ANNKE FCD600 PoE Security Camera Outdoor with Dual Lens 180° Filed of View, 6MP IP Surveillance Camera Support Color Night Vision, Person/Vehicle Detection, Two-Way Talk, Built-in SD Card Slot

I bought 4 of these altogether since my old camera system (analog) is getting up there in age plus the images were pretty snowy at night. This camera blows the cameras that I had out of the water and then some! Plus, it has a microphone. The cameras support 2 way audio (there is a speaker in the camera housing) so you can communicate with anyone outside near the cameras. Microphone sensitivity is actually very high.It has great night vision as well. 4 of these plus a couple of dome cameras for your front and back porches would make for a nice setup.If buying 4 or more of these for your setup, I would suggest buying an [Annke] NVR that can accommodate 4K (basically 12 megapixel) resolution as these cameras put out quite a bit of bandwidth.

Really clear picture day or night. With these, I only need four cameras to cover the perimeter of my house, not eight. It has a light setting that keeps a white LED light on all night, providing color video 24/7. It's not super bright as to be annoying, but if it's near a bedroom window, it might be an issue. I have them hooked up via my network to a Frigate NVR running on a Raspberry Pi 5 and they work great.

So far I have been very pleased with this camera. I had to replace an older Hikvision and the performance of this camera has been much better (the Hikvision was 8 years older though). I like the wide angle viewing so i can see much more area. Quality does not seem to be diminished with the wide angle. Nighttime viewing in IR mode is much better than the previous camera I had. The ambient light around seems to make it work much better in this mode than in the night time color mode. It does loose a star because it is a plastic housing. I wish it had a metal housing for the exterior use. Additionally, the cable design is a little poor for ceiling mounting as it snags on the housing frame and you have to bend the cable to make it work. I am sure there are probably settings I could change to make it even better, but it works well enough for my use.

BEWARE per ANNKE support: only compatible with upgrade ANNKE NVR.This means you can NOT use it on any other NVR or camera system! I tested this camera on a 2022 model Dahua NVR and no-go, also tested on a Herospeed NVR, no-go. Too bad because it seems like a good camera, but if it is not ONVIF compatible, then it is useless in the real world.

I now have an extra camera, because this one is replacing the original. I've attached four photos - two of the new camera, showing the 180 degree view (which is really great, better than the original "regular" camera) and one of the regular cameras, both have night and day shots.First off, this is the only camera I've had that shows color at night. Pretty cool. It also has a mini spotlight (which you can turn off) - it doesn't extend very far, so it's not doing much, but it's cool. The quality is much better then the original cameras, which are 8X 5MP. You can see how it's much more defined at night.The daytime shots seem to be closer in quality, but I found that when you focus in, this camera is better. See the gray car parked in front? With the old camera, you couldn't read the license plate. I don't have a shot of it, but you CAN read it with this picture. That matters, as some thief parked across the street earlier this year and stole something from the landscaper we hired to mow our lawn while we were out of town. I couldn't get his license plate, though the car was clearly visible. If it happened now, I'd be able to make out at least some of the letters.Now the really important part - the company itself. I purchased the whole setup in June 2021, with the NVR model N48PBB. From the start, it was nothing but problems - the desktop program couldn't connect, nor could the app. But their tech support stuck with me, even remoting in, and we finally got it all working (and I'm a Microsoft Certified System Engineer and a Cisco Certified Network Associate - I actually know what I'm doing most of the time.) But this camera didn't work with my NVR, and the N48PBB couldn't get a firmware upgrade to fix that. I was furious. Less than two years old, and it couldn't work with THEIR camera?They told me to send back the NVR, they reimbursed me for the postage - no small thing, it was $65! They rushed me a new NVR, a later model. I plugged it all in and -It just worked. Right away. No problems, all the cameras came on, no delving into the guts except to turn on the remote access so the phone app could find it. The whole thing took, maybe, 15 minutes. They stood behind their products, they went out of their way to make sure I was happy, and they put plenty of time in tech support when I wasn't.This is a good company. They did the right thing, they want their customers to recommend their products, and I appreciate that way of doing business. Plus - this camera is REALLY good. If you need to cover the whole block with just one camera, this is what you want.

This review is for the 8MP FCD800 turret.Plus:- Takes 5 mins to connect to Blue Iris once you download Hikvision SADP tool and activate- Outstanding night vision - I run with the additional light off, though I did leave IR on for times when no moonlight- Despite the two cameras, distortion is reasonable for a wide, clear, and usable image day or night- Very inexpensive for the image qualityMinus:- All plastic including the body and mount. This is a huge minus, and why I deducted 2 stars. I have this camera under an eave facing south, Between baking sun and extreme cold, I don’t expect this non-metal camera body to last many years. The mount feels especially flimsy and really needs to be metal. I will report back in the future.- Image to Blue Iris is delayed 1-2 seconds.- Regular light is not wide enough and looks uneven at night - luckily the regular light is not needed- Somewhat larger standard turret camerasOverall 3 stars, but somewhat recommended, and I will look for a similar unit in a metal case.