Sony SNC-RZ30N Network Camera

I bought this camera over a year ago. Now I need to buy two more (to completely cover the remaining area at my place of business) and started searching for prices. I stumbled on e-pinions and thought I would take a look and see if there are any other IP, PTZ cameras that rival the Sony. Apparently there isn't many user opinions about this or other IP camera's so I'm going to take the time and give you my take on this camera.

I set the camera up with 8 pre-set positions (there is a total of 16) with 5 second intervals. The camera rotates to each position 12 times each minute or 720 times each hour or 8,640 times in 24 hours. (just a reminder I bought this camera over a year ago, so when you do the math it's impressive how well this camera is put together)

I have the unit set up wirelessly not with the 11/b wireless card but using a wireless access point as a client bridge. The video feed goes directly to a stand alone Access point that is connected to my computer. In this configuration I get over 29-30 fps. I Never tried the wireless card because I knew that I would be buying additional cameras in the future and 802.11/b doesn't have the bandwidth to support 3 cameras running at 20-30 fps.

Quality of the video is dependent on your settings and
(ambient light) there is a lot to choose from. I balanced the image quality to give me decent video and not drag the system to a standstill.

At night the video feed is in B/W but but at 1 lux. Some light is required to get the best quality but I was surprise at the picture with just a 60 watt light bulb, fantastic.

The motion sensor works great, I used it several times just to test it.


This is a great IP security camera.