absorbed Home camera Of Erotic eyes The company has brought us a new product recently " Minor turn "The camera, which has been successfully crowdfunded on the JD crowdfunding platform, will be delivered soon Home level monitoring Function, with two specifications of 720P and 1080P, and equipped with a rotating base with a horizontal view angle of 355 degrees, a vertical view angle of 120 degrees, and a real sense of Infrared night vision . Now let's take a look at what's outstanding about this powerful home camera.

parameter

Body color: white body+wood grain base
Camera: low illumination CMOS; Optical all glass lens, 8x digital zoom.
Visual angle&rotation speed: horizontal visual angle 355 °, vertical visual angle 120 °, horizontal rotation speed 20 °/s, vertical rotation speed 20 °/s.
Night vision: 15 high-power infrared light-emitting diodes (850nm), automatic switching infrared filters
Audio: built-in microphone and speaker, supporting two-way voice transmission
Weight/size: 457g, 175mm high, camera diameter 120mm, base diameter 90mm

Appearance and workmanship

The package of Xiaozhuan is very simple. A big white box with four square sides is printed with cartoon images of "Turning for Home" and a family of five in the middle, and the logo of Ermu is on the right.

The side of the box is printed with the product picture of Xiaozhuan and Baidu Cloud Support.

The packaging box adopts the magnetic suction design. When we open the packaging box, we can see the small turn. The small turner is fixed inside the packing box by a thick sponge, so there is no need to worry about damage during transportation. The paper box next to it contains data cable, charger and other accessories.

The following is a small turn and all the accessories.

The power input is 5V 2A.

A clip is attached to the manual for us to use when resetting the machine.

The shape of Xiaozhuan is simple, consisting of a white body and a wood grain rotating base. The simple shape is made by the famous design company Rococo in China, and is made by Li Fancong, the head of Rococo intelligent hardware.

The back is hollowed out cooling hole and Micro USB interface. Maybe because we have an engineering machine in hand, there are obvious glue traces at the rear seam, and we hope that it can be improved on the mass production version.

In addition to horizontal rotation, small rotation also supports a vertical 120 degree angle of view. Don't underestimate this shaft. In order to ensure the beauty of the whole machine, the final version was finally determined after six times of careful consideration and careful carving. Every arc is perfect.

The camera (head) of the machine can be disassembled. After the camera is removed, the internal space of the machine body is slightly larger. It seems that Elm can make the machine body smaller.

This big eye is the essence of Xiaozhuan. It is available in 720P and 1080P. According to the official statement of Elmer, the head can be replaced, and the current and future heads of Elmer can be used universally. The one we started with was 720P.

Operation and use

Xiaozhuan focuses on home level security monitoring, with features such as high-definition, infrared night vision, and large rotating angle of view. Unlike many similar products, Xiaozhuan uses Baidu Cloud to store monitoring videos, which is delivered with a one month "seven day Baidu Cloud service", that is, within a one month service cycle, Baidu Cloud will automatically store videos of the last week.

After the power supply is connected, the indicator light below the camera will flash alternately red and blue, and 15 infrared LED lights will also light up. At the same time, a small transfer will be carried out for a total of 360 rotations.

After installing the Elm App, you need to log in to your Baidu Cloud account, then you can pair it with Xiaozhuan, and use it after connecting to WiFi.

user's experience

As a webcam, the video experience is the ultimate standard. Xiaozhuan's video surveillance is slightly different from other webcams. It first sends real-time video to Baidu Cloud through WiFi, and then transmits it to our mobile phones and computers through Baidu Cloud encryption. That is, the "real-time images" we see are "real-time videos" already stored on Baidu Cloud.

Xiaozhuan has three kinds of definition for us to choose, namely, ultra clear, high-definition and smooth. Taking ultra clear pictures as an example, real-time pictures are smooth and the picture definition is also good. However, it may be that the images are slightly delayed and various rotation operations are also somewhat sluggish due to Baidu Yunzhongzhuan and then sent to the mobile phone.

The machine has many distinctive functions in real-time monitoring, such as 360 degree automatic rotation with one key. After gently clicking the "Start Rotation" on the screen, the small rotation will start to rotate slowly, and then click again to stop. Of course, two-way voice is indispensable. Now it is also the standard configuration of a home webcam.

Officially, the horizontal rotation angle of the machine is 355 degrees, and the vertical rotation is 120 degrees. However, because the lens itself has a certain angle of view, the actual monitoring angle of the machine reaches 360 degrees, and the monitoring range is relatively ideal.

Of course, small rotation is not only automatic rotation, but also an innovative invention of double click rotation mode. If you want to view a specific target in the picture, just double click the object, and the camera will automatically rotate until the object is in the center of the picture, simple and fast. Users no longer need to use the cross direction key to adjust the direction of the camera back and forth, and it can be completed quickly by clicking lightly, It can be regarded as redefining the operation mode of intelligent camera.

The user can also "collect" the shooting position. If he wants to view the position in the future, he can just click the preset position to rotate to the specified angle. However, Xiaozhuan also has some problems. For example, there is no integrated screenshot function in the App. If we want a screenshot with original image quality, we can only capture it from the video.

Do you remember the 15 infrared LED lights when you turned on? Yes, Xiaozhuan is a camera that really supports infrared night vision. As a household camera with such a small size, it is not easy to have infrared night vision. Although the infrared night vision effect of this camera cannot be compared with that of a professional surveillance camera, the picture definition is enough for daily household monitoring.

After we turn on the intelligent alarm, if a suspicious person or action appears on the screen, the mobile phone app will pop up an alarm and send the on-site photos to the mobile phone.

Small transfer will upload the captured video to Baidu Cloud in encrypted format, and will not occupy our Baidu Cloud space. With the blessing of Baidu Cloud, we can use the web version or mobile app to view the video anytime and anywhere. On the mobile phone, we can also easily edit videos by entering the start time and end time. After editing, the system will automatically store the edited part in our Baidu Cloud space.

In the video clip, we can see that the time flow has two colors, blue and gray. This is that Aimu will decide whether to store the video according to the changes of the picture in order to save space and bandwidth. If the picture is still, the video will be stopped. Only when there are objects in the picture, the video will be restarted.

There are public channels in the mobile app for you to view, and many canteens or public places have chosen to share videos, such as Zhuhai Chimelong Jellyfish Exhibition. It's interesting that live video also supports bullet screen

In the sharing management of the camera, you can set the sharing mode of the camera. If it is set to "public", it is a public channel. If it is set to secret sharing, you can share real-time video surveillance pictures with friends.

All those who have a certain understanding of such products know that since cloud storage service is adopted, it involves the problem of service fees. Elmo provides three different services for the machine: "7-day Baidu Cloud Service", "30 day Baidu Cloud Service" and "90 day Baidu Cloud Service". The annual payment prices are 178 yuan, 358 yuan and 999 yuan respectively.

Let's take the "7-day Baidu Cloud Service" as an example. Although it seems that the service fee is a little expensive at first glance, compared with the price of similar products that are often 300-400 yuan, the price of Elmo has a conscience. And Elmo uses Baidu Cloud service. Compared with cloud storage provided by many small manufacturers, Baidu Cloud has a better performance in connection stability.

summary

In general, the Elm small turn home camera is a simple and functional home webcam. The imaging effect is excellent in the same type of products both in the day and at night. In addition, with Baidu Cloud storage, there is no need to worry about the lack of local storage space, At the same time, you can not only view the situation at home anytime and anywhere, but also conveniently view and edit historical videos online.

Although Xiaozhuan still has some small problems, such as the lack of one button screenshots on the seams and APP, its shortcomings do not outweigh its merits. Good imaging effect and low service price are its trumpets. If you want to buy a home webcam, Ermu Xiaozhuan will be one of your rational choices.