I bought the 30X NDI April 2021 after hearing about it on a Facebook group discussion. Liked the camera so much I bought a second this year. Tech support is excellent, never had trouble with either camera but did have pre-purchase questions. Also general operating questions and assistance with firmware upgrade. Tech support is quick to respond and very helpful. Considering purchasing one of the 4k ptz too.

No issues... implemented easily

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.

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.

This camera setup very easily within a couple minutes and the picture is wonderful in HD 1920x1080. I had a custom wood housing built for it and secured it with a screw fastener purchased from ACE for $5. This is the second PTZ camera in our church setup and it is controllable with the identical remote control of our other camera. It is an easy setup when using the included remote. I use an HDMI wireless zero latency transmitter that works perfectly to eliminate wires. The HDMI system was $250 but works perfectly with no lag. Altogether the camera and transmitter were less than $1000 and work just PTZ Optics. Awesome value. Streamed our Sunday service the next day and the camera team LOVES it. Our 2-camera PTZ system works awesome.

I bought this camera for church install. Their budget was tight, but this fit the build. They needed something thar could operate remote, and carry the audio with the HDMI signal to another building. There was one setting on the camera I couldnt figure out how to change and the support was great. Make sure if you want that setup to switch dvi to HDMI in the menu settings. Thanks and I would buy again.