We do not have access to tech savvy individuals at our church. Jenny was excellent to work with. Very polite and understanding of our situation. She went out of her way to work around the 12 hr. time zone difference. We had a major issue getting the NDI working in this camera and she was able to solve the problem on-line. As for the camera, it was easy to install and connect, has excellent picture quality and zoom features.

The Camera gives a solid performance. We use RTMP to stream to Facebook or YouTube but we also tested the NDI and had no trouble seeing the stream. Jenny was great at helping me get setup correctly. I would buy this camera again.

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

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.

I’ve been a camera man for 30+ years and have watched camera tech development over three decades. Although these cameras are not broadcast quality they are perfect for streaming and live camera feed options. There is only a slight chromatic aberration under certain lighting conditions but the casual viewer will never see it. Color response is excellent. Low light response is excellent. Auto white is really dumb and slow. I still need to dive deeper into this but that alone should tell you it’s a chore to control consistency with color balance. PZT is smooth and consistent. I do not like the user interface as it is ambiguous if the changes I make will stick. For instance when trying to let my camera controller control aperture and focus the camera does not like to yield to it’s own auto setting. The multiple output modes is great. The 3G SDI is very clean as is the network output. My time at Sony (18 years) reminds me to keep this comment simple and not go into specks - Overall this is a very good imager system et’ al’… Be nice if they offered a factory carrying case…

What a fantastic little camera for streaming video! Setup is easy and intuitive, and it has all of the features and options youll need. We use it as the main streaming camera for our church worship services, and the 30x optical zoom is awesome for framing the stage without losing any video quality! Our customer service agent was Jenny, and she was fantastic at helping us get exactly what we needed and making sure that it functioned properly. Even when our first camera had a firmware error, the replacement process was quick and easy. Great customer service! Thanks Jenny!

Perfect set up for livestream and we just bought a 3rd camera from them and it matched. Works great upside down too. Mounts work well. We did POE for all three.

Excellent product support! Using camera for House of worship streaming.

I have had the Avkans 30X NDI PTZ camera for two weeks. I have put it through its paces to see how well it preforms. I used differant control proticols, differant lighting situations with strong to low light. I tested its speed and accuracy with presets. I tested its ability to adjust white balance correctly and it out preformed all other PTZ cameras in the 1080p class that I use at my church. I have been using five PTZ cameras over the past six years and the Avkans PTZ camera works flawlessly. Picture quality with its color and image sharpness puts my other cameras to shame. This PTZ camera is identical to the PTZoptics camera accept for one thing...the price! It uses the same 1/2.7 Panasonic CMOS image sensor as the PTZoptics camera. I will be replacing all of my old PTZ cameras soon with this 30x zoom NDI PTZ camera from Avkans. Its great to be able to connect a single Cat5e or Cat6 cable to this camera for power, control, and video. The NDI compressed video over our network works perfect with our NewTek TriCaster. This camera has a lot of differant ways to connect to other equipment with 3G SDI, HDMI, NDI over IP. I also use a Black Magic ATEM mini extreme ISO in our livestream setup. The Avkans camera simultaneously sends video to both the TriCaster and ATEM with no problems. You can mount this camera on a tripod, wall or ceiling, just flip the image in settings. In the photo the Avkans PTZ 30x NDI camera is on the right. The Avkans camera has no problem adjusting white balance and reproducing color and has a sharper image than the camera on the left. Both cameras are 1080p and have the same size image sensor. This Avkans camera is amazing and I am very impressed with its quality and preformance.

We purchased 3 of these for our church, all configured with static IP and they are working flawlessly on NDI!