Zoom lens for a Dahua IPC-T5442TM-AS

[questioning]

I have a Dahua (Loryta) IPC-T5442TM-AS that I would like to put a zoom lens on (probably 16mm) to use it for being able to see license plate numbers at night. Is it possible to put a zoom lens on this? Or is this not a good camera to try to use for that?

 

[biggen]

Dahua doesn't offer a way to change the lens. You are set with the focal length you buy. They do make a varifocal turret already out to 12mm.

How far away are the car plates you need to capture? 16mm isn't much zoom. The cars would have to be very close in order to read plates.

 

[samplenhold]

See these threads:

Simple Dahua bullet cam 50mm vari-focal mod longe range zoom

I'm new to the forum but just want to detail my mod to mount a cheap vari-focal lens in a Dahua HFW4433M-I2 bullet cam (Both sourced from Aliexpress) using simple parts with no cutting or manipulation of the enclosure or circuitry. Credit to Nyar for his 25mm 4MP License plate thread which gave...

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Cheap ($90USD) 300 feet varifocal mod LPR test

I detailed my long range varifocal mod in the Dahua sub Simple Dahua bullet cam 50mm vari-focal mod as my original purpose wasn't so much for license plates as people but as I've been refining my settings, I found using plates was the best to get shutter and lighting settings right for better...

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Notice that these mods are on bullet cams. Turret cams usually do not have enough room for bigger lenses.

 

[questioning]

Thanks for the replies. I learned a lot. I didn't even know "LPR" was a thing. I have a lot more reading I need to do now.

 

[bradner]

I have a Dahua (Loryta) IPC-T5442TM-AS that I would like to put a zoom lens on (probably 16mm) to use it for being able to see license plate numbers at night. Is it possible to put a zoom lens on this? Or is this not a good camera to try to use for that?

I use a camera (IPC-HFW5231E-Z12E) zoomed to 64mm to capture plates at ~120 feet away.

 

[questioning]

I use a camera (IPC-HFW5231E-Z12E) zoomed to 64mm to capture plates at ~120 feet away.

Yeah, I would just prefer to have a turret camera if I can. The distance for ours is about 30-40 feet, so the 16mm zoom seems to be about all we need.