This is the second AVIKANS camera purchase. They seem to be the same high quality as other top brands with the same firmware features. Easy to program through the IR handheld remote and through the web interface. We are using these with the OBS software and NDI plugin, which work great. We use the AViPAS joystick controller using VISCA over IP to control camera movement. We are also feeding audio through the camera line-in input. No sync issues and good quality results. Tech support has been very quick and helpful in answering questions. Very pleased with the purchase.

I was in the market for at least 2 PTZ, NDI cameras that we could use with vMix to stream our Sunday church service. I did quite a but of research to see what was available and at what price, since my budget was quite low. Naturally I looked at the PTZ Optics and similar brands but they were out of my reach. I stumbled upon this camera and after reading what was available, I decided to buy 1 camera to tryout before buying a second one. Now Im not one to give a quick review either for or against a product before I have actually tested it properly. Nor am I one to give 5 stars unless Im completely satisfied and can find no fault in the product, for what I was expecting it to do. Furthermore, I have had my colleagues at the church operate the camera and listened to their feedback. After running the camera for 5 services lasting more than 2 hours each time, I can say that the camera performed flawlessly. The default picture quality of 1920x1080 @60fps is crisp and sharp, so we have been using that. There is no sound from the camera motors when it moves. We are connected via NDI to the vMix laptop and this works well. Point to note is that we are not using the built-in vMix PTZ controls nor are we using the controls from the cameras web interface. Surprisingly, PTZ Optics has a free utility on their website for controlling PTZ cameras and this is more powerful and flexible than either vMix or the native camera controls. This utility can control up to 8 PTZ cameras simultaneously and this is working well. After seeing how well the utility worked I decided to have a deeper look at the PTZ Optics camera interface. Lo and behold, it is exactly the same as this AVKANS camera. Im almost tempted to say its a PTZ Optics camera in disguise. So I have tested and used the NDI link and the direct HDMI link and they both work well. I have tested the PoE link and it works fine, however we dont use it since there is a power source near to where the camera is located. I have not tested the RS232 functionality. My final thought is that I would certainly recommend this camera and will definitely move ahead with buying 2 more. For the price and camera functionality, its certainly worth it.

Overall, the picture quality and zoom capabilities are great! Tech support has been helpful as well, in getting the camera set up on our Mac using NDI and OBS software. The only issue we currently have, is the streaming audio still isnt where we want it to be. That may be the conference system were using but Im not sure, and were still working through that, but tech support has been extremely helpful in this process. The only recommendation I have for the camera, would be to have the remote work from from the side and back, not just the front of the camera, but with NDI software, we can do it from our Mac as well. Overall, very pleased with the camera!

After considerable research and viewing of many YouTube video reviews of various manufacturers of PTZ NDI cameras, we decided on the Avkans 30x NDI PTZ cameras for the streaming of our Church Services using vMix. A key factor was that they are officially approved by New Tek. We are using NDI Tools with the NDI Studio app on our Windows 11 PC with an external HDMI monitor as an extended display to view and adjust the camera shot and zoom for our Joystick’s preset calls. Our installation is Cat 6 cable and a POE switch for power and control of the cameras. The clarity of video is great from the Avkans cameras and our local network router. Our first purchase was the Avkans 30x NDI PTZ 2-camera bundle with the Avkans Joystick. We have added a third camera to our installation. The cameras are easy setup, have great picture quality and color. There are videos from Avkans on amazon.com item description/order page on Camera & Joystick setup. I did have a question, I contacted their support, the next morning I had a response and answer from Avkans. Very satisfactory considering the time difference between Arizona and China.

I have this and the PT Optics 30x camera and this one consistently just works while the other one has been nothing but problems. For a while they werent available so thats how I ended up with the other camera but Im sending it back and getting another one of these. Amazing.

Everything is great

Awesome product for the money...

We bought 3 camera for Sikh temple and all working very good

No issues... implemented easily

I dont write many reviews, but Id like to for this AVKANS PTZ camera. We needed a high quality camera for live streaming about 25 events a year. Our attendees are top marketing executives including those in the TV and Video media. We also needed it to be a bit more affordable than the big-name solutions. It has performed perfectly using both NDI and HDMI mode under challenging lighting conditions. We have only one person doing streaming, slide/video content control and camera control. The camera is easily controllable over ethernet/IP connection with macros or the web-based page. The image quality is superb, autofocus surprisingly fast, even fully zoomed from 75 feet back (real zoom, not digital). We had an error show up during our last show, and AVKANS tech support answered the email immediately, scheduled a remote live diagnosis with me. They identified a problem needing an RMA to resolve. I returned it in a Friday night - talked with a technician on Saturday night, and had the camera back by Tuesday morning with the issue fully resolved. Like I said in the title - amazing support to go with the fully capable product.