AVKANS 20X SDI PTZ Camera with IP Joystick Controller Package - 1 pcs 20X HDMI SDI PTZ Camera with 1 pcs Super Joystick Controller(1x AV-CM20 and 1x AV-Joy-IP)

once I was able to set everything up correctly, I was extremely satisfied with the quality of these products. I purchased the 2 x 20X PTZ with the PTZ controller in a case, and one of the 30X PTZ. This being my first foray into this kind of setup was a little challenging for one main reason. Multiple reviews the raved how you could run a rig using only CAT6 Ethernet and that was very important to me at first. the confusion came when there are so many examples examples of using these cameras with the black magic design mini pro switch, which I bought. I was incredibly impressed with tech support especially with the language barriers and they were still able to communicate clearly with me on a team viewer session, And not only that they responded immediately - if you take in the 13 hour time difference. my 8 PM east coast was there 9 AM China standard time. I've raised a lot of fuss about their configuration software being only in Chinese which of course makes it useless for Americans - and I'm sure many other nationalities. However the next day the English version was available, and that's impressive with these types of companies. so I can give their tech support Five stars because they struck with me over my learning curve.I finally understood that the only way to use the just Ethernet and a POE switch you had to take the physical black magic mini pro switcher out of the mix and use OBS or Vmix on your computer. If you wanted to use the the physical switch you will have to run both Ethernet and HDMI to each camera. if you're if you're OK with using a virtual switch on your PC, Then you can do away with the HDMI cables, but you can't have it both ways. In the end I stuck with using the physical switch because black magic design software allows you to do a lot of of extra stuff and if you've ever ran a switcher for a live concert The last thing you want to be doing is using a mouse and keyboard. The very general nature of having to use a mouse to click a virtual a virtual button introduces latency when it comes to switching your preview to program camera were fade to black, or whatever.So how about the quality of these bad boys that are 3rd of the price of the PTZoptic cameras that are identical. Not only are they true color, but it's hard to get them to produce artifacts. we have not taken out into the field yet as this whole set up is for music festivals that we produce, and we needed to run both our lighting and cameras to tweak everything and make sure there were no surprises when we're out at venues. So my garage was turned into a virtual music festival field where we had for lighting two scorpions and a Quinta. If you are not familiar with them they are exceptional lazer and RGB concert stage lighting. But they move very fast. There is a lot of action going on that could cause artifices. These did not and we are using heavy duty outside 100 Foot CAT6 and 100 foot optical HDMI cables. so if you can imagine that kind of lighting set up in a garage these cameras produced high quality video and true colors.I am extremely happy that I purchased this lower priced set of cameras that are equal in quality and function to once it cost two to three times more drama and that is still in the 1080P arena.EDIT: We had to build a mobile rig because we film music festivals, bands, etc. I am pleased to say we got our monies worth. Using 100 ft Cat6 and optical HDMI we were able to setup at an all day music festival in less than half an hour and filming was a breeze. This was at venue in High Springs, FL. and the date was 3/25/23. I'll post pictures of our rig once I unpack it from the back of my fifth wheel.

These camera were basically a breeze to set up for my church and have helped increase the quality of our live stream considerably. I bought the 2 x 30x cameras along with the joystick and basically all i had to do was plug them into my poe router and search up the ip addresses and they were good to go.Note: i did misread the labeling on the models i bought as they didn't come with the NDI license on these, but I was able to work with customer service to add the licenses to the cameras rather than having to return them and purchase different cameras. RTSP does work as a pretty good substitute is also pretty easy to set up with vmix but it does add a decent amount of delay to the video compared to Using NDI on the cameras and the simplicity is a great plus.The Joystick was also pretty easy to set up, I was a little confused on how some of the features worked on it, but once i figured it out It's pretty straight forward. First you jog the camera where you want it, and then press the number you want first for the preset you want, then press the preset button and it saves the location. Then when you want to go to that location you Input the number you want and then press call. The joystick lets you set up 255 presets if you want on each camera which is way more than i'm ever going to use.

I work as a freelance videographer producing a number of products for clients. Obviously, in the last several years live-streaming has been pretty significant for all my clients ranging from jobs where I show up with a full production camera package and switchers with operators to recommending equipment for permanent installs for clients to use themselves.I’ve done several installs with a competitors camera but was looking for an alternative recommendation for more limited budgets. I ordered 3 of the 30x SDI units along with the joystick controller for evaluation and use on some upcoming work. I would stack the quality and ease of use equal to and even exceeding competitor’s models. I chose the SDI versions so that they could integrate with my full setup for some shows and will be upgrading these units to NDI as well for a more compact package for other clients.Very pleased.

The clarity is superb and a User friendly. Very sturdy and built professionally. And the support is so friendly, supportive and very helpful. Surely will buy another one!!! Great work Team Avkanz!!! 👏 ❤️

I bought 1 of this cameras to use in my studio. The picture quality is absolutely beautiful, crisp and sharp. In June, 2023, I recommended the same camera for a church. The Church bought 3 Avkans 4k NDI camera and I installed them. The beauty of the NDI connection is you only plug in your Ethernet cable and don't have to plug in any other wire at the back of the camera. I had challenges configuring the Avkans joystick and camera to use its NDI function and reached out to the seller. Initially, I was worried I might not get any response until the following Monday since I reached out to them on Friday night. Secondly, I was afraid the Church might be disappointed in me for not being able to stream their Sunday service because I couldn't finish the installation due to the NDI configuration challenge. To my greatest surprise, I got a reply in my email on Saturday morning from Jenny (Avkans Customer Support Agent). She scheduled a team view session with me for Saturday afternoon. She helped with the NDI configuration of the cameras remotely.All the cameras worked with the Avkans Joystick on Saturday night and the church was able to stream their service. Thanks to Jenny (AVKANS) for working late night to ensure the problem was resolved.

This is the second AVKANS PTZ camera I have purchased. I bought one several weeks earlier to assess its quality and was very impressed with its form and function and it delivered high-quality images. I use these cameras for medical procedures so my clients need good-quality images in a demanding field.I had a few minor color adjustment issues with the second camera but their support team quickly did an online firmware upgrade and fixed the issue with professionalism.

Just bought two of the Avkans 30x SDI AV-CM30 cameras and WOW! Met and exceeded all expectations!Used them on a show a few days ago and shooting 70' from stage the image on 12' screens was EXCELLENT!I own a Canon G50 4K camera and was getting a better image from the AVkan cameras.They are easy to set up as long as you know basic network routing. Everything works as described and the AItracking also works very well but have only tested at about 20'. The colour is very good and both cams match perfectly. All the settings you need camera wise are there so you can set manual colour temp, exposure, output, etc..The PTZ is also very good and was able to follow presenter on stage at 70'. Was also a breeze to set upin OBS. Now I have decided to fully upgrade both cameras with NDI and contacted their support and was responded to within 30mins. Try getting support like that from others !Being an Audio Visual tech for over 25 years I would recommend these cameras and very happy with mypurchase.

I bought three of these cameras and I have found that the included manual is missing lots of critical information.The feature set is very good, but I have found that you need to do a lot of online googling and watching PTZOptics brand videos to solve some of the issues.I have set identical settings in each of the cameras but the output image still varies from camera to camera.Use the web interface to turn on ONIVF, so remote control and viewing over the network is possible.HDMI sound issue - need to turn on the correct setting in the on-screen menu using IR remote, the web interface allows audio configuration but does not turn HDMI audio output on.Remote control is possible from a Streamdeck using Bitfocus Companion software and PTZOptics plug in.

Utilisation Pour un groupe de prière sur zoomMais je dois féliciter le support à la clientèle.Ils nous ont aidé et fait la mise à niveauEncore bravo

The camera works great out of the box. Just hook it up with HDMI to get the ip adress display on your monitor. The picture is supersharp and the zoom is amazing. If you want to use it in for example teams as a webcsm install the program called Manycam for macos or windows and set the delay to 100ms. A really great camera with lots of connection options and full SDI support.