Miles Eye, Ears Following the Wind - Elm Smart Camera Evaluation (produced by Sun Lion)

Now, with many manufacturers joining the ranks of smart home, smart home is More and more popular, sockets, light bulbs, refrigerators, color TVs, air conditioners... more intelligent products related to families are also gradually appearing in ordinary people's homes. Today, the author would like to introduce to you the Ermu camera provided by Lei Feng, This time I was lucky to get the chance to try Lei Feng.com, and I can't express my gratitude. Erotic eyes The camera uses cloud storage technology, It can be applied to multi terminal devices, such as tablets, mobile phones and other devices. Download the APP and log in to Baidu Cloud Service, you can directly watch the live broadcast and recorded broadcast video content, and all audio and video will not be lost after long-term storage in the cloud. There is no need to worry about problems such as insufficient storage space, and you can watch them in the cloud anytime, anywhere and in time. Let's take a look at this product.

I     appearance.

The packing box adopts white color matching, which is very simple and clean, and belongs to the current popular simple route design

On the back of the packing box is the manufacturer information of the product.

The box is divided into upper and lower parts, and the upper layer is the "Aimu" camera body. The lower layer is the attachment.

All hardware contents: Elmer camera (including manual rotating base), power adapter, power cord, instructions and reset pin

Paper products: certificate, warranty card, manual

Power adapter: 5V 2A

The power cord, with its own binding strap, reflects the manufacturer's humanistic concept.

QR code and reset pin of APP software

The "Aimu" camera is relatively small.

Folding support can adjust the standing angle. Elm bracket also adopts a round design, and the metal material makes the bracket more load-bearing. The folding angle of the bracket can reach 270 degrees, and the circular fixed position makes the camera rotation angle 360 degrees. This design can adapt to different installation environments, such as upside down installation on the roof and vertical installation on the wall.

Rotate the camera to find the power cable connector.  

After power on, the indicator light of the camera will flash alternately in red and blue, entering the waiting setting state.  

II Mobile applications

In addition to inheriting the main functions of traditional cameras, the Elm smart camera also has functions that traditional cameras do not have, such as remote control, notification cloud push, data cloud storage, synchronous voice, video cloud play, and so on. The combination of network and cloud makes Elm more high-tech.

Scan the QR code in the package box or instruction manual with your mobile phone to install the application. Here we take the IOS system as an example. The Android version is similar.   

First entry into application

Xiaodu Aimu needs to use a Baidu account to log in. The application account mode is to enable this product to have cloud storage capabilities, store video recordings in the cloud, save the storage cost of the device, and facilitate users to playback and view past videos. Log in to Baidu account

Begin first device configuration.

At present, the software provides two ways to configure with the camera. The software recommends the use of sound waves. In fact, this method is very sci-fi, cool, and convenient. Highly recommended.

After the squeaking sound, the software prompts to find the camera.

Click Connect Now to connect to the camera later.

Name the equipment  

Select the connected wireless network and network password.  

After simple setting, the newly registered camera will appear in the device list. The main interface of the software is relatively simple. There are only a few main options. Commonly used are dialogues, Screenshot of the picture, save it, and review the video within a certain period of time.

Enter the program menu to set multiple functions. You can take a screenshot of the screen and save it. You can also review the videos within a certain period of time.

The alarm push setting can be understood as a movement detection alarm. When a moving object appears on the screen, an alarm will be sent to the client. You can set the sensitivity of motion detection on the setting page. This function is very good, very practical.

The camera can also be shared, which is not shared by default. There are two kinds of sharing: private sharing and public sharing.

After private sharing, a website will be generated. Tell the address to a friend, and the friend can click to see the video

In addition to your own camera, you can also watch the camera shared by others online (to satisfy your desire to pry into others' privacy)

In case of public sharing, the camera will appear in the public camera list. At present, there are many public cameras shared by other people online. Even if you don't have "eyes and ears", you can also install an app to see others share.

III Actual test: excellent picture quality, low network latency

The test for Small Elm is mainly conducted from four aspects: picture quality, infrared night vision test, video network delay and mobile power test to consider the main functions of this product.

Picture quality test

day. (6:00 a.m 。） Aimu adopts 720P high-definition image quality. The image quality viewed through the mobile phone is very exquisite, and the color reproduction ability is very good, without color deviation. The overall image quality test gives this product a lot of points, which also makes the videos recorded by users more vivid. At the same time, this product uses a wide-angle lens design. From the test picture, we can see that the wall line has a small arc distortion, but this does not affect the user experience too much

Infrared night vision test. （ Night effect). Iris with infrared Fill light: when the ambient light is reduced to a certain extent, the infrared light (invisible light) will light up. Therefore, even in a completely black environment, you can still see black and white images. The night vision ability of this product is very good. The contrast between black and white image quality is clear, and there is no phenomenon that the color is green.

Evening effect  

Since the camera is connected through the network, the delay is inevitable, Wireless routing connection, When the signal is strong, the delay is about 0.5 seconds; when the signal is weak, the delay is about 3 seconds, which is good. In 3G networks, the delay of video transmission is slightly higher. In general, the test for video network delay is within an acceptable range, and will not affect the user's experience. Of course, we still hope that Elmer products can continue to shorten the delay value in the future.

In addition, the camera can use mobile power supply to enhance the flexibility of use.

    In general, this Ermu smart camera is an unsurpassed camera. It is small and exquisite in shape, with clear camera effect, two-way voice communication, and infrared night vision It has remote control, notification cloud push, data cloud storage, synchronous voice, video cloud play and other functions that traditional cameras do not have, In addition, its biggest selling point is that it can upload and save videos to Baidu Cloud without worrying about storage space. on the whole It is a very good smart product.

      Of course, there are also some inadequacies: for example, the heat of the machine itself is large, and it is hot to the touch after a long time. The false alarm of the event is relatively serious, especially when the ambient light changes and the color/night vision switch occurs. The product has no hardware switch, so hardware control cannot be realized. The storage card cannot be used. It must rely on the network and cannot realize local video recording. All videos are stored in Baidu's cloud storage. At present, all users are given 1 month's storage service as a free gift, while cloud storage will be charged in the future. According to the published video charging strategy, it is still expensive. In the long run, it will be a big expense.