(New Arrival!) HooToo® HT-IP006N Outdoor Waterproof Wired / Wireless Network IP Camera with Night Vision, Pan/Tilt/Zoom (3x), Black (New Arrival!) HooToo® HT-IP006N Outdoor Waterproof Wired / Wireless Network IP Camera with Night Vision, Pan/Tilt/Zoom (3x), Black

Pros: Set up was alot easier than I was expecting
The picture quality is very good for the price of the camera
PTZ works perfectly
Definately worth the price
The night vision works well and covers my dock and back yard well.

Cons: The manual is not translated perfectly, some of the words are out of order. Find the online version, its a bit better.
The camera's globe has a molding line at the very top that blurs the very top of the picture, not a big deal.

Other Thoughts: I plan to purchase at least one more of these cameras for the front of my home.

Pros: This camera is designed to be used for an outside installation, preferably high up on a building or on a tall pole. It can pan through almost 360 degrees although panning to look at its mounting facility, building or pole makes no sense. It has no audio although it does have one foot long cables to connect to an audio input or output as well as the power cable and a reset function. These connectors must be protected from the elements so mounting them on a building with a grommeted access hole is the best way to mount it. I have mounted mine on top of a 12 foot 4x4 post which is part of my deck. I can view all of the deck, my side yard and my back yard from high atop the post. I have enclosed the wires and connectors in a plastic box which is watertight.
Although the camera is intended to be used for security purposes it has such good resolution and color rendition that I have used it to watch the wildlife around the deck. I have monitored the activity of deer in the back yard and found the culprit chewing on my wife's hostas, and I have watched any of a dozen species of birds come and go on our birdfeeders.
The camera software comes with motion picture and snapshot capability so I have videos on my computer of all of the wildlife. It also has a very nice 3x zoom with which I can photograph the colorful birds on our feeders. The red bellied woodpecker has been recorded many times coming to the suet feeders. The motion detection feature set at a sensitive position starts the video recording as the woodpecker lands on the suet feeder and records for whatever preset time you have selected. It can also be programmed to send snapshots of the frame to an email address.
The preset positions available in the software make it possible to switch rapidly from one place to another rather than using the up-down, left-right buttons. Just tell the camera to focus in close up mode to position 3 and it moves to view the suet feeder in 3x zoom mode. Then tell it to go to position 7 and it is now focused on wide-angle view of the back yard.
The night vision combined with the motion detection feature has allowed me to capture a video of a skunk prowling on the deck just in time to stop me from stepping out on the deck to fill the bird feeders for the morning. One downside of the night vision is that viewing at the 90 and 180 degree position there is some sort of internal reflection of the IR LEDS which makes viewing from the extreme left and right pan position to about 90 degrees from each position useless. Daytime viewing presents no problems at all.
At night I point the camera at the sliding door to our sunroom and set the motion detection system to be active, I sleep knowing that any intruders will trip the alarm, record video of their activity and wake me up as the alarm on my laptop alerts me to the unsub's activity, a very comforting feeling!
All in all the camera meets all of my needs with its good resolution, color rendition, 3X zoom and security featur

Cons: none