So I have a 4mp Mini POE IP camera that I am looking to replace. Right now I have 4 of them in use. There are some features that I have come to use and in some cases don't want to do with out. so while some of the Manuals have limited details of cameras I am looking for users with the camera already and have found that it does have such feature.
So while I was looking at the IP2M-866 Mini PTZ I don't think that is going to work. 1 It is going down in MP from 4 to 2mp and from the looks of it I don't think it will mount where I want to place it seeing the one in question that I really need this feature on is placed upside down. I think this would damage the 866. I am sure I could make a mounting area. It would just need to be after the nesting season is over..
So if you have a Camera that has zoom ability could you look in the menu and see if it offers a near focus. I have added a picture from the camera menu where I have mine set to Very Close focus. It Works great and I would really like it to have a built in Speaker. This way it would mean I don't have to add an external one to the area where I have to mount this. Would prefer PTZ however static zoom could work.
Two-way audio is standard. RTSP implementation is possible by two very simple methods. PoE is easily accomplished as is adding an external antenna if clean enough (and private) wi-fi is available as an alternate option. Night time performance is also superb as displayed below.
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Nice night picture, However looking to stay with Amcrest for replacement and while the camera you are showing has a nice picture it isn't going to offer that close up picture that I am needing. If you look at the picture below, you can see that the house in the background is blurry, That is because the PTZ camera has been setup with a Close Focus ability. However if you look at the second picture, This was taken from a Snapshot saved to my FTP that I just took a snapshot from for this posting. This is why I want to replace this camera. While it has Close focus setup at strange times the camera will just go back to a normal setup and not be close anymore. When I go look at the cameras settings they are still setup with close focus it is just the camera has a mind of it's own some times.. So that is why I want to replace with new camera that has same ability. I mean even if I have to setup a PTZ Schedule with the ability to make presets with my own Fucus settings like I can with this camera as well.. However it just does it's own thing every now and again. So it is time for an upgrade..
