![]() It has a harshness to it that's hard to describe and the image looks like you took a 1MP image and blew it up to 3MP because it has jagged edges and pixilation. Their new 5MP sensor which by the way is really 3MP (marketing genius, let people believe they are getting a real 5MP camera but give them 3MP images, nobody will ever figure it out) and the image quality is not in the same league as the older M24 or the Axis cameras. Looking at the specs it supports image format of 2048 x 1536 with a 5MP sensor, which is bigger than we actually need for the website, but we can always downsample the image which will result in greater quality anyways.įirst, let me tell you, the M24 is a good camera, the M25 is a piece of poo. One of the main reasons I thought of using the Mobotix was because the sample picture I provided above from a nearby ski resort was actually the M24 model, and the quality was really good. I have some things to take care of, but I will go over it in more detail later today. I found the Axis P3364-VE at $799 on Amazon, whereas the Mobotix M25M is $899.00. I quickly glanced over it and it falls in the same price range, althrough the quality seems to be quite a bit worse for only a $100 difference. I am currently looking at the Axis P33 models, as well as the one you mentionned. Ideally, the plan I was looking at was to install a panoramic view camera (so maybe the M25 with a wide lens, or the Q25 model) at the top of the mountain on the chair lift, and one lower with a view on the main lodge. Looking at the specs it supports image format of 2048 x 1536 with a 5MP sensor, which is bigger than we actually need for the website, but we can always downsample the image which will result in greater quality anyways. I would go with a Axis P3364-VE, 1MP version *snip* ![]() Mobotix new cameras are pretty poor in low light despite their clever marketing and the M25 is day only, requires a good amount of light to work, not good for dim area, a lot of noise. I think getting those cameras as web cams to FTP photos may be overkill. ![]() ![]() The other camera I was looking at is the Avigilon 3 MP H.264 HD which is a bit pricier, but the image quality looks to be a bit better.įeel free to suggest other cameras if you know of anything that would fit better for this project. The problem is that I wasn't able to find a concrete answer if all the configuration can be done via the web interface and can they run independently, or a server is required for their control. After searching and asking around a bit I got recommended the Mobotix cameras, particularly the Mobotix AllAround M25M-Sec model. I never touched anything beyond simple sub $150 home cameras, so I have no prior experience with the high end cameras. We are not going to use them as video surveillance, just as a webcam. We need them to be high quality, outdoor-proof by -30 C, and upload a picture by FTP to our website every 2-5 or so minutes. I'm a 2nd year IT networking student, and I got hired as an intern for 3 weeks on a ski resort, where they tasked me with the installation of 2 new cameras for our website with a budjet of ~$1000 per camera. This is an example of the final result I am looking for: Are you required to have a dedicated server / gateway for the high end cameras like the Mobotix M25 or the Avigilon 3 MP H.264 HD, or all the configuration can be done via the web interface and they can run independently? I only need to use them as a webcam that uploads a picture every 2-5 minutes to a website (which they both should support) without any video surveillance.
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