Anpviz 4K PoE Wide Angle Security Camera, Panoramic 180° IP Dual-Lens Bullet Camera Outdoor with Human/Vehicle Detection, Full Metal Housing, Two Way Talk, Built-in MicroSD Card Slot (H Series)

This is an excellent camera with a solid feature set. It was easy to install physically, and the setup process was straightforward. Using PoE eliminates the need for a separate power source and avoids the instability of wireless connections. The picture quality is sharp, and the smart night vision works impressively well.It offers a wide range of features, including two-way audio, customizable visual and audio alarms, and AI-based image detection. Best of all, it doesn’t require a cloud subscription. It supports local storage, cloud-based storage, and NVRs, and is fully ONVIF compatible. The ultra-wide 180-degree field of view delivers full coverage without noticeable distortion.

At the start of this review, I want to say that my favorite camera of all time is an Anpviz camera. So needless to say, I am excited to be able to review this camera. The first thing that struck me was the size. I’m not quite sure why but for some reason it was larger than I expected it to be, not a lot larger but somewhat larger. The next thing I noticed was that when I plugged it into my Hikvision NVR there was no indicator light to let me know it was connected properly. It took several attempts using SADP tool to find camera. There were minimal instructions as to whether I should be using a “plug and play” setting or a “manual” setting. I finally located the camera, logged into the camera, and created a password. I changed the ip address to match the scheme of the NVR and at some point it asked me if I wanted to reboot the camera. I selected yes. The camera locked up during the rebooting process. Probably, I should not have tried to reboot but there were no directions about that. I ended up exchanging the camera for another one.Okay. Now I have my second camera. With help, I was able to activate and get this camera online. I ended up using Onvif protocol. As of today, the camera is mounted on a sidewall of my house overlooking a pathway. The wide-angle view with this camera is considerably better than the view with the camera it replaced. Since it’s looking down, it reminds me of the kind of video you get with a fisheye camera. It’s attached to a flat wall but because of the downward angle, it picks up part of the wall. And the wall appears to be V-shaped or bowl shaped maybe. There is a lot of white vinyl siding in the view. I’m thinking maybe I should have installed the camera lower on the side of the house to reduce the amount of visible siding. What would be cool is if the camera came with a zoom feature. As it is, the picture is sharp and well defined and I can see everything I hoped to be able to see.I was curious to see what the night vision would be like. And it was a definite improvement over the camera I had before. I think the view was affected some by the infrared reflection off of the white siding. All in all, though, it was very good.Overall, this is an impressive camera. Like I said in the beginning, I am a fan of Anpviz cameras and this one is no exception. I did have some issues getting it setup but once I did everything was pretty straight forward and it worked great. I am very happy with this camera. I do wish the installation instructions were a bit me detailed and specific to this camera. I wonder how the 4K version would compare to this camera (6MP)?

The first thing I look for in outdoor cameras is field of view so I have been looking at these 180 degree cameras for a while. I bought this one because it has all the options I wanted and the price point was reasonable.Never having one before I was kind of surprised at how big they are compared to your typical bullet camera, but after I went back and looked at dimensions of other cameras this one seems to be in step with the other manufactures.So first thing I looked at was mounting, since these are heavier I opted to mount the camera to the side of the house as compared to the underside of the roof overhang where I usually mount my cameras. This was due to not having a solid backing on the vinyl and this camera would have shaken with any wind, so a solid mounting is necessary. I used a typical vinyl back plate for my siding, you can find these at you local hardware store. The camera housing is metal and the adjustments can be made with one set screw, no need to disassemble the camera to make adjustments.I am really impressed with the field of view, the camera sticks out from the side of the house about nine inches so I figured I would not see the corners of each end of the house but as you can see in one of the pictures you can, so that means the FoV must be greater than 180 degrees. When it comes to the FoV I was hoping that the camera would be able to do this at 1080p but the resolution is locked in at 3632x1632.Second thing that stood out was this cameras low light capability which is really good. In one of the outdoor pictures you can see my deck lights are on and the camera is still in day mode. This picture was taken at least and hour after sunset, as a matter of fact, the night mode picture was taken only a minute or so after I took the day mode picture.The camera comes configured as DHCP, so it got an IP address from my network and I didn't have to play IP assignment tricks first. Since this camera is ONVIF compatible, my Blue Iris server detected it immediately.I have done some up close motion detection testing with it and so far the camera does well with it's own detection means. I want to walk around further back on my property and use the ONVIF signaling to trigger Blue Iris to create alerts, more on that later.Overall I am happy with this camera and may get another one for the front of the house.

Excellent Quality & Inexpensive Choice!We are very pleased to know that we finally found this brand that I ONLY use lately and this AMAZING DUAL LENS CAMERA! Highly recommended to everyone! Beware, though! It is not "plug and play" in any given NVR unless it is Hikvision-based. You better know how to twerk it in other brands which we learnt pretty hard way. But now I can program it in ANY newer machine with ease. YES, it DOES work with almost any newer models recorders that have ONVIF user settings. Upgrade firmware in this camera first!! I love this camera & keep buying it for many of our projects!

It took me a while to mount this on my outside wall - but I managed to "shove" all the cables inside the housing and mount it on the wall. The camera seems fine - although I would say there is some instability on the sub stream at times - at least when I pass it via go2rtc.Got it from the warehouse for 99$ so I think it was a good deal. Software is "good enough" seems to support both H264 and H265 which is nice. It's just a rebranded Hikvision camera.