Comments on Axis 212PTZ IP Camera

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SteveSmith

2:28 AM on 5 June, 2009

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Actually I have the Axis 212 to be really disappointing. We did a training session with Axis when I was working for one of their distributors when it was first released. The Axis trainer explained in the course that the 212 really needs a lot of bright white light to get a good image result - otherwise you will get a lot of ghosting/blurring in the image. This camera was not a great seller for the wholesaler I worked for in those days, as the image quality was not what it promised. I think this is mainly due to the fact that the 212 has to compress the image > send the image to an NVR server > then decompress the image. So you are actually pan tilt zooming within a very processed final image, and the results I think are really disappointing, with a lot of artifacts and blocking in the image. There is product that we have found to be ok, its the Q22 from a German group Mobotix. What they are doing is storing the image in the camera, which means the raw image doesn't need to be compressed, and you can pan tilt and zoom in the actual raw image. The image quality actually is pretty good - well much better than the Axis 212 that is for sure. If you are looking for a digital PTZ IP camera, I recommend you evaluate both the 212 vs. the Q22 and compare for yourself.