**** *** *** ******** from *** **** ** the ******** ***** ****** Micro:
- *** ***** ***** ******* was **** ******** ** low-cost ** ****** *******, with * **** ****** central ** *** **** and **** ****** *** edges.
- **** ***** ***** *******, given **** **** **********, was ******** ***** ***** competitors, **** ********** *** be **** ** *** edges ** *** ***** of ****, ********** ******* horizontally.
- *** ***** ********* *********** was **** ***, **** ~80 ****, ****** **** is ****** *** ** the *****'* **** ***-***** performance, **** **** ** the ***** ** **** dark.
- *** *** ***** **** not ********* ******** **** any ***** ***** ***** via ***** ** ****, only **** ********'* *** NVR ********.
- **** *** ** **** to ***** ***** ***** via *** ***, ****** performance *** **********.
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Physical ********
*** ******** *****'* **** novel feature ** *** **** and **** ******, **** than * ***** *** **** of ******* ******* ****** cameras.

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Limited *************
************* ** ***** ******* and ***** ******** *** done *** *** ***** NVR, *** *** ******'* web *********. *******, ***** options *** *******, **** no ******* ** *********** settings, **** * *** bitrate *** **** ******, and ***** ***** ******* settings, **** ** ******* over ******* ***** (****** the ****** **** *** suffer **** **** ******* motion ****).

****** **** *******, *** UVC *****'* *** ********* contains **** ***** ********, such ** ******* *********** and **** ********/*********:

Competitive ***********
** ****** *** *****'* image ******* ******* ******* bullets **** ***** *** Hikvision ** *** **** ~$100 *** ***** *****. Note ****, ** ****** above, *** *** ***** of *** *** *****, 1080p ******* *** ******* available (**** ********* ** range *** ***** ***** integration), ***** *** ****** selections *** ***** ***********.
*** ***** ***********
*** ******** *****'* ** illuminator *********** *** ****, with * **** ****** central ******* ************ *** subject *** *****, ***** the ***** ** *** image ******** ****.

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**** *****, ~*** ***
** **** *****, ***** quality *** ******* ** other *******, ****** ************** less ******** *** ** the *****'* ***** *** compared ** *** ***** bullets.

*******, ****** ***** *******, distortion *** ******* ** the ***** ** *** FOV ** *** **** Micro, ********** ******* **** as *** ****** *** podium *****. **** ********** was *** **** ** the ****** ** *** FOV.

VMS ***********
*** *** ***** **** not ******** ********* **** third ***** *****, **** Ubiquiti's ***** *** ********/*********. Those ******* ** *** it (** ***** **** cameras) **** ***** ***** may ******** **** *** one ** **** ******* from *** ***, ***** in ****** ********:

*******, ** *** *****, this ******* *** ******, with ******** **** ** capture **** ****** ********, while ** ****** *** not **** ** *****.
Bandwidth ***********
**** ******* ** *** bandwidth ***** *** *** UVC *****'* *** ***** bitrate, **** ~** **/*, drastically ***** **** ***** cameras ******. **** ** due ** **** ** its ***** **** **********, as **** ** *** poor *** ***** ***********, which **** ** *** FOV **** *** ********.

Firmware/Software ********
*** ********* ********/******** ******** were **** ** **** test:
- ******** ***-*****: **.*.*.**
- ******** ***** ***: *.*.*
- ***** ***-********: *.***.****.*.*
- ********* **-*******-*: **.*.*
******** *** * ******* *.*.*.** *** *********** ******* *.*.*.***** were **** **** *** testing.
Comments (26)
Sean Nelson
07/13/15 01:29pm
Cool. Plus 100 on the cool tiny design. Minus 101 on not having Onvif conformance. Booo!
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John Robinson
I purchased a couple of these to test when they first started shipping. Another thing I found troubling was the streaming performance in a real world situation. I was testing in my kitchen and had my Ubiquiti Unify Access Point in my attic about 30' away. So the video stream had to uplink to the AP and then wireless back to the laptop I was running their NVR software on. The latency was terrible. Wondered if you encountered anything similar in your tests?
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Jason Spielfogel
I bought and tested their first $100 camera way back when. While it performed okay, it was just okay, and I couldn't get it to connect to any VMS, and in fact they only recommended using MJPEG at the time for any RTSP streaming.
While I like the disruptive intentions of Ubiquiti, and some of the innovations in their mechanical designs, so far they've still left me wanting, and I feel like they're not taking the integration needs of this industry very seriously.
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Jon Dillabaugh
07/13/15 11:03pm
While I am a huge fan of UBNT networking equipment, at the same time, I am trying to find a purpose for their cameras. I just don't get it.
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Jason Wallace
Saw it at ISCWest, really liked the design. At the time I thought it could be really interesting for a very discreet (but not "covert") indoor residential, or small business camera. However the lack of even RTSP streaming, is a complete deal breaker.
Ubiquity is a strange company. They have these really compelling and high performing wireless products that are very impressive and at great price points. Their routers are also very good as well...
But then they do these strange products like a line of flashy android business phones systems with no obvious service providers to enable them, strange power control / home automation-ish products that don't operate with zwave standards. Now they make this interesting little camera that deliberately excludes 99% of their potential market.
Oh well. As long as they keep making good / cheap wireless products and routers, people will buy them, and I guess they can afford to fund their strange oddball skunkwork projects.
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Andres Agredo
No Video sample from the camera?
beside the picture
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DC Long
Most new UBNT gear works on a narrow voltage range around 24V,
you CAN NOT use EITHER a 12 or 24V PV/Battery supply. MikroTik wireless gear works from 8-30V or 8-57V .. so do not require the expensive, exposed to transients and unreliable grid deployment at each POP to function essential for wide deployment of Reliable networks.
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Hal Bennick
07/16/15 06:17pm
UBNT was one of my main competitors when I was at FluidMesh. After replacing enough failed UBNT networks to make a respectable income, it's hard for me to see them as anything else other than an advanced consumer grade product.
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Kyle Folger
Looking at this now, it's still surprising that no ONVIF option is offered. I saw my first Engenius camera installation the other day at my daughter's school. They have mostly analog cameras, but this is new. Threaded rod isn't too stable for a camera. I looked upt the specs and while they offer their camera software, the cameras are listed as ONVIF compatible. They seem to run in the same price range as Ubiquiti, but don't look as nice.
https://www.engeniustech.com/products/networked-surveillance-cameras/bullet/eds5250.html
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kflzygmsifzwzb9/2016-09-27%2020.19.49.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r9poxkfl64y46yk/2016-09-27%2020.19.33.jpg?dl=0
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