Buyer Beware: Fake Optical Zoom Modules

PTZ Freak said:
If you're still in the dispute time range, you should file one. They were willing to give me a $35 discount to keep mine.

For the firmware, I'm not exactly sure. I reached out to a company "Esunstar" that sells a 36x version of this cam and they sent me the attached firmware, but I've been too nervous to try it since I have no backups of the original. The seller would not send the "60x" firmware and I'm still unable to crack the password hash for telnet or get into the cam through a serial port. So it's a try at your own risk gamble. If you do decide to take the risk, please let me know how it works. I would especially recommend saving some images at about 75x zoom on the original and see how it compares to 36x after to make sure no effective zoom is being lost. Without knowing how or where in the system they've hacked it, it's no telling how it will react to a different firmware.
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The firmware worked. My zoom went fom 360x to 1000x.
 
LOL :rofl:
 
Does anybody know how to flip the PTZ horizontal command on this camera? I mean, what is the PTZ code to call or store to make this flip, once there is no PTZ Flip/Reverse Options in the settings. I'm not saying to flip image, but the PTZ left/right directions. Mine suddenly inverted and I'm not getting to put it back. Thanks.
 
seccamusr1 said:
@PTZ Freak

Yeah man, you know your stuff! Had the camera sitting on my work table for a few days, but I finally got around to messing with it. Love the focus calibration too as it wouldn't focus when zooming at all after resetting everything. All good now, and somehow at maximum optical zoom it shows 30x now.

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In fairness to the camera, that's not too bad a picture in daytime from that shot. Hard to tell sharpness from the balcony railings alone as it's likely focused further out in that shot anyway. Whether with someone in the foreground, movement or at night it's as good is another matter. But if the price is right and it does handles the aforementioned situations well, and it tracks well (also very important) then you could probably live with the zoom claims even if they turn out optomistic. What does worry me slightly though is the bit rate also shown on screen. Considering 4K really needs 10,000 mbs + to shine, I find it hard to believe that's genuinely 922kbs. I doubt I could get a decent picture out of 1080p at that bit rate. I can't help but wonder if the bit rate is under reported. It could be simply that everything is static although that is a complex scene detail wise with very little evidence of compression. Could be a bargain if it performs well.
 
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