Anpviz 4MP PoE IP Turret Camera with Microphone/Audio, IP Security Camera Outdoor Indoor, Night Vision 50ft, Waterproof IP66, 110° Wide Angle 2.8mm Lens, 24/7 Recording, NDAA, IPC-D3240W-S (U Series)

NIGHT VISION ISSUE RESOLVED: See my note (*) at bottom of this review for comment on night light IR somehow getting disabled, and how to re-enable it. Review starts here: Although it doesn't say anywhere that these are ONVIF compliant, they certainly are. My Xeoma installation found them right away when just giving the camera's IP address. Very impressed with the quality of these, and love that you don't have to take the camera itself apart to mount it. It's self contained in a ball with cord attached, and the two-part mounting base simply screws to the wall, ceiling, or whatever. Loosening one screw allows to you to swivel to any position you like. A twist-off trim ring is all that needs to be removed for access to the mounting screws. Firmware is full-featured, and shares a similar interface with many other cameras I've used. Operation with standard 48V POE is a no-brainer. Will be buying more of these. BTW I've reduced the main stream resolution on some of these (in the menus) to 3MP to save disk space, and they are plenty sharp for my use, even with a wide-angle room view. Your mileage of course will vary, so just sayin'. *NOTE: A couple of these (but nowhere near all) cameras stopped working in IR mode. Turns out a camera setting somehow got changed, perhaps by the software I am using (Xeoma). The Camera/Image/Light Mode setting for night light got changed to Pure White Light (which this camera does NOT have) from either Pure Infrared Light (or Smart Dual Light, which is the same as Pure Infrared Light, because the camera doesn't do Pure White). Changing the setting back to Pure Infrared and saving the setting fixed the problem. Very odd. I am contacting the software company to see if their software had anything to do with it, but the cameras in question are now working fine. I'll also add here that by now (May 2024) I've bought several dozen of these cameras and not had an issue with any of them, except for the IR problem mentioned above. Per the manufacturer, I've applied a recent software update to the cameras (extremely simple to do, and it leave all previous settings in-place), which has only helped. BTW a camera's configuration can be downloaded as an XML file and used to configure additional cameras, a huge plus. Note that when uploading the configuration file, the camera now uses the password that's in the file. And if you copied the file from another camera, where you changed, for example, the default on-screen display, you might want to update that for the new camera after uploading the configuration. Update Sept. 2024: Not a single one of these has failed on me, and I've installed over 50 of them.

Great price point. I have three of them on the property and have never had an issue with the picture quality or anything. Ran Ethernet cords to each camera and powered via PoE. Sound is good - one way audio so you can hear whats going on if need be. Night Vision is really good - reminds me of the Amcrest cameras (which are also great but these are about 20$ cheaper). Works GREAT in Blue Iris. Ive tried using these in a bunch of DVR software and they work, Blue Iris just has the features Im looking for. You can also set these cameras up on the mobile app "VideoLink" and you can view your cameras outside of your home network for free - all you have to do is scan the code on the camera to set it up in the app. So far Ive been using them all 24/7 for about 3 months. will update review if anything goes wrong, but so far so good!

I cannot say enough about this company. Their products are very reliable, in fact I have installed over 500 of their cameras, and in the course of several years, I have probably only had TWO fail. Support is very good - responsive, and if there IS a failure within the warranty period, they have replaced them very quickly. The cameras are excellent quality, with the operating system built on top of a Unix kernel - what that means is they run on top of a very stable, robust operating system. Clear images, good options in the camera firmware, and they work perfectly with any network video recorder (like BlueIris) or other HIK compatible systems.

I've purchased several ANPVIZ PoE cameras over the past few years, and they consistently perform reliably and are easy to install, configure, and customize. Technical support and post-sales support has proven to be a good experience (one of the devices I purchased was previously owned and didn't seem to have been tested before being resold). This PoE Turret Camera has a really clear picture that streams reliably over multiple protocols. Primary and secondary streams are supported and the streams are playable via the app, a web interface, through NVR/DVR, cloud-based media such as YouTube, and network storage such as a NAS or NFS share, or dedicated security applications such as ZoneMinder or iSpy. Streaming/Broadcast mixers such as OBS connect quickly without needing significant configuration. The ANPVIZ web configuration as well as the app-based configuration are really ready to use and surprisingly robust in the customizations and absolutely feature set. The only issue I encountered was probably a QA/QC test artifact and was easy to resolve; The instructions indicate that the unit will obtain an IP address automatically via DHCP. All of the units I have purchased in the past did this as anticipated until this unit, which had a static IP address assigned. The discover/configuration app still found the camera and reported it's IP address - I just added an additional IP address to my computer on that same subnet and was able to connect to the camera and change the setting back to DHCP. Please see the video for this review for the walk-through of camera discovery and configuration for this particular situation. ANPVIZ PoE camera setup including troubleshooting DHCP setting on camera https://www.amazon.com/vdp/02052684a9d245229d716a8487b12884 Unboxing of ANPVIZ 4MP PoE Turret IP Camera https://www.amazon.com/vdp/00c7f7bcc8bf480484b10183972d86f3

I ordered four of these cameras. One did not include any mounting hardware or weatherproof boot for the RJ45 connector. I sent an email to anpviz support several business days ago and have yet to hear anything back. For the price, the quality of the camera and its image are good. If anpviz replies to my email and provides the missing hardware in a timely manner, I will change my review to five stars.