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Sorry I should clarify my self I was talking about a traditional PTZ camera that has a Megapixel image sensor. The Axis 212 is not a traditional PTZ camera. It has a very wide angle 3 megapixel lens and it allows you digitally PTZ the image with D1 resolution. The camera not really a megapixel camera in the normal way you would think. Axis 212 demo

Bosch dome cameras have a patented dome shape for 90º vertical view..... but this would require you to replace your camera with a new one.

I use compression fittings for all if my installs

Are you talking about Wifi or Cell? Off the top of my head I think you can get Sony PTZs with built in Wifi but any IP camera can be setup with access points and used wirelessly. check these guys out http://www.inscapedata.com/ If you need a Cell solution here is a all in one setup. http://www.ivcco.com/PDF/PTZ-3130-06.pdf

Let us know what you think of the Panasonic. I have quoted 4 of them for a upcoming job and I would like to hear if they live up to the hype.

That is the best image I have seen from a 3130. The Arecont lens are crap.

That is cheaper analog camera hooked up to a AXIS video server

I need I know if WDR camera will get me a better image. The customer wants to know what people are carrying out of his plant and have facial recognition. So I have 2 options: One megapixel camera so he can have a overall shot and be able to zoom in on the doors. Two at least 3 cameras 2 of which are zoomed in on the door on the left and the walk way between the buildings on the right then one camera for a wide shot. To further complicate things this has to be done wirelessly because the NVR will be located 3 buildings away. I know there is going to be bandwidth issues with the megapixel camera so I am trying to convince my customer to let me run a fiber or cat5 between the buildings but it will not be easy or cheap. I am thinking about using Panasonic WV-CP484s and video servers for the WDR and a Arecont 3130 for megapixel camera. I really don't think the Arecont is going to give me a good image with the lighting conditions you see in the image. So I unless any one has a better idea I think the 3 Panasonics are the way to go.

Any feed back on this camera? I need a WDR camera for a job and I came across this one. http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelDetail?storeId=11201&catalogId=13051&itemId=67038&catGroupId=38551&surfModel=WV-NP472&displayTab=R

I was think about using a server but I might have to make changes to the camera after it is installed so I would like to be able to remote into the camera instead of pulling out my 22' extension ladder and a test monitor. I like making adjustments from my chair in my office instead of a ladder. The only 2 cameras I could find are the Panasonic and the Bosch. Panasonic is the only one that will work with Video Insight.

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Arecont has web interface and u can set up some parametres Some is right...... I still can't figure out out how to change the port number on a Arecont camera.

are you talking about NVR software? Most camera manufactures sell or include NVR software that only works with there cameras. But there is alot of NVR software from 3rd partys that work with many different cameras manufactures. As far as I know Arecont is the only company that you have to use there software to set the cameras up. AXIS, Sony, Vivotek, ....... you set everything up thought the cameras web interface.

This is not going to be possible at your budget. Why do you want wireless cameras? Keep in mind that you will need to power the camera so you will most likely have to run wires so you might as well run cat5 or rg-59 for video. AXIS makes 3 wireless cameras nether have a IR cutoff filter which means they will not work at night. I was building this system and was using AXIS cameras I would use the following products: AXIS 221 $999.99 outdoor housing $299.99 outdoor wireless access point $299- $499 Total per camera $1597 - $1797 without labor and wire. IP wireless or wired setup will cost about $7500 - $10000 with NVR and install. Sorry I forgot to add IR illumators for the night vision they are around $500. So add another $2000 plus labor to the total. Hope I didn't scare you Keepin mind AXIS is a professional grade product and there are going to be other solutions for less money but you will never find a quality product to do what you want at your budget. ATCi makes some outdoor IR Bullet cameras you might want to look at but they are not wireless so you will need outdoor access points. http://www.acti.com/Catalogv5/Product_Information.asp?PART_NO=ACM-1431/ACM-1432

http://www.videolarm.com/family_item.jsp?content=195&model=17227 Here is a housing you could use to put a PTZ so it isn't a eyesore. You just have to find a place to recess it. Also the AXIS 233d now has built in auto tracking

sorry you posted in the IP Camera and Software section so I you where looking for a IP system. They do have there own IP Encoders. http://avigilon.com/products/cameras-video/ at the bottom

http://avigilon.com/ they are megapixel but it is turn key link to demo image quality http://avigilon.com/products/samplefootage/

What products are you using to connect the camera with the cell network? I tried everything with my At&T 3G card and I could only get the camera to send images via email or FTP. I could not remote into the camera on the 3g network and I talked to AT&T and they said it was not possible because they block all incoming requests. The only way I think it will work is if you setup a VPN. I would use the AXIS 223M but it is only 2mp.

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That is not the setup page for the 206. The 206 does not have WDR or a IR cutoff filter. Every AXIS camera has different setup screens and the only AXIS camera with WDR is the 233D.

Not if you setup your security properly on your switch. Per-port MAC filtering, 802.1x, vlans. Also Zyxel has a really cool feature called Intrusion Lock on there switches for security. Once you plug in all off your devices you can turn on a setting that if a device gets unplugged the switch disables the port. There is no way of hooking anything up to that network wire until you log into the switch thought the Local console port on the switch. Making your install very secure. And yet you still haven't addressed how you prevent compromised cameras. That prevents a simple disconnection or adding hardware for a variation of a man in the middle attack. But keep ignoring that Vivotek has an open vulnerability with it's activeX control that was identified in Feb and still not fixed. Or the reports of D-link cameras being affected by the same vulnerability and actively being exploited in the wild. Well I would never recommend Vivotek or D-link for anything important. And I would not allow direct access to the cameras. Setup mac address filtering so only the NVR can access the cameras.

Not if you setup your security properly on your switch. Per-port MAC filtering, 802.1x, vlans. Also Zyxel has a really cool feature called Intrusion Lock on there switches for security. Once you plug in all off your devices you can turn on a setting that if a device gets unplugged the switch disables the port. There is no way of hooking anything up to that network wire until you log into the switch thought the Local console port on the switch. Making your install very secure.

Thomas, when you say expose, do you mean letting users connect directly to the cameras rather than through the NVR/IP Video surveillance software? Correct. Allowing the users to be able to directly access the cameras allows for all kinds of potential chaos. You don't have to allow direct access to the cameras. Most of the time I just set up a access for the NVR software unless the customer requests it.

Here is a good indoor PTZ from AXIS. AXIS 212 I forget but I think the price is $599.00

Why didn't you like the Isonas IP access control?

You just keep installing analog cameras I will take all of the IP camera installs. I think your getting ahead of your self buddy. I've installed and still install both. Provide a solution for a narrow jewelery store that needs to cover each show case, say the store is 500 feet long by 40 feet wide. Jewelery cases run down the side of the store. Analog solution is 30 cameras, with a camera positioned over each show case. Here, it doesn't matter the resolution because each camera is covering such a small area and there's no way to eliminate any of those cameras. If you go with a IP solution, 1.3 MP at 30 FPS the bandwidth consumption will be crazy and so will the storage. Will 3 to 4 times the amount of the analog installation. Now, there are many times when IP is useful, but to say analog is dead is not very smart. If analog was dead then why is Axis still making video servers? I never said I only install IP cameras. There is no one camera for every situation. But I don't agree what telespy is saying, he makes IP cameras sound like they are garbage and this simply is not true.