WiFi Dome 4.5" PTZ Security IP WaterProof Outdoor IP Camera 3X Optical Zoom IR-Cut

Camera is meant to be mounted high and in the center of desired viewing area. If you draw a circle, you would mount the camera high and in the middle of it. The camera pans all the way down and back up again on the other side and then side to side, spinning 360 degrees looking straight downward.

The camera, as mentioned by another reviewer, does not view straight-ahead, horizontal. The lens is aimed downward about 20 degrees. Mounted on my garage (7ft high), I could not see my house 30-35ft away (it was short about 12ft). Mounted on a pole 15ft high, I could just see the bottom of the back door at the same 30-35ft distance.

I tried tipping the camera up by shimming it 1" or so. This gave me the horizontal view, but messed up the side to side because the camera now moves in an arc pattern. I would not recommend this camera to view forward and across, only downward in a large radius and 360 degree(ish) around.

Other than that, the camera is bigger than it appears in the picture, but is good build quality. It looks nice too. The picture image quality is pretty good. Better than I expected. At night, pitch black, the IR LEDs light up the back of my house really good at 30-35ft. You can definitely see anything moving or going on in black and white detail. Also, I can see the road at about 90ft. I'm pretty impressed.

For an experienced networking guy, this setup was a bit tricky at first. Once you find the camera on your network, the rest of the setup is fairly straight-forward. The software to operate the camera is okay and easy enough to use. If you get the off-center picture as mentioned by another reviewer, click the page compatibility button in IE to fix it (the torn rectangle icon up on the address bar).

I am using WIFI at home to connect the camera and so far, no problems with connectivity. I am actually pretty surprised at the distance the camera is away from the router and everything is good. I have not lost connection and speed is typical for this setup. Software has some nice features, but motion detection is a bit funky and I haven't figured out the proper adjustment yet. At times, you get glare and stuff on outer dome lens that effects your view. Lastly, the camera doesn't seem to integrate into multi-camera setups, in other software, with different cameras, for various reasons.

Overall, if the camera is located properly, it is a really good buy. I would recommend it to others. Optical zoom works great, the night vision works great and picture quality and control is good too. Has all the features you would want or need for basic home or business application.

I order one of this camera, for what I paid I was not expecting any great picture quality, what a surprise was when I start to play with it, it has an excellent quality image and it work better than I expected, thats why I got a second one.

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This pretty much is the same thing as the Agasio 622 camera for $30 less. It also has zoom and the good thing about it is that it returns to Preset 1 upon boot. I'm not sure I'll get the good support that I got from Agasio, but then again, the support wasn't really that good.

What do you expect though, for this price ($150) no tax no shipping for a WIFI camera that can send images to your email address. I even set the dynamic DNS up too, aliased so I can access it easier from anywhere.

It may have come a little out of focus, I will try to adjust it but I haven't found the small hex screw to open it up.

I think it is OK to take a chance on this product. As long as you get it configured it is smooth sailing from there.

Update 12/07/12

Guess they increased the price $20. Mine is still working well and it has been raining outside too.

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This Is A Great Camera But It Has To Be Very High Up If You Want Like I Do In Wanting To See The Whole Yard And Your House, The Higher The Better, I Can See My Whole 3 Acres The Barns And The House, The Lake, Everything. The Camera Can See As Far As You Can See If It Is Up High Like Up On A Telephone Pole. That's The Only Drawback, Has To Be High.

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Disc does not help set up.. will not work.. instructions on internet helps.. still haven't got it working..very disappointed in product.. was not what was advertised as..