Somehow that does not surprise me much. Why compete with others when you can compete with yourself?
It is good to read that multiple poeple seem to have trust in Andy from Empire. He is always quick to answer questions in good English.
I ordered dahua DH-SD22204T-GN with PFB202W mount, and it took 2 months because of the mount. But i got the camera sent first and mount later. The mout was only 6€ cheaper than here locally (€28) but can be found for like 18€ on aliexpress also. And free shipping..
Looking forward to seeing your photos. Everyone seems to be pretty excited about this camera. So much so that it seems I would do pretty well buying it as my first camera.My 5213-Z has been arrived.
At first it's a really nice cam. I will take some pictures but will need same days.
The zoom and focus is much faster than i thought. Its slower as the zoom on my PTZ (SD65F230F-HNI PTZ) but much faster than my Axis P3367 (non-PTZ). But you can only zoom and focus manually in the Browser. It's not possible to use it as an action for montion detection or IVS. btw. the cam has IVS: Tripwire, Intrusion Abonded/Missing, Scene Chaning and face detection.
This might be the PTZ I will buy, the specifications look nice enough.It would be nice to automate the zoom on the 5231R-Z to a preset value when motion detected. I looked at the 2MP PTZ starlight, but it is very expensive. Maybe they will make a mini PTZ starlight that would be more affordable.
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