PTZ Camera Outdoor, 30X Optical Zoom Security Camera, 5MP Wireless WiFi RTSP IP Camera, 1000FT Night Vision, Auto Tracking, Emergency Strobe Light Alarm, Human Detection, 2-Way Audio

I originally gave this camera 3 stars because the night vision kept switching between modes, but I found that the issue was because I was trying to use a poi-splitter to power the camera (in spite of all the warnings from the seller to "Please use the power supply". This camera needs a lot of power for all of the functions that it has and even a brand new 60w poi-switch with only this one camera plugged into the switch, it still struggled to provide the camera with enough power. I finally ran a power line to the camera and after the first night, the night vision was much better. So the lesson is; use the power supply. I reset the camera today and I'll see if it gets even better. So I changed my rating from 3 stars to 5 stars because the camera and seller deserve it. The camera has excellent image quality and amazing zoom, the sound quality is also excellent. You can use one of the built in alarms (from the camera) or you can record your own sound to use for the alarm. The seller has excellent response to any questions you have about the camera.

I have had this camera for over a year. Overall it has been better than expected for its price. The picture quality is excellent with great resolution, contrast, dymamic range and saturation. The mechanical features are also very reliable. Full 360 degree pan, strong vertical support for ground to sky views, and a wide optical zoom range with an additional digital zoom that really shows detail at a distance. My bird feeder is 30 feet from the camera and I am able to fill the frame with a single bird. The camera has lots of other features that make it outstanding for security. It supports preset points that I can set. Then I can have it rotate from point to point continuously scanning for any movement or just what it perceives as a human. When it finds a target, it stops on that person and zooms in for a closeup, all the time recording. If the person moves, the camera follows him in any direction. Only when the person is no longer in view will the camera continue its preset scanning routine. At night the IR illumination is excellent. It reaches far out, over 50 feet to cover my entire yard. But if I Walk outside, all I see is darkness. The IR illumination is not visable to the human eye. A special feature that may be turned on or off is a warning signal to alert intruders that they are being recorded. If activated, when the camera detects a human it flashes red and blue led lights while pointing toward the person. As they try to move to avoid the camera, it continues flashing to show them that they are being followed. I think that this is a valuable deterrent and may stop intruders from trying to enter your house or office. I have had one problem with my camera. On occation, the camera would drop my house Wifi and go into a default mode where it moves throughout its entire range and sounds a loud tone once every minute. I suspect that this is its notice that it is back in setup mode. To reconnect the camera to my Wifi, I need to go through the setup procedure again. Fortunately I don't lose my preset positions. So, they are again active after the camera reconnects to my home Wifi. This problem has happened a few times. I have sent emails to the manufacturer's suppoort team and have always had quick and helpful answers to my questions. However, due to the fact that the problem has continued, I had to request that they replace my camera with a new one under the warranty. They were most agreeable and sent me a new camera. UPDATE 12/2/22 - I had several email conversations with the manufacturor, who was very eager to insure that I had a good working camera that installed with little difficulity. After receiving the new camera, I followed the well written and illustrated instructions and was able to easily connect it to my home Wifi system. I have tested its various features and have found no problems. I suspect that my earlier issues were with the old camera's firmware and the phone app used to install it and control its function. Since this new installation was very easy, I am guessing that some bugs were removed from the firmware and phone app. In any case, I can now highly recommend the camera for both its ease of installation and robust features. I have used other simular cameras to watch my bird feeder and scan my back yead for intruders. This camera is far above the others in both its ability to automatically zoom in and see distant objects as well as patroling the area and detecting, warning, and recording all intruders. I enjoy checking the recordings each morning to see the various wild life that roam through my yard during the night. It has recorded deer, racoons, skunks, possums, woodchucks, dogs, cats and turkeys. I never imagined how many animals were visiting during the night. Because of the bug fixes to the software and the extra way that the manufacturor worked with me to resolve my problems, I can highly recommend the HXVIEW PTZ Security Camera.

The zoom is good, picture is clear. Software for phone isn’t great for security purposes. Almost impossible to find what you want while replaying video because it doesn’t have any markers for where motion was so you have to watch the video in real time for a long time to find what you want. Why you wouldn’t just make it have the basic features any dvr would have is beyond me as that is industry standard stuff. Oddly enough, even though it’s supposed to work with ONVIF it doesn’t work with any other software I have that other camera’s with ONVIF work with just fine. The other big issue is that when zoomed all the way out it doesn’t have a very wide field of view. Most any camera this style I’ve had can see my entire driveway zoomed out but this cannot by a good bit. Sure it pans which does somewhat make up for that, but not really. I just would like to be able to see my car and a few feet on either side. A wider FOV would be great. I also wish it would angle a little higher than it does, zoomed in you won’t see anything higher than the camera itself sits. This is the first camera this style that didn’t go higher than level on the vertical axis. Beyond that the camera seems okay. Frustrating that there isn’t any camera even close to the old cctv systems back in the 1980s as far as features and quality anymore. They all connect to the internet and lack basic controls that were always standard things.

Hunters, I attached this to my blind for hunting and it's powered by a 12 volt deep cycle lithium battery. This camera is clear enough to recognize a rabbit 70 yards away at night. The IR is a little weak but works well enough for night vision scopes and monoculars too. Turned the phone into a hotspot and with a little trial and error made a connection. It operates from the phone plus records pictures and videos.

I have another similar camera that is 23X total zoom that zooms way way further than this camera, the app is laggy and glitchy, instructions are in chinenglish, I turned off all the AI tracking, monitoring zones, motion sensing functions that I could find in the settings and the little police lights still flash every time someone moves in front of the camera, the clarity is just ok even after manually adjusting the video focus, brightness, contrast, etc, and overall app functions are just not very user friendly. Will be buying a different camera with better app support and just have to endure the subscription fee that will come with the added app quality. Setup was simple though.

Sales Rep (Jack) very promptly worked through my issues, and questions. They ended up replacing the camera. This replacement is working perfectly. I am very pleased with the resolution. These are good guys.

The first out of box impression is that this camera is big. But once it's mounted it doesn't seem so big. It takes beautiful clear video day and night video and the zoom is pretty amazing. I'd say it's closer to a 20x than a 30x zoom but still fantastic. I haven't set it up for live streaming vorr the web, so can't comment on that. But for my usage the the associated app makes it very easy to download video the camera takes to your phone. You definitely want to use the app for that because otherwise you're left with h.265 raw files that you need to convert to mpeg4. One annoyance - this camera defaults to flashing red and blue lights (think police) on detecting motion All of that can be disabled, some through easy checkbox settings (for example motion thresholds) but turning it off completely requires that you find and send preset codes to the camera that aren't documented as well as they could be. Fortunately the support is excellent and they are very responsive. All of this could be baked into future versions of the app - quite easily - and it would be much better. Many video settings look editable through the app but are not. The web interface or pc app are required for that. That's pretty confusing. At the end of the day the camera works well for a good price but some exploration of how to do what is required. It takes some effort. But I found it to be worth it. I've purchased two of these so far.

This is a phenomenal camera! It is now almost 3 years since I purchased and regret doing a late review. What prompted me to do the review was a series of power outages on the island where I live caused the camera to lose connection to the internet. I contacted customer support and I was back online within minutes. I could not be more thrilled with this product! The camera itself is a bargain at the price. The optical zoom is amazingly clear. I live on St Thomas USVI and I can focus closely on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island that is a mile away. Except for the local utility company issue that was no fault of the camera, the camera has worked flawlessly for almost 3 years in a very harsh environment of saltwater, high winds and constant sunshine. I highly recommend this quality camera!