Worst Features for Camera Installation (Statistics)

Author: Sean Patton, Published on Jun 07, 2018

4 clear worst features for installing were identified by 140+ integrator respondents to:

What feature(s) make a camera hard to install?

The following features were mentioned many times in the responses:

Camera Pigtails / Cable Whips
Manual Focus / Zoom
Non-Standard Mounting Dimensions
Poor Gimble Adjustment

By contrast, integrators cited 6 top / best features. Inside this post, we share integrator's explanations and experiences plus we include graphical demonstrations of the problems involved.

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Comments (3)

Undisclosed #1

06/08/18 06:31pm

***** ******* *** *****! * ***'* ***** ***** *****!

Colin MacPhee

06/12/18 04:52pm

***, ***** *** * ****. *** *'* ******* **** ********* about ***** ******* **** **** * **** **** *'* ***** to *****.

Sean Patton

IPVM | In reply to Colin MacPhee | 06/12/18 06:01pm

****** *** *** ******** *****, *** ******* ** *** ******** section! **** *** *** ******* ***** *** **** ** ******* water *******?

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