Loftek Sentinel Outdoor IP PTZ Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

[knight-of-ni]

I saw this camera on Amazon the other day for only $160.99, and at that price I had to order one.
I just finished the PTZ control file and added the camera to Zoneminder. Turns out the code base is similar to a Foscam.

Created the Wiki Page:
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Loftek

This is a work in progress as I go through a Wiki learning curve.

Here is the link to the camera if you are interested:
http://www.amazon.com/sentinel-Professi ... 9647U0ADJM

There are Hootoo & Apexis cameras for sale that appear identical to the Loftek. There documentation is copy & paste the same which leads me to beilieve that these cameras will work in Zoneminder as well.

[yeliya]

This is fun. ha
Have you studied these IP camera? I am also so interested in this.
Meanwhile, Thanks for your sharing this Loftek IP camera deal with us.
Nice deal for me.

[kbocek]

Alas, out of stock at Amazon.

And so close on specs! Do you know of a 1280x800 outdoor camera with 3x optical zoom?

Thanks.

[knight-of-ni]

Here is the same camera just under the Apexis name:
http://www.amazon.com/Apexis-APM-J901-Z ... rds=apexis

Here is a camera with a 10x optical zoom, but it is more expensive:
http://www.amazon.com/Foscam-FI8620-Out ... foscam+ptz

Note that both of these cameras are saved in zm 1.26.4 as camera presets.

If you want higher resolution, you'll find yourself looking at cameras intended for commercial applications -> $$$

[kbocek]

Here is a camera with a 10x optical zoom, but it is more expensive:
http://www.amazon.com/Foscam-FI8620-Out ... foscam+ptz

That's really close. The 720 resolution is probably high enough with the 10x zoom.

What has set me on my search is the Trendnet TV-IP672:

http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... TV-IP672PI

Which can be had for $140. *So* close to what I want. What I want is that camera plus external housing plus 3x optical zoom. It sure seems like I should be able to find that for $300.