4K PTZ Security Camera Outdoor with 50X Optical Zoom, High-Speed 360° Pan & 90° Tilt, 8MP WiFi Camera with 1200FT IR Night Vision, Auto Tracking, Person/Vehicle/Pet Detection, RTSP

Being a retired security systems installer, I can say for the price you will not find a better PTZ. Open the box, insert the 128 microsd card( not included) , connect the antenna and power it up. Thats it. I set it up on my table. You just scan the QR code on the camera into the CamHiPro app that you download for free. All I had to add was my router password. I mounted it on my patio near the ceiling. I have a 110v receptical just below it for power. The power cord has a box about 2"x4" in-between the a/c plug and the banana plug that plugs into the wire harness coming out of the camera. This box in not waterproof so if you will have it exposed you will need to put it in a waterproof box. You can just drill a hole from inside to outside and push the wires inside it will be fine. The Human tracking works very good. It will follow them until they leave the frame. It will then return to the starting position in about 60 seconds. To make this work, just set it up by doing position 92 set from the starting position, then 92 call. Then it will auto follow. I have it for human only. The Alarm is also set for IR only. The night color mode is awesome as long as the light is not shining in your neighbors windows. The cruise mode works great on positions 1 to 10. I do not use it as you may miss something if the camera is facing the wrong direction. The optics are very sharp with 4K. The 128 sd holds 6 hours of 4k video. I also have the $4.99 per month 7 day alarm recording. the $4.99 was purchased thru the app on my iPhone and is good for 30 days. I will renew it monthly, not automatic. This camera has a high speed, 360 full rotation. At far view it slows down so you can move it a small amount at a time, I like that. in conclusion, for the price and ease of use this is the camera to buy. Also the Hip2p software you can download to your mac or pc works like a virtual nvr. It lets you review the video and see live. you can also move the camera. If you have 2 of these you can have multiple screen view.

A spectacular PTZ camera! I have had HXView security cameras for the purpose of watching critters in the yard. I have the 30x version but this 50x version is so much better. So much more detail, features and speed. It rotates very fast, zooms in/out at a good speed. You can have preset positions to make recalling specific positions simple. There are tracking features that I don't use, but I can see how that could come in very handy. The camera is easy to set up and use. The iPhone app walks you right through setup. Within only a few minutes the camera is active and recording. I can record video on schedules and take snap shots with ease. I use a micro-sd card in the camera so no subscription is needed! Typically, cameras with this level of zoom are very expensive or combine lower optical resolution combined with digital interpolation to create the illusion of zoom. No digital zoom here, all optical! I can zoom in on small birds on the feeders and nearby trees to see their details. We have a squirrel that visits every day and now we can see him up close! The pictures included are mostly at 50X at a distance of 45 feet away so you can see the zooming capability. The birds in the pics are only 2 to 3 inches long so you can imagine how zooming in on a human or larger animal would be. There is one that is at maximum width on a 50 foot wide yard. In addition, customer support is fantastic! I had a question and within a day, I got the answer I needed. I would purchase this again without hesitation!

Updated Aug 13/25 Image is terrific. Optical zoom is the only way to go. Auto tracking and alarm trigger surprised me, it works very well from my phone. Quick and easy initial setup to the phone. Regarding the PC HiP2P client software; There are some idiosyncrasies to get use to. I had difficulty installing software that allows me to control and view on my PC. Documentation was the main issue for me as it is lacking clear descriptions of all the functions and procedures to operate. As it turns out it was a cockpit issue (me) caused by insufficient documentation that prevented a smooth install. 5 starts to the support team. As I was loosing interest in pursuing my issues, Wren, the support tech kept providing me things I could do to resolve my issues. That lead to a successful install and is working fine now. Thanks Wren. I now have 3 cameras up and running completing my security plan. Feb 2026 Update. I have to reduce my 5 star review to 3 after experiencing 3 cameras for the last 3 months. First of all it is impossible to keep these cameras connected reliably. I am plagued with intermittent disconnecting cameras day and night. I updated my WiFi hardware and network speed significantly. I even hardwired a camera (CAT6) to my router as a test and still lost connection and did not improve latency. Documentation sucks and can be considered non existent. I can't get these cameras to stop false alarming, even with minimal sensitivity selected. Online searches for help turned up nothing. It appears this camera BU900H is a bastard child as no one in support can answer my questions adequately. My perception is, they don't know and have no real technical information. The only reason I gave it 3 stars is because the images are very good however controlling the camera is like controlling a MARS Rover. It takes up to 13 seconds for my PTZ command to be respond to an command input. I'm sure someone smarter than me can tweak or tune my network for priority but none of my other devices have this issue. For these reasons I'm out. I I no longer recommend purchasing this camera because the documentation, reliability and command latency is unacceptable.