IPC-B54IR-ZE S3

I've had these cameras for a few years now. Still working great. Local police came asking for video to solve a crime and liked the daytime and night time video quality. The area of concern for them was 50 yards from camera and was a great help.

I have many of these cameras and had never had a problem until the latest round of upgrades. You may run into a problem logging in with MS Edge to do the setup but it does work with Chrome.

I received a lemon ... did nothing when power applied via POE. Camera returned, verbal confirmation of refund .. but no refund.

I have used a variety of cameras from many different manufactures and I ca say to date these are the best performing nighttime cameras in this price point. For many years, nighttime cameras were only 2mp to not overwhelm the utilized sensor. These come with a 1/1.8” sensor which allows these 4mp cameras to have stellar nighttime video. These sensors are also used in 4k/8mp cameras as well but then you start overwhelming the sensor which will add noise to your image. This brings me to saying that these offer a well-balanced image during day and night. Again, for this price range this is the best-balanced camera you can purchase if nighttime image quality is a must. Look for the 5442 series and you should not be disappointed. This camera is motorized variable Focus that allows for 4x zoom. Will be keeping an eye out for a 12x if they become available…The first image is at 8am and is currently focused on the plant and people that walk up to the front door.The second image is at 12:21am and again is focused on the plant before I trimmed it and removed the fuchsia that someone placed without letting me know 😊.

This is the one you want, unless you prefer fixed focus.Pros:* 30 fps, no blur* 520 kB/s full-res data rate* Wide angle when zoomed-out* Wide zoom range (zoom in on details without pixelization)* Wide dynamic range (Unbelievable image quality in super low light)* Quick/easy setup (e.g. no IE plugins required, default TCP port usage)Cons:* Zoom/re-focus is kind of slow (but always settles on perfect auto-focus)* I haven't gotten the camera's microphone/audio feed to work (is it supposed to?)* Every camera defaults to the same static IP address (better change it or use DHCP!)In my attached example photo (from Blue Iris 5), the left camera is this one and the right camera is a Vivotek 8332 with an external IR light source, pointing at the same drive way full of cars at the exact same time of night (super dark out). There is no comparison! I added a B&W/Infrared comparison as well, but I just record color, day and night. A full screen capture shot is included too. This camera is incredible!