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Pros & Cons
Pros
The 64mm zoom is amazing. Placement makes a very big difference. This calms the headlights, and brake lights down. This is more challenging to setup than ring, nest, and blink cameras.
Empiretech-andy is the only sell i would buy all my video surveillance equipment from. Andy has a great relationship with the engineers at dahua and gets custom firmware for the cameras he sells. He's quick to answer questions and get back on things t... Read More
This camera replaces the older workhorse 5231-z12. It takes a decent amount of fiddling and technical knowhow to set it up for lpc. I wish this camera had specific lpr/anpr software build-in.
Cons
What’s the point of a blurry camera? Camera constantly loses focus and autofocus is useless. Comes with no instructions, just a card saying to go to a website to download instructions.
Highlights
Quality
You must run cat6 cable, find storage, and use a short enough exposure, but once you do, the video and still frame image qualit... Read More
This is more challenging to setup than ring, nest, and blink cameras, but the quality is amazing.
Same thing with the angle, you want to try to be as straight on as possible, if you're coming at a 90 degree angle - you're goi... Read More
I don’t see any issues like this with the 5241-z12.
Competitiveness
Also remember this is a 2mp starlight+ camera and therefore does amazingly well in low light and challenging install conditions.
I have it connected to a poe switch and hook up to a hikvision nvr with onvif setting.
That said, if you can afford $650, and want built-in lpr analytics, get a hikvision lpr specifically designed to capture plates.
This is normal and usually when a plate enters the scene, it'll practically glow in the dark.
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- This product had a total of 38 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 17 2023.
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Night view is with ir lights off using external ir light
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Head over to ipcamtalk dahua fourm where andy frequents to ask questions and get firmware
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Camera absolutely hates fog and rain
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Almost useless in bad weather
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As fog is not a daily issue ill live with it as everything else is great
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Also support is offshore so expect an overnight delay when asking support for assistance
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But all questions were answered
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The cameras that empiretechandy sells are dahua oem cameras
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