12MP Fisheye Shootout: Who Should We Test?

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Ethan Ace
Mar 17, 2018

We are planning a new fisheye shootout of the latest 12MP panoramic cameras. We plan to test these five for sure:

We're also considering:

What do you think? Any opinions on these models or others we are missing? Let us know below.

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UI
Undisclosed Integrator #1
Mar 17, 2018

I would like to request the Panasonic as well since it is such a costly offering and generally Panasonic optics are well perceived.  It would be interesting to see how it stacks up against the new Axis.

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UI
Undisclosed Integrator #2
Mar 18, 2018
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Corbin Hambrick
Mar 19, 2018

We use Uniview as our budget cameras.  We have a quote now where I am spec'ing Axis because I've got no good info on the Uniview and don't have the time/inclination for this quote to test.

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U
Undisclosed #3
Mar 19, 2018

I have really liked the Panasonic fisheye and in my testing I find it to be better then the Hanwha in some areas. 

UI
Undisclosed Integrator #4
Mar 19, 2018

Selfishly, I would love to see Hanwha, Axis, Sony, Oncam, and Panasonic make the cut due to our own use of those camera maufacturers.

I know it's a lot of extra work on your end, but the actual user experience in different VMS platforms is a huge decision maker for us when spec'ing 360's.  (i.e. dewarping quality, panorama quality, ability to use both camera-side and client-side dewarping, ability to multi-stream)  Maybe you could pull together a summary of the user experience in a handful of the top VMS manufacturers?

Will compression effectiveness be included in your test?  That's another big decision maker for us due to the stream size of most fisheye cams.

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Christopher Freeman
May 04, 2018

I would like to see test on all in the same arena  

comparison and details of performance 

video s are great , but like to see bandwidth, and details with test 

great Job guys , keep up the good work 

UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #5
Nov 14, 2019

Arecont Vision?

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Ethan Ace
Nov 15, 2019

Is that the Contera Fisheye or is there another model?

UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #5
Nov 15, 2019

Correct.

UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #5
Nov 15, 2019

Sorry to be clear, yes, the Contera Fisheye.

UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #6
Nov 14, 2019

Is the Dahua USA model the same as the one on the international website https://www.dahuasecurity.com/products/productDetail/35657 ?

It appears it mightn't be but I am not sure. I would be interested in seeing the results of the new features around more advanced people counting and queue management that is now available in it.

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Ethan Ace
Nov 15, 2019

I believe the US Dahua part number (NK8BR4) matches up to IPC-EBW81230, not the newer IPC-EBW81242. The newer model looks to have a lower minimum illumination, lower F-stop, and the analytics capabilities you mention. That model wasn't out at the time of our test.

U
Undisclosed #7
Nov 14, 2019

I'd love to see Bosch on there. Their IVA analytic capabilities in a Fisheye camera sounds insane.

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UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #8
Nov 15, 2019

OnCam EVO-12 for sure.

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Ethan Ace
Nov 15, 2019

We tested the EVO-12. It had some positives, especially daytime video and their client SDK, which was a lot smoother than most other we tested. But it was pretty poor in low light and they did not have an IR model.

UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #5
Nov 15, 2019

Isn’t the sensor in that model around 4-5 years old?

UI
Undisclosed Integrator #9
Nov 15, 2019

Would love to see the FLIR QUASAR 12MP HEMISPHERIC MINI-DOME CM-6212. Quasar Hemispheric Mini-Dome | FLIR Systems

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