchased two at 6mm. But where I need this, 3.6mm is too wide.
get 2 Color4K-X 6MM.
Fixed focal I don't bother with anymore. Just get the ZE's and be done with it. Not that much difference in price.
What Is the difference? I thought they are the same CAM.get 2 Color4K-X 6MM.
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The Color4K-X is the bullet. The other is a turret.
But where I want these, a bullet will not work for me.
OakleyFreak
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Would someone with this cam check the loggin screen from web browser. Dosent matter chrome Firefox edge. I can't paste password in that field I can on user. All my amcrest and dahua cameras let me do this.
Tried 3 computers . Has to be in the cam...
Thanks
Tried 3 computers . Has to be in the cam...
Thanks
Mike A.
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Already get @looney2ns a mini 5442 bullet, let's see how is working on a new review this month. This year, camera will be not huge update, NVR will have some update to more AI and smarter. Will have some details later this week.
abductors
n3wb
Yes I saw that on Amazon, crazy I ordered Saturday night and delivered Sunday morning!
The image quality was initially terrible for 2 reasons compared to my existing T5442s, 1. It was using VBR instead of CBR 2. It was not using smart codec.
Surprised these 2 things made such a huge difference, the image was crazy blurry.
Emailed Andy but never got a response, but hope others don't make the same mistake.
Make sure you don't do VBR codec video record!
$40 tax for varifocal not too bad, I have an existing 5442 that;s just 3.6mm and I like varifocal allowing me to go between step sizes (between 3.6 and 6mm).
So under Encoding strategy is yours set to Smart Codec? Mine is currently on "General" I am using CBR with a bitrate of 8192 and Iframe of 15 (Frame rate is also set to 15)
abductors
n3wb
That got me most of the way there.
However, when looking at the stream or the recording I saw every few seconds the frames would blur and focus again. I don't have this issue on a fixed lens 5442 camera and noticed the only difference was the Smart Codec setting. Review your recordings and look at something fixed like a blade of grass or flower and see if it stays clear for 5-10s.
So to fix the issue I had to change Encoding Strategy to "Smart Codec". Left the FPS at 15 but dropped bit rate to 4096.
Be sure you are not on VBR. That sounds like an issue when the bitrate drops.
If you are using Blue Iris, it will not like Smart Codec. Smart Codec can drop iframes down low and reduce bitrate and can be problematic with motion detection.
I bought my Varifocal 5442 to setup Fixed-Lens 5442 CAMs. It was suggested here to have a Varifocal when finding/testing placement/location. This allowed me to verify which fixed lens worked best for each location. I do not have any recordings/footage from my Varifocal, since all my CAMs are Fixed. I don't even remember messing with any settings.
I know there has been mention/post about it best to stay with Fixed Lens CAMS, maybe they were experiencing the blur you mentioned.
Can this camera be used sitting on a shelf upside down looking out to the driveway? Looking to put it on a shelf in my garage in front of my cars in the garage that's about 6 feet off the ground. Would the 2mp 2.8" IPC-T3241T-ZAS be a better use of money, or if that's too nice for garage use the IPC-K42A cube? I was thinking of one of the 5442 or 3241 for the shelf and a IPC-K42A cube wall mounted on the opposite side of the garage just to see the door to the house.
Yea you can mount it under a shelf. If you have money go with this one.
