160/180 Degree Camera Recommendations?

paul2020

I have a small area that I'd like to monitor with a wide angle camera and have been exploring available options.

The 10 Recommended IP Cameras 2020 blog post has two wide angle cameras, but unfortunately I need night-vision and outdoor capabilities, which knocks both of them off the list.

Before moving to SecuritySpy, I was using the 160 degree Raspberry Pi 3rd party cameras which worked really well, but I've been struggling to find an equivalent wide angle POE/outdoor camera with at least 4MP.

I really like the look of this Milesight 180 camera, but I can't find a UK seller that will give me a price as most sites only seem to sell them to installers.
https://www.milesight.com/show-page/panoramic-mini-bullet

My budget is £150 as this is only for monitoring my home, so I don't need commercial grade optics or build quality. I don't mind using cheap Chinese cameras as long as they support ONVIF, POE, waterproof, microphone, etc, as I can block them from accessing the internet. (I use H.VIEW 5MP cameras which work great for £55).

I've seen some cameras by Vivotek, but they are way out of my budget from some of the prices I've managed to find. https://www.vivotek.com/products/network-cameras/180-panoramic-cameras

I've held off posting a question like this as I hoped to find such a camera myself, but I've had no luck so far. I'm hoping someone on here might be aware of a reasonably priced wide angle camera that I've not found yet.

Thanks!

Ben

The Vivotek ones are very nice, but as you say they are not the cheapest.

Axis also have some panoramic cameras that are very good and work well with SecuritySpy: https://www.axis.com/en-gb/technologies/panoramic-cameras

Have a look also at the Dahua IPC-PFW8601-A180 or IPC-PFW8800N-A180 - these are multi-sensor camera that offer a 180 degree panoramic view in a very widescreen format. However I think these are quite expensive too. Other single-sensor Dahua panoramic cameras should also work OK, though we don't have firsthand experience with them.

paul2020

Thanks for your advice Ben, it seems there are only expensive options at the moment, so i’ll probably go for two cheaper cameras to cover the same area for now.

aandrew

I bought some widescreen lenses and replaced the default (6-8mm?) lens with much wider fisheye lenses on two of my cameras. That may be an option for you as well.

Bones

I'm using the Vivotek CC8371-HV Fish Eye Network Camera (180° view).

Very good.

paul2020

That does look a nice camera, but then I saw the price. (£477!) Thank you for the suggestion though.

@aandrew, that's a good idea, but I guess they would interfere with the IR lights that surround most CCTV lenses?