2-Pack UltraHD 4K (8MP) Outdoor Security IP Turret PoE Camera, 3840x2160, 98ft NightVision, 2.8mm Lens, IP67 Weatherproof, MicroSD Recording (256GB), White (2PACK-IP8M-T2599EW)

We have used Amcrest cameras at our businesses for years now. They offer an affordable solution to monitor your properties when you are not able to be there. Especially when you have more than one to monitor. We have 3 businesses and our home all running on Amcrest and one that we sold last year also ran them. The picture is great, install is not complicated, as long as you can read, you should be able to set them up rather easily. The software and the app are great! We can easily monitor all properties simultaneously! Tech support tries to help, but I do suggest reading some of the articles and watch the videos available if you have issues come up! The only issue I have had with them is when the firmware updated on the NVR but not the cameras, there was a compatibility issue and getting Amcrest Techs to offer a solution to roll back to the previous firmware is a bit of a challenge. So I highly recommend that if you do update the firmware, do it to both the NVR and the cameras! Also, back up prior to doing the updates. Other than that, I love them! Will continue to purchase them as needed!

The IP8M-T2599EW-28MM is a very nice improvement upon other Amcrest 4K cameras that I have used and by far the best. BUILD QUALITY The build quality on this camera is comparable to the other 4K Amcrest cameras that I have with its very solid metal construction. The box does clearly come with everything you need to make sure that your camera is safely installed. I really enjoy the new "face" of this camera. I find the solid black field around the lens makes the camera stand out less. It's always tough with cameras to not give the impression of overbearing surveillance, so this helps out. INTERFACE As with other Amcrest cameras that I have used, this camera has the modern Amcrest interface. The preview mode allows for crisp and clear playback on what the camera is looking at. There is a rich set of available features that are very easy to edit and you can also tune your video quality quite easily to help it match up to the environment it is in. The camera also has such a strong feature set that an NVR would not be required due to its built-in functionality. It is also able to have different "backoffice" type settings for things like changing the name and many networking settings including Dynamic DNS. One thing I would like to see in the camera is if the interface could list out what model of camera this is. As I get more cameras installed, it would help to have this by default without having to use the device name, watermark, or manual tracking. It would also be nice if the camera could use centralize user authentication instead of only local authentication on the device. VIDEO The video quality on this camera makes a big step forward. I'm not sure if it's just tuned better, but it's much crisper than my other 4K cameras. The daytime video is really great. AUDIO The audio on this model is pretty good. Seems to be less tinny and garbled than other ones I have used in side-by-side testing. POWER My camera is powered by PoE. While in standalone live preview mode, I have noted that the camera draws between 2.3W and 3.2W. Once again, this is the best that I have recorded with Amcrest. SUMMARY This is the best Amcrest camera that I have used so far. Really great to see how they keep developing their products.

TLDR- Great camera with better image quality than my other security cameras. iPhone App needs work but usable Camera Night - Night view is better than my other cameras in a similar price range. I am able to more clearly make out objects around my driveway. Day - Daytime color accuracy is better than my other cameras as well. Colors are less saturated out of the box using auto settings. There are quite a few manual sliders you can change to get the image just the way you like it Viewable area - This camera has a much larger area of view than my other cameras. It was one of the first things that made me say WOW. I could see way more of my yard. Clarity - using license plates as I test I was not able to identify any further than 60ft away during the day in good light conditions, which is about the same as my other brand narrow view 5mp camera. H.265 - compression worked well and was easy and straightforward to set. You do have to manually set this in setting and is not set by default. SD card slot - is a very nice feature to keep from having to have a NVR or VMS. You are able to watch any triggered footage from your Amcrest app on your phone. It is also handy as backup footage should your other system go down or get stolen. POE - I love that this camera is POE. I prefer the ease of just plugging my cameras into my POE capable switch and not messing with other cables or connectors. 2 Apps - Amcrest Cloud and Amcrest view pro Both easy to use but in my opinion need some work No way to get IP address of camera in either app You can set IP to static but you cannot choose the IP you would like to set it to without using a web browser and going to the assigned IP which you have to use other means to find Unable to format/setup SD card via phone app. Must use management from web browser Unable to update firmware via app must manage from web browser Unable to upgrade/buy cloud storage through app. Must use web browser Not able to get cloud storage recordings of footage above 4mp even on my 8mp camera Blue Iris Easy to add to my blue iris VMS and worked well. Blue Iris accepted H.265 compression from this camera well with no issues. You can even set Blue Iris to receive triggers from the camera motion trigger events to help save my server CPU/GPU cycles having to watch for motion.

Very clear images and bright IR illumination at night. Cameras with lesser illumination always disappoint . Install system is the easiest there is and setup is standard Amcrest. Very easy. Update: I bought two more of these cameras. Both had sealed boxes and one camera was missing the mounting base. Update 2: Amcrest customer service was great and sent me the new base quickly, no hassle. Back to 5*

Bought 16 of these in 2020 black color, 3 died in 2024 and another 3 died in 2025.