Amcrest 4K Optical Zoom IP Camera, Motorized Lens, 8MP Outdoor POE Camera Dome, 4X Optical Zoom Security Camera Turret, 2.7mm~12mm Lens, IP67 IK10 Vandal Resistant, Built-in Mic, (IP8M-MT2544EW)

This camera (Amcrest 8MP PoE Turret Style with Varifocal Lens) is a high end camera among the Amcrest lineup (as far as I could find) and its picture quality lives up to expectation. TLDR: If you are just looking for a great camera with an adjustable lens then I think this is a good option especially if you can get someone else to install it.I just installed two of these and one dome style camera with similar features. This was my first experience installing PoE cameras but I've installed battery and powerline cameras that are wifi based before. Based on my particular requirements, I needed a wired solution and found the Power over Ethernet option a convenient one. Pulling the cable was easy as was terminating it based on my familiarity with making my own drop cables. That is pretty much where "easy" ended.The physical installation of the cameras to the walls was borderline difficult and I'm fairly confident in my abilities in this area. When up on a ladder and trying to put the pieces together and affixed properly became interesting despite the seemingly intuitive instructions and relative few number of parts. Despite the learning curve, by camera three I continued to be perplexed at how something so apparently easy could turn out to be such a pain. And after all the effort, I am pretty sure I'm gonna need to make some adjustments to get them set properly.I attached these cameras to an Amcrest NVR and installed the hard drive myself (simple as pie). The NVR software is not intuitive. Your results will likely differ as my situation required installation without an internet connection or wifi router so the mobile apps were of no use to me. Using the mouse (included with NVR) and a monitor (additional purchase), I clicked around enough to figure things out but it wasn't quick or easy. I still have a few things I have to figure out though (mirroring and flipping aren't working as expected or as indicated in the NVR app...).Overall, I found the above more annoying than difficult with my particular requirements. But the pictures look great and reviewing recordings is quite easy. So I ultimately think this camera and the overall solution is pretty good (and might be better if connected to the internet and wifi to utilize the various other ways of configuring the settings).But they don't make this particular camera in black which is astounding. And even the support people couldn't tell me which mounting brackets or junction boxes would work with this camera. Those were wrenches I had to deal with but figured out with a bunch of guessing and checking (or purchasing and returning in this case).

No need to buy this unless you can utilize the zoom feature. I have 3 of these and many other similar models. I find that these cameras seems to have a better picture than some of my other 4k cameras, but the zoom feature is not used very often. Set it and forget it. I use this model to reach a closer view of out buildings near my setup which is a nice feature with digital zoom. Dont purchase this model if you don't need the zoom as you are wasting about $150.

Good picture quality!

Works great but if you really don’t need the zoom I would purchase one without zoom and save a few bucks. Great clarity. Crisp and clean.

We are using it indoors in a business setting. Impressed with picture quality and very crisp picture even after zooming in. Yes I would recommend this camera.

No encuentro el soporte para grabar y revisar grabaciones, no incluye fuente de poder, no hay instrucciones precisas sobre la Instalación de la cámara

Easy to setup and the user interface is so friendly. Beautiful picture quality too

Camera seems to be loosing and re stablishing focus randomly after a mechanical zoom is applied