Anpviz 4MP PoE IP Turret Security Wired Camera Audio for Outdoor Indoor

NIGHT VISION ISSUE RESOLVED: See my note (*) at bottom of this review for comment on night light IR somehow getting disabled, and how to re-enable it. Review starts here: Although it doesn't say anywhere that these are ONVIF compliant, they certainly are. My Xeoma installation found them right away when just giving the camera's IP address. Very impressed with the quality of these, and love that you don't have to take the camera itself apart to mount it. It's self contained in a ball with cord attached, and the two-part mounting base simply screws to the wall, ceiling, or whatever. Loosening one screw allows to you to swivel to any position you like. A twist-off trim ring is all that needs to be removed for access to the mounting screws. Firmware is full-featured, and shares a similar interface with many other cameras I've used. Operation with standard 48V POE is a no-brainer. Will be buying more of these. BTW I've reduced the main stream resolution on some of these (in the menus) to 3MP to save disk space, and they are plenty sharp for my use, even with a wide-angle room view. Your mileage of course will vary, so just sayin'. *NOTE: A couple of these (but nowhere near all) cameras stopped working in IR mode. Turns out a camera setting somehow got changed, perhaps by the software I am using (Xeoma). The Camera/Image/Light Mode setting for night light got changed to Pure White Light (which this camera does NOT have) from either Pure Infrared Light (or Smart Dual Light, which is the same as Pure Infrared Light, because the camera doesn't do Pure White). Changing the setting back to Pure Infrared and saving the setting fixed the problem. Very odd. I am contacting the software company to see if their software had anything to do with it, but the cameras in question are now working fine. I'll also add here that by now (May 2024) I've bought several dozen of these cameras and not had an issue with any of them, except for the IR problem mentioned above. Per the manufacturer, I've applied a recent software update to the cameras (extremely simple to do, and it leaves all previous settings in-place), which has only helped. BTW a camera's configuration can be downloaded as an XML file and used to configure additional cameras, a huge plus. Note that when uploading the configuration file, the camera now uses the password that's in the file. And if you copied the file from another camera, where you changed, for example, the default on-screen display, you might want to update that for the new camera after uploading the configuration. Update Sept. 2024: Not a single one of these has failed on me, and I've installed over 50 of them. Update May 2026: V3.3.0.6 firmware update is available on their website. A later version of the camera has a later firmware version. The later version seems very similar but lacks VGA Substream resolution (maxes out at 640x360) but I didn't find that such a big deal. Xeoma software recognizes the H.265 and H.265+ camera settings as well as H. 264. Also, for surveillance work, I've found that 10fps is a high enough frame rate. Could possibly go lower as well.

Great price point. I have three of them on the property and have never had an issue with the picture quality or anything. Ran Ethernet cords to each camera and powered via PoE. Sound is good - one way audio so you can hear whats going on if need be. Night Vision is really good - reminds me of the Amcrest cameras (which are also great but these are about 20$ cheaper). Works GREAT in Blue Iris. Ive tried using these in a bunch of DVR software and they work, Blue Iris just has the features Im looking for. You can also set these cameras up on the mobile app "VideoLink" and you can view your cameras outside of your home network for free - all you have to do is scan the code on the camera to set it up in the app. So far Ive been using them all 24/7 for about 3 months. will update review if anything goes wrong, but so far so good!

I purchased this camera for outdoor use and I'm very satisfied with its quality, especially considering its price. I appreciate the fact that the camera offers numerous adjustable settings to help achieve the desired picture. The night vision capability is also surprisingly crisp and clear. I haven't connected it to an NVR yet, as I've only tested it for the picture and still need to run my cables. I will provide an update if I encounter any issues when connecting the camera to the NVR.

Microphones don't work at all eight of them, and the camera settings don't even have microphone or audio settings whatsoever. The recorder is also not detecting any audio. They're advertised to have microphones, it's all crap. Support is non-existent. Try to reach out to get a swap, no responses.

I've purchased several ANPVIZ PoE cameras over the past few years, and they consistently perform reliably and are easy to install, configure, and customize. Technical support and post-sales support has proven to be a good experience (one of the devices I purchased was previously owned and didn't seem to have been tested before being resold). This PoE Turret Camera has a really clear picture that streams reliably over multiple protocols. Primary and secondary streams are supported and the streams are playable via the app, a web interface, through NVR/DVR, cloud-based media such as YouTube, and network storage such as a NAS or NFS share, or dedicated security applications such as ZoneMinder or iSpy. Streaming/Broadcast mixers such as OBS connect quickly without needing significant configuration. The ANPVIZ web configuration as well as the app-based configuration are really ready to use and surprisingly robust in the customizations and absolutely feature set. The only issue I encountered was probably a QA/QC test artifact and was easy to resolve; The instructions indicate that the unit will obtain an IP address automatically via DHCP. All of the units I have purchased in the past did this as anticipated until this unit, which had a static IP address assigned. The discover/configuration app still found the camera and reported it's IP address - I just added an additional IP address to my computer on that same subnet and was able to connect to the camera and change the setting back to DHCP. Please see the video for this review for the walk-through of camera discovery and configuration for this particular situation. ANPVIZ PoE camera setup including troubleshooting DHCP setting on camera https://www.amazon.com/vdp/02052684a9d245229d716a8487b12884 Unboxing of ANPVIZ 4MP PoE Turret IP Camera https://www.amazon.com/vdp/00c7f7bcc8bf480484b10183972d86f3

This camera works alright. The web interface is indeed very broken: just incredibly slow and unreliable. I spent over an hour before I was able to coax it into letting me configure some basic stuff and haven't been able to get back in ever since. That alone makes me wish I had spent a relatively little amount more for a better brand. When it works — which is admittedly most of the time! — it works. But my DVR software doesn't always like it especially right after power up. And the weirdest thing is that it lost its IR illumation for its "night vision" for several weeks! I figured it had just burnt out or something but then all of a sudden one night it was back. *shrugs* Basically I'd like to give it only 1 or 2 stars because the web access is WORSE than functional, it's dysfunctional but gives just enough progress now and then to make you think it's worth your time. It's not. But if you have an abundance of time and patience and (you're going to need) luck you can probably get it set up. And once you do it's a rather decent camera. Most of the time.

I have several cameras on my property and I'm glad I added this one. It is far superior to the camera it replaced and others of similar type. Very clear picture, very good IR night vision. Stop looking! Buy this one!

The web interface is a nightmare. Very sluggish, hangs often, asset loading times out, had to reboot it to get it to respond again a couple of times... Just suffer through it to get it configured then point your app or dvr out whatever at the rtsp port and it works perfectly. Good picture, good night range, wide view.