REOLINK4K PoE Security Camera System, Home Outdoor IP Camera in 180 Degree Viewing Angle, Human/Vehicle/Pet Detection, Color Night Vision, Two Way Talk, Up to 256GB microSD Card, Duo 2 PoE

I was trying to setup security camera that will monitor narrow walkway on the side of the house, but because suitable spot for the camera is in the middle, big challenge for my setup is to monitor both left and right sides of the walkway. Initially I thought I would have to setup two separate cameras (one pointing left, and another pointing right), but this camera provides simple and clean single-camera solution.This camera has two separate wide view cameras covering full 180deg view, but two images are stitched into a single feed, making it a single logical camera. The stitching line (in the middle) is practically invisible.Unlike fisheye cameras (that can be used to achieve 180deg view) this camera provides good quality image across entire 180 view, also visual distortions are not too bad - straight walkway looks slightly curved, but image quality is perfectly usable, and resolution is good.Night vision is good as well, using built-in IR illuminator LEDs. The camera also has built-in white light that can be triggered (e.g. by motion), it is reasonably bright, and could be helpful.I'm using this camera with Blue Iris software, in ONVIF mode. Configuration is easy using free Reolink tool, easier to use and more convenient than typical WEB UI of a security camera, but WEB UI is provided as well.

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So if you view my screenshot you can see my biggest gripe, the two CMOS sensors in these cameras handle brightness/sunlight differently depending where the sun is in the sky. Reolink needs to incorporate an automatic/AI brightness and contrast leveling feature between the two camera sensors to avoid this, but that will require upgraded firmware. I have 0 hopes they will ever fix this, so this is something you will have to deal with at certain times in the day. I submitted a support ticket and feature request for this to Reolink.After a weekend if messing with 2 of cameras, I can tell you that it's not plug and play with BlueIris, and you'll have to tweak, a lot. I will probably buy two more of them though. My BlueIris server is larger than most, I run a Dell R720 with two of the the biggest 3.5Ghz processors it can support, 128GB memory, and an attached MD1200 DAS full of enterprise flash drives running TrueNAS. I *still* had a hard time finding the horsepower to record, decode, and webstream just two of these cameras out of the box, so tweaking is mandatory to get these to even operate.First issue, the Reolink windows app wont scan the network and find these cameras via IP. Amcrest's app does no problem, so -1 points. I had to add the cameras using the UID instead, and they popped right up. Disable the IP/Domain scan if it doesn't work. Second RTSP and ONVIF ports are disabled out of the box. +1 point for security, -1 point for the layman user who has to search in Network-> Advanced-> Ports -> click sliders to enable this. Only after this is done could I get BlueIris to connect and grab settings. The Reolink app is easy to navigate and it is intuitive.Max Framerate for the cameras is 20fps, and BlueIris has a very hard time dealing with the default Interframe values. In the Reoplink app I had to change Interlink values for all streams to 1x. I also had to change the automatic default max rate BlueIris settings grabbed from the cameras in Video settings to 500000 [20.00 fps]. Also added Hardware decode Intel +VPP. While I was in the BlueIris video settings, I changed the camera settings from the default '/' to Make: Reolink, Model: H.265 RTSP and Mainstream: /h265Preview_01_main. I still kept getting disconnects when expanding cameras, only on these two Reolinks (Amcrests were fine) so I changed the receive buffer in camera settings to 20.0 (MB) and that helped a lot, I may increase this even more. But I still get disconnects on just one camera, not the other, which is weird given they have identical settings, and when the disconnects happen in BlueIris the disconnects dont happen in the Reolink app, so it's not a cable length or voltage issue.I'm also using direct-to-disc video compression in BlueIris. The audio pickup is really good and the night vision performance on these cameras is better than any of my other cameras. I still have yet to get motion detection working on the cameras and nothing I do in the Reolink app seems to make any difference. This means the spotlight is useless unless I manually turn it on. It does turn on and off manually, but I wish motion detection worked. I use Sentry Smart Alerts and continuous recording on all my cameras so I dont rely on forwarded alerts from the camera, but for anyone with limited drive space or anyone who uses camera forwarded triggers to trigger recording, the motion detection woes will be an issue for you.Anyway, still troubleshooting the disconnects, but the video quality is very good, running them both at 8MP.

I really loved adding this camera to my inventory. The Dual lens allows me to cover a 150 ft yard and it's nice and clear. It's also great that these cameras are Plug and Play. I would definitely recommend