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REOLINK CX810 ColorX PoE Camera, 4K UHD, True Color Night Vision, F1.0 Super Aperture, 1/1.8'' Image Sensor, HDR Technology, Person/Animal Detection, Spotlight & Siren Alarm, 2-Way Talk
A**7
Overall a great camera - however, here are some things you need to understand
The media could not be loaded. I have used many security different cameras including Reolink and non-Reolink. Of all the cameras I have used to date I would rate the Reolink CX810 as the best one. In this review I am going to explain why. In addition, I am also going to explain a couple things that you should know to understand exactly the performance you can expect. I am not going to discuss the technical specifications of this camera. Instead I am going to use a number of different usage scenarios to show you the images the camera will produce.The first point I want to discuss is that this camera has low light technology. What I mean by this is that it will deliver true color even at night IN VERY LOW LIGHT SITUATIONS (no IR or light).All of the pictures/video in this review have the CX810 set up for 3840x2160 resolution using the H.265 protocol (lower bandwidth). The CX810 has 3000K lights (not UV) that will turn on when it detects motion to illuminate the area. In all the the pictures/video in this review I have disabled these lights. Because my camera is part of a security system I don't want the people to know they are being filmed so I have disabled them. The point being that whatever you see is based on whatever light is coming from somewhere else (more on this later). I am using Synology Surveillance Station which has both the CX410 and CX810 cameras in its compatible list (otherwise you have to use generic ONVIF).PIC1 (I have labeled each picture in the upper right corner because they don't always appear in the order I add them to the review) shows a daytime picture of my driveway/yard during the day during the summer. I think the color and clarity of this image is good.PIC2 and PIC3 are pictures taken at night when it is getting dark (although not completely) and dark. Pic2 was taken in the summer and the grass is very green in color. Note that this picture was taken at 8:14pm and it was starting to get dark (although not as dark as it is going to get a bit later). The proof that it is somewhat dark is that my solar light turned on (next to driveway and garage) and the neighbors lights on their garage are on. Because the camera is very sensitive these lights will "wash out" the areas around them. Compare PIC2 to PIC1 looking specifically at the neighbors garage and you will see what I am talking about. PIC3 was taken at 12:09AM (midnight) and it is as dark as it is going to get. One thing you need to understand is that this picture was taken during the winter so the yard is not as green as it was in the summer pictures.As I have shown in PIC2 and PIC3 the camera does a real good job as long as there is some light. PIC4 is a second CX810 I have showing my back porch. Note that you cannot see anything on the porch. Note that the lights in my neighbors yard appear to be very bright resulting in my back deck showing no detail. I wanted to be able to see my back deck. What I ended up with after some experimentation was to add a dusk to dawn light for my back porch. Because a bright light will "wash out" details (like I showed in PIC2) I put a piece of aluminum foil in the side of the light facing the camera (so the camera would not see it). PIC5 shows the results of adding the dusk to dawn light (note you can see the silvery aluminum foil blocking the direct light toward the camera). The light bulb in this light is a 40W equivalent LED bulb (it was the lowest wattage I could find). The 40W bulb completely lights up my back porch which is about 45 feet long and some of my back yard . I consider the image quality in this picture as good.I have also attached a video to this review. Since you can only add a single video this is actually a compilation of 3 different videos. The video was taken by the driveway camera which uses the available light from my neighbors. The reason I have added this video is to illustrate what I will call "ghosting". The first part of the video shows a fox moving across an area of flowers (this is winter so they are dormant) and then moves onto the driveway and stops. Thile the fox is moving across the flower area it appears to be somewhat transparent. The second part of the video shows a fox moving up toward the camera then across the driveway into the flower area. The ghosting occurs as the fox moves more quickly across the driveway. The third part of the video shows a cat that starts out on my stepping stones and walks across the driveway. In this segment the ghosting occurs as the cat walks across the driveway. If I had a light on (like on my back porch) then this ghosting would not appear. The ghosting only seems to appear in very low light situations and you have movement (remember I have no lighting in these images except for what the neighbors generate).I was able to generate these videos because the CX810 recognized not only movement (like a light moving across the yard due to a car driving by) but as an animal. I have videos of deer, coyote, fox, cat, rabbit, squirrel and birds which were detected as animals by the camera. I doubt that it detects them all but it does the best job of any camera I have owned up to this point.I chose not to use the lights on the camera which would eliminate the ghosting and generate better image quality. All of the other cameras I own have IR lights (not visible by human vision). I don't like the IR lights because they attract bugs which fly around the lights (are attracted by the IR) and then generate false motion detection. The CX810 low light technology allows me to not need the IR lights and eliminates this problem and gives me true color even in low light.If you are looking for a camera that will generate true color images even in very low light situations you should consider the Reolink CX810 (there is also a CX410 lower resolution). It will get the job done!
D**J
Excellent camera with fantastic night vision
This is a fantastic camera. We just repainted our house, so I took down all my cameras and decided to upgrade one of the ‘base’ cameras that came with my system. This camera is a major upgrade, its low light capability is exceptional. I am including 3 photos - one is with the spot light on, it’s the first photo that has less pronounced shadow. Image is very clear a color is fantastic. 2nd image is si to the spot light off - this shows the real strength of this camera. I do not have any of outdoor lights in this photo. The last photo is from one of the base level cameras, to show the difference. I will be slowly my other cameras with this camera
B**M
Best “Overall” Reolink
First, the field of view is not as advertised … keep reading. (This is why I did not rate it 5 stars, but it was a hard decision).cx410 vs cx810: If you want the most visibility at night under extremely dim light or the best colors, then you want the cx410 (due to it being brighter due to having less pixels). However, if there is some mild ambient lighting, while the cx810 is somewhat “dimmer” than the 410, it still gives nice night time visibility with the added benefit of being a 4k camera. The better way to put it is that the colors are not as colorful or vibrant as with the cx410, but they are crystal clear and even if it is dimmer, you can see with great clarity. While the cx410 is brighter at night, it is brighter (whiter) during the day too which is slightly less pleasant and it is only a 2k camera (but still a nice camera). Using the cx810 for a driveway camera, if there are slightly low light driveway lights, then the cx810 does great. I use TP-link amber driveway lights set at 75% at night so they are not obnoxious to the neighbors. Using a phone app, I get a reading of 1 to 2 lux on a cheap phone app at 12 feet (4 meters) away from the garage lights (middle of the driveway) and I am very pleased with the clarity of the camera and the resulting skin tones, especially when the camera’s lighting is set to a low level. I know one YouTube reviewer recommended the cx410 over the cx810, but that was without any supplemental light source. And in that situation, I agree. If you want the brightest and best colors at night (or there is really no supplemental light source), get the cx410. If you have just a slight supplemental light source (or even more with street lights) and want the best clarity with it being dimmer (but not dim) at night (and the best day time colors), get the cx810. (On a side note, comparing the cx410 to the E1 Outdoor CX, the cx410 has more frames per second up to 25, and higher bitrates up to 6144 Kbps if you are debating between these two).Cons (kind of). Day time vs Night time 4k cameras: You can get better daytime pictures with the RLC-811 compared to the cx810 if you zoom in (even slightly) to the area you are watching. But the night time performance of the cx810 is vastly superior to the 811. The “ghosting” that is present in other non-cx Reolink cameras is gone with the cx810 and you get more detail with no ghosting in normal night situations and less night time blur, plus the pictures look more realistic and not washed out.License plates: This camera does as good (if not slightly better) than the RLC-811 I have (when not zoomed) at reading license plates. It’s maximum distance for a stationary plate is about 60 feet/18 meters, so maybe 30 feet with a moving car (just guessing). (I did not upload pictures since I was worried the clarity would be reduced once uploaded to Amazon, but I could adequately read stationary plates at 60 feet … but not sure it would go beyond that). But in my view, reading plates is not what security cameras are for. If reading license plates is important, then you want a multi-focal (optical zoom) 4k or higher camera that you can zoom in to the area where you want to see the plates (such as the RLC-811 or the RLC-823s1). The 811 even slightly zoomed will outperform the cx800 during the day and can capture plates much better, even if just zoomed to 25% (depending on distance). Not zoomed, I would say the cx810 and the 811 are basically equal during the day. But zoom cameras will still not see plates at night. Also, the cx810 does not have infrared (black and white) night vision (where the 811 does). The new cx410C does have IR lights. If you want a color night camera that can monitor far distances at night, then you may want the cx410C and add some supplemental IR lighting. I have not tried it, but it would seem this would be a great option. And then it can go to color mode if it detects an object (but confirm this as this is a new camera at the time of this writing).Field of View is different: The Field of View is much larger than advertised. Some may prefer this and others may not. The larger the field of view, the more you see, but the lower the clarity, and vice-versa (due to the pixel density in a particular area). View vs. clarity is personal preference … it is always a compromise. The field of view is larger in the cx810 than the particular 811 model I have (which is a few years old). It was too difficult to give a measurement the field of view. But it is wider than the 811 that I have, and it is noticeably wider than the 90 degrees horizontal advertised.I have most of the POE (power over ethernet) cameras Reolink makes and I like them all for what they are designed for. I find this to be the perfect all-around combination, or the best of all world’s Reolink camera. While I like the TrackMix for overall viewing (as well as the Duo), my primary security needs are at night, such as monitoring the driveway cars with mild driveway lights. As long as there is slight lighting around the area I truly care to monitor, the cx810 is the one I would choose for any application if I could only pick one.
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