Review – ELP COMS 800TLV IP Camera by @Pat_Seery It aint really what it says it is.

I was given this camera to review and to say its left me a bit perplexed is a bit of an understatement. It says on the box its an IP USB Camera but theres no network connection or WIFI aerial on this at all.

One not to be defeated I did some research and fiddling about with the product and it isnt what it says on the box, It does work through USB (I plugged it in to a computer and it was recognised as a USB camera in Windows 7) but nothing about networking or WIFI came up in device manager at all.

Heres what you get in the box and its pretty much the camera some mounting screws and thats it. No instructions or any other information was supplied with the product.

So after plugging it into the laptop (Windows 7 Ultimate installed) I went into device manager and it does show up so I loaded up skype to see if it would be reconised as a webcam and yes indeed it was.

 

The quality isn’t bad but its not great either but if you were just going to use it as a webcam it would work fine (I`m assuming you`d need an external microphone to use along side it)

 

So in summing up :
Is it an IP Camera ? Well no it isnt
Does it work as a webcam ? Yes.

For the specs well just take a look… We will just leave it there.. You can pick it up HERE

Model ELP-USB100W05MT-DL36
Sensor OV9712
Lens Size 1/4 inch
Pixel Size 3.0um X 3.0um
image area 3888 µm x 2430 µm
Max. Resolution 1280(H)X720(V)
Compression format

MJPEG  / YUV2(YUYV)

Resolution & frame

1280X720 MJPEG@ 30fps YUY2@10fps/ 960X720MJPEG@ 30fps YUY2@15fps

800X600 MJPEG@30fps YUY2@20fps/ 640X480 MJPEG@ 30fps YUY2@ 30fps

352X248 MJPEG@30fps YUY2@ 30fps/ 320X240 MJPEG@ 30fps YUY2@ 30fps

176X144 MJPEG@30fps YUY2@ 30fps/ 160X120 MJPEG@ 30fps YUY2@ 30fps

S/N Ratio 40dB
Dynamic Range 69dB
Sensitivity 3.7V/lux-sec@550nm
Mini illumination 0. 1lux
Shutter Type Electronic rolling shutter / Frame exposure

Connecting Port type

USB2.0 High Speed(Support USB2.0 HS/FS, USB2.0 OTG)

Free Drive Protocol

USB Video Class(UVC)

AEC

Support

AEB

Support

AGC

Support

Adjustable parameters

Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue, Sharpness, Gamma,
White balance, Backlight Contrast, Exposure

Lens Parameter

Standard 3.6mm, optional 6/8mm

LED

24PCS LEDs

Audio input

Support

IR CUT Connector

Support  2P-1.25mm socket

LED board test connector

Support  2P-1.25mm socket

LED board power connector

Support  2P-2.0mm socket

Power supply

USB BUS POWER  4P-2.0mm socket

Power supply

DC5V

Operating Voltage

100mA~120mA

Working current

 -10~70℃

Working temperature

-20~85℃

size /Weight

Cable

Standard  3M / optional 2M,5M

Operating system request

Win XP/Vista/Win7/Win8

Linux with UVC(above linux-2.6.26) MAC-OS X 10.4.8 or later

Android 4.0 or above with UVC