Well, I installed the PTZ camera about a week ago, and I'm pretty happy so far.
The picture, control, night vision, etc. are all very good.
The one issue I've ran into is the "positioning". You are able to set specific "call" points where you might make one call point the outdoor kitchen, another the gate and another the dock. You can then add these call points as patrol locations and tell the camera to go from one call point to another and so forth. You can tell it how fast to go to each point and how long to stay at each point.
The problem comes into play if the camera head is ever physically moved. The camera head has essentially no resistance, you could easily move it with your hand. We had a really bad storm last Sunday morning with massive wind. It was enough to slight move the camera head. After that point, all of my call points were off. It was a very simple fix, I just went to each call point, adjusted the camera and then save that point. However, I can see me potentially having to do this 4 or 5 times a year when we have storms that bad.
Oh, the other thing is that when it goes from point to point in "Patrol", it only spins in one direction. When you use the pointers to move the camera, you can go any direction, but in patrol, it only goes right to left. So when I finish my last call point on the left, it has to spin past the wall to get to the first one on the right. I tell it to go at 3/4 speed to get there, so it only takes about 1.5 seconds, but I'd rather it go slowly to the right to that next point. Not a huge issue or anything, but it's something that may bug some people.
I'm sure I may find another issue or two over time, but they'll probably be very minor.
I think it was well worth the $250.
