After the battle of smart home seizing the living room, the field of camera has become another battlefield. At present, there are many well-known smart cameras in the market, such as Mijia, Xiaoyi, Xiaofang, 360, fluorite and other brands. So today, the author will introduce one of these brands: Xiaobai, a cute white - Mijia's smart camera PTZ version.

Unpacking

In terms of packaging design, the white packaging conforms to the packaging design style of Xiaomi and Mijia products. The front is the rendering of the product, and the back is the relevant information and parameters of the product.

In terms of accessories, in addition to the host, it is equipped with a power adapter, a power cord, a manual, and a screw for flip chip plastic accessories. The combination of flip chip plastic accessories and screws provides convenience for users to flip chip, and users do not need to buy screws separately. The length of the power cord also fully takes into account the user's needs. Generally, the installation of cameras is not taken into account during the decoration of the home, so no separate power socket is reserved on the wall near the ceiling, so the length of the power cord just makes up for this. However, such a cute little white, who would be willing to install it upside down on the ceiling.

Product details

Instead of the stereotyped design of the traditional camera, it breaks the tradition, refuses industrialization, and has a unique design. With a round head, a fat body, and big black eyes, does it look like a little doll? The middle part of the front head is a lens with a resolution of 720P; The back opening is artistically treated, and even the cooling hole is also the sound outlet of the speaker.

The front head adopts a one-piece cover and a hidden T-card design to make it more integrated. When Xiaobian first got Xiaobai, he turned around and couldn't find the slot of the memory card.

The bottom of the fuselage is equipped with a unique physical key reset key and power interface, while the base is designed with a card slot to facilitate the installation and use of flip plastic parts when users flip them.

The advantage of using the PTZ is that 360 ° monitoring can be carried out, but using the PTZ will use the motor, which will generate noise when the motor runs. After a small test, the PTZ version of Mijia intelligent camera is good at noise control, and the motor rotation sound is very low in a quiet environment. Mijia smart camera adopts dual motor PTZ, which can rotate freely from top to bottom, left to right, with horizontal viewing angle of 360 ° and vertical viewing angle of 115 °; Minimize dead angle shooting and realize panoramic monitoring. Let's see the rotation angle of the PTZ.

Comparative evaluation

So much has been said, and what's the details? The following section will give you a corresponding reference through comparison.

Xiaobian selects Mijia intelligent camera, Xiaofang intelligent camera and Xiaoyi 1080P intelligent camera for comparative evaluation. The platform version of Mijia intelligent camera is provided for the trial of computer games. Here, we would like to thank the support and trust given to Xiaobian by the trial of computer games, while Xiaofang and Xiaoyi buy it by themselves.

The three have basically maintained their packaging design style. At present, Mijia's smart camera PTZ version and Xiaofang's smart camera can be purchased through Xiaomi Mall, while Xiaoyi 1080P smart camera is Xiaoyi's independent brand and has not been sold in Xiaomi Mall.

The three smart cameras are equipped with power adapters in their accessories, which is convenient for use. However, I personally think that if it is not installed on the ceiling, the smart camera can be powered by a socket with USB function at home, and the power adapter is white. However, in terms of workmanship, Xiao Fang's power adapter is too rough and wrong. Compared with the parameters on the power adapter, It is found that the power supply adaptation of the three can be universal. When considering flip mounting, Mijia's smart camera PTZ version has added flip plastic accessories and screws. Xiao Fang has set a hidden magnet on the base, but Xiao Ant does not have it. If Xiao Ant is flip mounting, it needs to be fixed by punching holes, which is not very convenient.

In terms of body heat dissipation and loudspeaker opening, Mijia smart camera has opened holes in the north of the camera, and the holes are artistically treated, with good visual effect; Due to the cube design, Xiaofang intelligent camera has holes at the bottom and back, with large hole area and good heat dissipation performance; Xiao Ant chose a small hole area for the loudspeaker behind the camera. Through actual comparison, the three speakers have basically the same sound size in the same quiet environment when using real-time calls.

In terms of the operating experience of the app, the editor recorded and explained the operating interfaces and functions of the three smart cameras respectively. Let's have a look.

From the video, it can be seen that the operation interfaces of the three smart cameras are relatively simple and clear, which is easy for users to get started. Both the platform version of Mijia smart camera and Xiaofang are connected to Mijia App, which can be used in conjunction with other products connected to Mijia App. For example, Xiaofang and the yeelight light bulb are linked by Xiaobian. When Xiaofang detects an object moving and alarms, The light bulb lights up and turns off after a period of time. However, it is a pity that Xiao Ant has its own App, although it has more functions, but it cannot be linked with other products.

In terms of calls, both Xiaofang and Mijia smart cameras support one-way calls. Only Xiaoyi has one-way and two-way calls, but needs to switch in settings.

In the use of small and medium-sized editors, we found that although Mijia's smart camera PTZ version has a PTZ that can move up, down, left and right, it has no fixed point automatic cruise function, which is a little pity. I don't know whether Chuangmi Technology will add this function to the PTZ products in the future.

The status indicators of Mi Jia and Xiao Ant are located at the top and bottom of the camera respectively, while the status indicator of Xiao Fang is located at the back. Although all three can turn off the status indicator in the app, I think it is better to turn on the status indicator, but the brightness of the status indicator is a little high at night when it is turned on.

The infrared function of the three parties is forced to be turned on in the app. Xiao Ant's infrared light can't be seen, Xiao Fang's infrared light is visible to the naked eye, and the brightness at night is high. Xiao Ant's infrared fill light is invisible to the naked eye, and can only be seen through camera shooting. This is indeed, as the official propaganda said, to ensure that there is no red explosion and visual pollution at night, so that the quiet night is not disturbed, The picture quality is still clear.

In terms of playability, Mijia and Xiaoyi smart cameras have no other special functions except for mobile detection and sound monitoring. If they are positioned for home monitoring, all three are enough to meet the needs. If they are cameras, Xiaofang is better at this. The addition of mobile power supply, time delay photography and direct connection mode makes it possible for cameras to be portable.

There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. This post only represents the author's personal views.

If I want to choose an intelligent camera for home monitoring, I will choose Mijia's intelligent camera PTZ version. First of all, the addition of PTZ allows users to obtain the maximum shooting angle and the largest monitoring area, and the hidden infrared fill light, so that there is no red explosion and visual pollution at night, so that the quiet night is not disturbed, but the picture quality is still clear; The 720P resolution and mobile detection are enough for home monitoring. Compared with the price of 199 yuan for the PTZ camera in the market, it is acceptable to the author. Unfortunately, Mijia's smart camera PTZ version has no fixed point automatic cruise function. I wonder if it will be added to later products?

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