FOSCAM 4K 8MP Outdoor Security IP POE Camera, Home Security Surveillance Camera with AI Detect Human/Vehicle, 66ft Color Night Vision, 2-Way Audio, Motion Alert Spotlight & Siren Alarm,120° FoV, IP66

This was my 4th Foscam camera, my 2nd outdoor camera, but my first POE camera. I'll never go back! Setup through my Netgear POE switch was simple and it was so much easier running an ethernet cable rather than a power cable having to subsequently worry about connecting WiFi when the hook ups were all finished. White ethernet cable is much more forgiving to run along a house, and once plugged into the port on the camera, it was up and running in about 10 seconds! By the time I went inside to see if the picture was up on my screen, everything was there. (I had connected the camera to the app inside the night before with the same result using the ethernet cable). The picture is fantastic (included, following a heavy downpour) and the camera has been up for about a week with 100% uptime. I haven't seen the picture drop out at all and I work from home so I'm watching it constantly. The alerts are spot on although I can really only use sound notifications and person notifications since this is my backyard. I was able to integrate this into Blue Iris in 3-5 minutes and it was running in Home Assistant shortly after that. I am brand new to all of these programs so the less the frustration with the devices, the more I can tolerate with the programs, but there was nothing with this camera. Using Blue Iris and Deepstack was simple to integrate, and the AI as well as the notifications are coming instantly. Customer service with Foscam has been phenomenal (my oversight on one of my first cameras) and all the cameras work incredibly well. I have an HT2 on the east corner of my house that works great and I'll be running an ethernet cable to that this week as well. All future cameras will be Foscam and I don't see any reason I won't be going with the POE cameras moving forward! I'll be adding another Foscam 4k V8EP shortly to the southern corner of my house. Definitely recommend this camera for ease of hookup, picture quality, ease of integration, and the company for their customer service.

I have owned many Foscam cameras over the years and have several operating now. They all work great and this camera raises the bar. Up front, I was asked to test this camera. Works exactly as advertised. Great picture quality, small form factor, easy setup, color night vision, ftp support and all the bells and whistles that are advertised work fine. I used the Foscam android app for setup. Easy. I use it with my Foscam FN3109H NVR which seems to not play nicely but recording via my Linux FTP server has great playback video quality. This is not my first PoE Foscam, but all have worked flawlessly. I am very pleased with the camera and will purchase more. Once again, the camera does what the documentation states. Thank you.

I really wanted to like this camera. The resolution is excellent, and the images are clear. However, the app is extremely buggy, to the point of rendering this camera useless. The app has a bad habit of randomly changing settings on its own, for instance, it changed motion detection to vehicle detection, and kept reporting on my car parked in the driveway every few minutes for several hours until I figured it out. It has changed from color to black and white. One time, it decided to turn on the flood light LEDs when it detected motion at night. Crazy. Sometimes it does not report when it should, and sometimes it reports when there is nothing there. At night, the infrared lights attract insects, and then trigger motion sensing every few minutes. You are supposed to be able to play videos from the SD card, but I have not gotten one to play yet. For a long time the app kept crashing almost every time I used it until they did an update. I have high speed fiber, but it is very slow connecting and takes forever to buffer before showing live video. I contacted Foscam technical support, and although they responded quickly, they have no clue how to fix the app issues. They even asked me for my account name and password so they could go in and look. Obviously, I told them no.

We haven't had any issues with the cameras themselves. I get the alerts that I have set up. I like that I can keep an eye on my driveway and walkway. The only reason for 4 stars is the issue with connecting and using with Alexa. We did all updates and still couldn't get them to connect. We purposely purchased these because of that. I'll keep them for now.

I have owned many different Foscam cameras over the years. This camera is a 2.4Ghz camera only and POE with the option to power by an unsupplied power supply, no Wi-Fi. This is the first POE camera I have owned. My house is too difficult to run ethernet lines to all my cameras so I have always used Wi-Fi cameras. I was offered to test this camera and decided to give it a go. I had an extra power supply and a range extender with an ethernet port so I connected the camera to the ethernet port and it connects to the wireless network through the Wi-Fi extender. The camera has a very sturdy body and can be mounted in multiple positions. I do recommend using longer screws than the ones provided if mounted outdoors to help deter theft of the camera. It is very easy to setup using the Foscam app. However I prefer not to use third party software for my camera system so I used the Foscam VMS software for Windows 11 and made a Local Account to sign in. The night vision is very clear as it is a 4K camera. Because I have a street light in front of my house I was able to turn off the IR lights and have very good color night video. Overall I love the Foscam cameras. They allow me to set up monitoring and store the video locally or through a FTP server. I highly recommend this camera particularly if you have a POE network but a welcome addition if you have an extender with an ethernet port as I did.

To manage these cams you need to install their software, and even that is glitchy and not functional. Adjust one setting and the camera locks up, set framerate as the software allows, and over, need to factory reset. If these simply supported rtsp and onvif, http natively without hoop jumping and bloated apps, these could be 5 stars, but foscam wants to be different for some reason. Why spend resources on these extra applications -- support standards, and make things work based on standards, that's why they're called standards. Note to foscam, other IP cams exist, you're and Apple. Returned.

Amazing product comes with amazing clarity. I just bought this and image/video is very clear with this 4k camera. The installation process was so easy through the app that it connected to internet within the seconds right after I plugged the LAN cable. The plus point is their night vision, I love it. The camera also captures more area than what I saw in other cameras. I already have indoor foscam cameras and really it’s so reliable. I would highly recommend this product if you’re looking for the outdoor security camera.

The price is what initially drove me to invest in this FOSCAM V8EP camera—it seemed like a solid deal for 4K resolution, AI human/vehicle detection, 66ft color night vision, and IP66 weatherproofing. Setup was straightforward with PoE power, and basic features like the siren alert, two-way talk, and wide 110° FOV worked as expected. However, I ended up returning it because the image quality didn't meet my standards, as I was seeking for a camera that could deliver true color night vision. The video was acceptable for casual, non-security footage but lacked sharpness in low light. This camera is alright if you're looking to capture general surveillance on a budget or snag it with a good promo deal. For serious security applications where you need higher quality footage, I'd recommend investing in a different model instead.