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Maybe you need to start your own ebay store Zdenek. You can off load those cams for profit

(15-09-2017, 09:45)hornychz Wrote: [ -> ]Hi danner,

It is a great disappointment. The camera does not have FTP again ... 
It's probably better to buy from a local merchant than China, even though the price is multiplied ...
(This is the 3rd camera I bought and claimed to have FTP).

Sorry to hear the bad news.

(15-09-2017, 10:15)uncle_bob Wrote: [ -> ]Maybe you need to start your own ebay store Zdenek. You can off load those cams for profit

No, I have now another idea: to cameras hacking ...
(There is only old Linux in them.)

Maybe ...

That's a good idea!

Hikvision could be worth a look. I have a dome camera for security at the front of the house. It has been running just more than a year and is excellent. Records to micro SD card, is a network IP camera so can be used with PVR systems. It also sends alerts to email if you set it to, and has a fully configurable FTP panel.

I have not played with the day/night settings, although the interface suggests to me you could switch it to be one or the other, or even set a schedule to achieve.

It is a robust unit, and I believe there are pan tilt zoom models available. I got mine from Aliexpress and was here in a week. The only thing I remember is ensuring it is an international/English version so the firmware could be updated without then being stuck in Chinese. I have performed one firmware update which was required to support email to gmail when Google discontinued a protocol, and it works fine.

They have WiFi versions as well as LAN and the power over ethernet ones generally can be powered by a 12 volt adaptor plug (separate input) if no power over ethernet is available. I use power over ethernet with mine.

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IP cameras and PVR systems from Hikvision, probably are one of the bests, that we can buy from China. Usually are very good quality.

Hi,

The main problem is that I thought I could buy a cheap camera that would have FTP - when everyone promises ...
I have a total of 9 cameras around my house, one with PTZ, and HVR. But for the weather (on the roof) I wanted
to save ... 





And thank you for your tips, maybe I will try it again ...

Will the Hikvision IP dome cameras work well as a sky camera pointed straight up, day and night?

Hi,

I personally think that dome cameras are not suitable for weather purposes. Their watertightness is based
on hanging from above, but we need it upside down ...

But I like the tip of HIKVISION, I found, for example, this one:
HIKVISION DS-2CD1021-I 2.8mm - it cost USD 70.00

But with another purchase I will wait, because Chinese technicians are now solving the issue of a possible upgrade
(they promised FTP, but it is not). Meanwhile, I managed to get an image from the last one over http into my Raspbian,
so I can will compare the output quality of the last camera to the one I am using.