jebarber

Technically the enclosures have heaters and blowers. Outdoor enclosures anyway. They are to melt ice and slow from the lens and prevent condensation.

I got one of the P12 cameras and mounted it behind a telephone jack wall plate. The camera is mounted to the back side of the jack and you can't see the little hole at all. It just looks like a mount to hang a phone on the wall, there's just no phone. I actually considered getting a cheap wall mount phone and gutting it and mounting it in the phone itself. Just seemed like too much work when the jack itself hides the camera quite well.

It's also not PTZ. Another thing to consider for an outdoor camera is the power. I don't think many PTZ cameras can power the heater and blower via POE. So if you're someplace that gets cold you will likely need to run power to it.