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ashtonaut

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#299130 13-Aug-2022 14:14
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I'm trying to find a security camera for my parents. Budget is $200-300, preferably including a PoE injector, and wall mount (if required).

 

Must be:

 

  • Black (this is the hardest criteria!)
  • Dome-style (not bullet), fixed lens, something reasonably wide like 2.8mm
  • Exterior wall-mounted (either direct, or with a small and unobtrusive wall-mount kit)
  • PoE
  • Onboard SD card storage (won't be using a NVR)
  • ONVIF compliant and half-decent English firmware so I can use a generic CCTV app on iOS, a web browser, or Scrypted to view and review footage
  • Prefer something switchable between H264/H265

Something from Dahua like this, with a mount like this, looks perfect, but I'm struggling to find somewhere local I can purchase from easily, and I also don't know the price of the camera.

 

I tried Andy from Empire Technology on AliExpress, but the only black dome camera he sells is a fancy motorized one. If white was allowable I'd definitely purchase from him.

 

I'd be happy to consider other brands with a reasonable reputation like Amcrest or Hikvision, but again I'm not sure what the options are for purchasing easily in NZ.

 

It's important that it has good English firmware and a web interface that doesn't require ActiveX or worse, so I'd prefer not to risk a no-name AliExpress option (I have plenty of those at my own house, but I can deal with their peculiarities).

 

Any thoughts welcome!


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ashtonaut

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  #2959599 25-Aug-2022 22:00
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To round this thread out I ended up with the Dahua 3641 and the 204W black wall mount.

Both ordered from infronttech.com.au. Very helpful, fast shipping, NZ$265 for camera and mount delivered to NZ (and $70 of that was shipping). Added a cheap TP-Link PoE injector and a microSD card from PBTech to complete the setup.

Have tested the camera and it seems to perform well, won’t be mounted for a couple of months.

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