After living with the Sricam AP005 camera for a while I have grown weary of the erratic performance. I took neo's advice and switched to the FOSCAM MJPEG driver. The camera immediately started working and I hope remains stable. For the money ($162 each) I think the Sricam is a good buy. But only if you can get it working correctly.
BlueIris doesn't seem to provide a "focus" option on their controls. Or have I missed it? My Sricam AP005 has what the manufacturer calls "electronic focus" but it is totally manual. This appears to mean that I cannot make use of the Zoom option within BlueIris as the picture immediately goes out of focus. If I connect directly to the camera url (bypassing BlueIris) I can adjust the focus with the web based client of the camera itself.
BlueIris should re-examine the Sricam AP004/AP005 drivers. They sometimes worked. But mostly just created erratic connection problems with the cameras.
For now I'm using the FOSCAM MJPEG camera selection within BlueIris as it seems to be stable. I just wish there was a way in BlueIris to adjust the focus after doing a zoom.