VideoSecu 4 Pack Built-in SONY Effio CCD Home CCTV Video IR Zoom Bullet Security Surveillance Camer

I have 14 cameras installed just about anywhere you can think of around my farm

Pros

Housing is great, hevey and solid with good mounts and cable management

Very professional looking so anyone who sees it knows it's not a fake or cheap camera.

Cons

The ir LEDs are not very powerful at all compared to some of my other cams with less LEDs.

The ir coverage are is very narrow like a tight cone.

The adjustment screw covers are cheap rubber and if in a completly exposed are (direct sun and weather) they will fail in a year or two which will let water into the camera body.

Unknown at this point.

Image was a bit disapointing considering it is supposed to be 600 lines but I need to check the focus again as it tends to change over time (adjustsment creeps?)

I have it on a dvr card with only cf resolution and via 175 foot cat5 run on a telephone pole so it might be that combination that's giving me less than spectacular images but the 420 line qsee all weather cam that this one replaced had a sharper image and much better ir illumination.

Been up and running for six months now directly in the direct wind, rain, snow, and minus 27C weather with no problems so far

Will see after the usuall 24 month ccd danger zone.

The camera was purchased because of the high resolution, zoom lens and night vision features and it was a good decision. I needed a camera to cover my driveway and steps leading to my home. The zoom feature allowed me to tailor the coverage area to exactly what was required. There are two adjustments a zoom and a focus that you have to work together to get a perfect image. This camera allows you to put a text ID in the image and select its location on the image. You can also set the shutter speed, brightness, back light compensation, AGC, white balance, mirror image, day or night mode, motion area, privacy areas of the screen can be blacked out, contrast, sharpness and color gain. The controls are on the back of the camera to set it up so depending where you install the camera you may have to set it up before it is in its final location. I use the default settings and they work just fine. It comes with a 2 amp power supply and the specs do not state how much current it draws in the night mode with the IR on. I feed the power to the camera with 18 gauge solid copper wire to limit the voltage drop which would dim the IR lights if a smaller power cable were used. Color images are good and what I expected. The IR images are good but not as good as the color. I do not use the motion detection feature of the camera but use the one in the Mini DVR VideoSecu Mini Security CCTV DVR Recorder Motion Detection Overwrite Schedule Videos with Audio Recording 3UAwhich it works great with.

Issues: The only issue I had was very minor. The template provided to drill the mounting holes for the camera mount was wrong. Two of the holes were out of location. So check it before you use it. It is a pain if you are drilling in thick steel and they don't line up, ask me how I know.

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