JideTech 5MP PTZ WiFi Camera Outdoor,5X Optical Zoom Camera with Auto-Tracking,200ft Night Vision, 2-Way Audio, Motion Detection Alarm, IP66 Waterproof, 128G SD Card Slot

*Updated Sept 22/21. Audio failed after seven months. JideTech refunded the camera with no fuss after I purchased a replacement. More impressive, they didn't even want the old one back. No other issues besides that. Unfortunately, JideTech still hasn't improved the software and the documentation remains poor, especially for more advanced features like tracking, etc. Large learning curve, but worth it. Basic users need not worry.I've spent more than a week with this camera now. It replaces an older Foscam F19805W IP Camera. First, if you want an idea of just how good the IR is on this camera, look at my two pictures. The foggy one is my Foscam under IR, the second, this JideTech. And that's with the shutter turned down to 500 and the WDR off to reduce the awful glare and whiteout I get at default settings. You'll have little chance of seeing a face if you don't adjust those two settings. That said, the general web settings available for this camera are good for only the most basic of settings and you only get a small-sized box for monitoring on a desktop. I highly recommend Blue Iris if you're looking for a better monitoring and security solution. The IP Camera web utility is fine for basic settings, but that's about it. I've fiddled around with the settings so much I'm dreaming of bit rates, key frame intervals and shutters. Do yourself a favor and educate yourself on these settings. You are going to get much better performance and image quality than if you leave them at the defaults. It really makes a big difference. I didn't test "Smart Tracking". I don't use it or humanoid detection, as I like more general motion shots and I don't require tracking. The brief time it was on it looked like it worked fine, though humanoid detection mode will greatly cut down on general motion detection of other objects. It's a trade off. On with the pros and cons as I see them.Pros:- High quality images. Video is very nice too, after getting the settings right. Changed the video format to 60Hz, upped the bit rate to 3000 and bumped the frame rate to 30. My key frame interval is at 30. Your results will vary and do depend on how good your bandwidth is and what environment you have. All of this smoothed out my stuttering people movements and jerky cars and sharpened up the images. I'll mention too that I'm wired. WiFi may give different results, depending on performance.- The IR is maybe a little TOO good. At defaults you'll likely find your night shots completely glared and whited out on people. Start with turning off the WDR and turning down the shutter to 500 or less. It'll depend on your environment and other factors. I noted that if the camera is reflecting off of a wall or something else it'll make it worse. If you are just monitoring a yard or lot and don't care about people, up the shutter to 2000 and turn on the WDR. Amazing and clear coverage. Color IR is useless without lots of ambient light around.- FTP is a nice feature if you plan on needing any kind of real storage. My camera FTP's to my NAS server in the house and stores everything. Better than the SD card for this purpose and works great.- Remote connections are a breeze on your mobile devices. I had no issues, and PTZ response was good.- The PTZ works fairly well, if not quite smooth. The zoom is mediocre, but it is only 5x.- The pick up mic is exceptional. I can hear conversations across the street and it's very clear. The outgoing one makes the cons list though.- Support has been mostly responsive and helpful with my endless and I'm sure annoying questions. But that's because nothing is documented. See the cons list for that part.- The CamHiPro phone app does an adequate job and works well controlling the camera PTZ, snaps and video. Just don't look for anything beyond the basics.Cons:- The settings. Lord, these are lacking. Nobody found the need to explain most of them. If you're a guru, you might already know how to use them all and what they do. I didn't know quite a few, and I had to Google a lot and ask support. To their credit, they did send me a list of explanations and some other videos to answer my questions. That helped a lot.- The camera will occasionally randomly restart for no reason I can find. I also had it lock up in the IP Camera web app several times.- "Intelligent" IR mode causes the camera to become drunk and unruly. Seriously, I have no idea what this is supposed to do. What it does do is turn the lights on and off randomly like it's confused. Everything is whited out too. Honestly, this isn't very intelligent.- No HTTPS port support.- Has trouble holding it's daytime settings and will randomly change them itself depending on if it's in a snarky mood. It frustrates the life out of me. We have had many words and finger shaking sessions over this.- The motion detection is lacking configurability. It's one picture or three and a sensitivity adjustment, that's about it. My Foscam had "Capture Interval" (how long between snaps) and "Trigger Interval" (time between motion events). Without these you will find gaps between the snaps where the person or car travels out of range with no images saved. Example: Someone walks down my street. The camera snaps three quick shots before they get to my driveway. Then they are up my driveway and out of sight because the camera delayed taking more shots. That's not good. With those two features I could increase the amount of shots and reduce the lag in between motion detection. This is very basic stuff and should be added. If you're thinking humanoid mode to address this, read further down.- The outgoing speaker is terrible. Full up it could barely be heard thirty feet away. Strictly useful if someone is very close to it.- The settings are lacking documentation. JideTech leans towards the idea that the defaults they think are best should suit everyone. They are big on telling you that you shouldn't need to adjust much of anything. Well, that's just not true at all. Like any camera and the environment it's used in, you'll want to find the best settings you can get if you want to get the most out of this camera. If you just need it to be "okay" and nothing more, you won't care about this.- Humanoid mode works, but at the expense of severely reducing regular motion detection of other objects. It just simply ignored most other motion in this mode unless it had a face. So this one falls under pro/con, depending on your needs.- The camera tends to have a slow focus response in my opinion. I wish there was some way to tweak this, as any little movement of the camera results in noticeably slow refocusing. If I was using tracking, I'd be getting a lot of blurred images. Whether this is a limitation of the hardware or not I'm not sure. It's not a deal breaker, but it isn't a strong point on this model.Bottom line from me? This camera is feature-rich, takes great pictures and video, has exceptional IR and the PTZ is more than adequate for most needs. It's great bang for your buck, and you'll be hard-pressed to find better features in this price range. But it could be so much better with a more capable interface utility, feature documentation and some common on other camera configurability options added to make the motion detection more useful. Faster refocusing after moving the camera would be a big help too. The camera itself is very capable - if you take the time to utilize everything it has to offer to get the best out of it.

I bought one and liked it, so in about a month I got second one.They worked fine at the beginning, but then I have problem: one camera is online , another says "connecting". Another camera goes online , first one disconnects and this goes back and forth. Looks like only one of them can be online at the time. I do not know what to do with them now...I was contacted by Tech Support and they helped me with the issue. I upgraded rating to 4 starts. I still think that manuals and instructions should be better.

This 5MP security camera with 5x optical zoom and a great wide angle view when your at 1X. This security camera is loaded with features. I have to say when hunting for a security camera on amazon it is hard to find the perfect one. When I am looking these are some of the key features I look for which this camera has:-Local Storage (up to 128GB)-ONVIF support for 3rd party apps, I tested on Blue Iris, Tiny Cam, OBS, VLC-Uses CamHi or CamHiPro as there recommended Android/Apple app.-5MP image 2560x1920-H.265 and H.264 Profiles-Full PTZ with 360 degree view with pan and 90 degree tilt-A power full zoom with also great wide angle-Motion + linking to human recognition alarm for less false alertsI've found PTZ's do best when mounted high this is because when you zoom in you will lose view of everything above the center point of the 1x view. The 5X zoom really makes it nice when you want to monitor an area within 40 to 60 feet and get great detail within that zone and can easily identify someone.The mic's audio is clear you can hear the birds chipping in the distance and the speakers audio is loud where you can hear it clearly easily 50 feet away.The CamHi or CamHiPro app that is recommended to go with this camera is quite good. I prefer it over other proprietary camera apps I have tested. This app has been getting regular updates and is becoming quite a powerful app.This Antenna setup is a bit different then most you will see. First it has 2 non-removable antennas that can be angled just about any position to suite you needs. If your looking to upgrade the antenna to a 3rd party super high gain antenna setup this camera does not lend it self to that seeing these antennas are hard wired in. But you can be confident that you will get great range from this security camera. My setup is around 150 feet away through 1 exterior wall of the house and I'm getting a signal strength in the low 90% range, sometimes reporting 86%.