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I bought this earlier to replace a Wyze pan and tilt. The picture is better but the 15fps compared to Wyze's 20fps in night vision makes the 2k eufy only have a slight difference in low light video. There is noticeable ghosting in low light when people are moving in the Eufy.
But I think the biggest thing I wasnt expecting from the Eufy cams is the encrypted sd card. On the wyze, I could just pop out the sd card and copy the videos onto my pc. On the Eufy, it is not allowed. You have to download the videos from your phone and then connect the phone to your pc. You can only download the captured videos too and only in the increments that are recorded if the camera picks up the movements - even in continuous recording mode. Very time consuming and cumbersome. FYI.
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I'm trying to figure out why I'd need this indoors. I don't have pets. I would be looking for a baby camera eventually but other than monitoring your front door or back door from the inside of the house (which you should already have cameras on the outside) not sure about a use cases
The onboard AI in the Eufy cam can automatically pan and tilt to follow moving objects. Ex: a burglar breaks in but a stationary cam doesn't catch their face at its current angle and they walk off camera. This Eufy cam will pan and tilt to follow the criminal so when they do turn to the right angle, it will pick up their face.
Are there any cons to this when compared to the non pan and tilt version? I am aware of the pros but wondering if I lose out on something I'm not aware of.
I probably won't use the pan and tilt feature all there much, really just need the cam to be able to record on command and to record continuously until I tell it to stop.
The onboard AI in the Eufy cam can automatically pan and tilt to follow moving objects. Ex: a burglar breaks in but a stationary cam doesn't catch their face at its current angle and they walk off camera. This Eufy cam will pan and tilt to follow the criminal so when they do turn to the right angle, it will pick up their face.
Thank you. Wonder if there's a way other than switching off the camera to disable indoor cams while at home while keeping outside armed.
I'm trying to figure out why I'd need this indoors. I don't have pets. I would be looking for a baby camera eventually but other than monitoring your front door or back door from the inside of the house (which you should already have cameras on the outside) not sure about a use cases
I use it in the basement when I'm away to pan around for pipe, boiler leaks, washing machine leaks
Why does it need to pan an tilt? Do you move it remotely?
Instead being in one fixed location and have to go back and forward climb up and down to adjust locations, you have tilt. I'd get all my camera tilt if possible. I'd imagine they got software that detect object and follow it 180degree. And yes all my indoor cameras are PTZ. The zoom are all these cameras are useless but I only care about tilt. The wide angle fixed one is nice but all the stuff is cramped and small on the screen
Does anybody know if this camera can also pair to the little portable speed you get with the baby monitor?
It works with any monitor that can access NAS/RTSP. I have it mounted to the ceiling of my front porch in Colorado and so far, no issues with it out there. The pan and tilt help track folks coming on and off the property and give a better full picture of activity as opposed to the video doorbell.
I can also see this working in the Garage as mentioned but wasnt super helpful with pet tracking indoors. It also has issues with the IR LEDs through glass and causes the focus to not work at night. One of our hopes was to have street and alley level video for our home during travel but it doesn't accomplish that from indoors.
Does this require subscription service to view history?
For example, only when you pay $30/yr on ring indoor camera can I go back to motion detected, say 5 hours ago, and see what caused that motion. So the Ring camera is useless to view happenings overnight without the plan.
I don't know why people buy subscription only cameras. It's like paying for fees indefinitely forever to use the cameras you brought from them. Best part is at the end u stuck with a couple hundred dollars paper weight.I get it if you don't know anything about computer but there's cameras out there that just requires a memory card
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But I think the biggest thing I wasnt expecting from the Eufy cams is the encrypted sd card. On the wyze, I could just pop out the sd card and copy the videos onto my pc. On the Eufy, it is not allowed. You have to download the videos from your phone and then connect the phone to your pc. You can only download the captured videos too and only in the increments that are recorded if the camera picks up the movements - even in continuous recording mode. Very time consuming and cumbersome. FYI.
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I probably won't use the pan and tilt feature all there much, really just need the cam to be able to record on command and to record continuously until I tell it to stop.
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I can also see this working in the Garage as mentioned but wasnt super helpful with pet tracking indoors. It also has issues with the IR LEDs through glass and causes the focus to not work at night. One of our hopes was to have street and alley level video for our home during travel but it doesn't accomplish that from indoors.
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For example, only when you pay $30/yr on ring indoor camera can I go back to motion detected, say 5 hours ago, and see what caused that motion. So the Ring camera is useless to view happenings overnight without the plan.
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