Brand | Amcrest |
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Manufacturer | Amcrest |
Model number | IP8M - 2493EW |
Part Number | IP8M-2493EW |
Card Reader | MicroSD |
Hardware Platform | Smartphone |
Scanner Resolution | 2160p |
Light Source Type | Infrared |
Viewing angle | 112 Degrees |
Video capture resolution | 4K |
Batteries Included | No |
Batteries Required | No |
Connector Type | Wired |
Material Type | Metal |
Product Dimensions | 15.49 x 15.49 x 13.72 cm; 621.42 Grams |
Item Weight | 621 g |
Manufacturer | Amcrest |
ASIN | B077Y52782 |
Item Model Number | IP8M - 2493EW |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | 20 April 2018 |
Amcrest UltraHD 4K (8MP) Outdoor Security POE IP Camera, 3840x2160, 98ft NightVision, 2.8mm Lens, IP67 Weatherproof, IK10 Vandal Resistant Dome, MicroSD Recording, White (IP8M-2493EW)
Price: | $184.48 + $13.45 Delivery |
Brand | Amcrest |
Number of channels | 1 |
Video capture resolution | 4K |
Zoom type | Digital Zoom |
Field of view | 112 Degrees |
About this item
- EXPERIENCE ULTRA HD 4K - Observe high-quality footage with a Sony IMX274 Starvis Sensor progressive scanning image sensor, Ambarella S3L33M chipset and UltraHD 4K 8M- resolution (3840x2160). A super-wide 112° viewing angle allows you to see more detail and cover more ground to keep more of what you love safe. Power Over Ethernet (POE) for easy installation (POE injector or switch required; not included, sold separately). Manual pan/tilt via hand only.
- SMARTER, SAFER SECURITY - Utilize intelligent alerts that send notifications to your computer or smartphone via the Amcrest View app. Record events as soon as they happen and store them on a microSD (up to 128GB), Amcrest NVR, Synology, QNAP, NAS, FTP, Blue Iris or Amcrest Cloud
- ALWAYS RESILIENT - Whether it's rain or shine, day or night, this 4K Camera features heavy-duty, weatherproof IP67 housing and IK10 vandal-resistant dome. With IR night-vision up to 98 feet, you can keep the people and places you love safe 24/7. Always stay in the know by recording at specific times based on your preference. ys stay in the know by recording at specific times based on your preference.
- FIND SOLACE IN THE CLOUD- Amcrest Cloud was created to ensure that you don't miss a thing, no matter where you are. With an intuitive interface, you are able to live-stream your footage which enables you to play it back based on your preferences. Receive 4 hours of storage free with extra optional storage plans available for purchase.
- SIMPLE, RELIABLE, SECURE - At Amcrest, we want to ensure the safety of our customers, their loved ones, homes and businesses. You'll receive a full 1-year US Warranty and Lifetime Support provided directly from Amcrest.
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Amcrest UltraHD 4K POE Dome IP Security Camera / 8-Megapixel 3840x2160 / 98ft Night Vision / MicroSD Recording / Metal Housing / IP67 Weatherproof / IK10 Vandal Resistance / 2.8mm Lens / FOV 69°-112° / IP8M-2493EW (White)
This Amcrest camera is manufactured to the highest quality standards for durability against rain, dust, and snow. IP67 weatherproofing is joined by 8-Megapixel wide resolution, night vision 98ft. Easy DIY installation offers simplicity and convenience. Amcrest cameras also record and upload to an FTP as well as record to any Amcrest (or ONVIF compliant) Network Video Recorder (NVR) (Not Included). Each Amcrest camera features heavy duty IP67 metal housing, night vision, enhanced digital zoom, a 69°-112° viewing angle, smart motion alerts, email alerts and snapshots, advanced recording options, and secure SSL/HTTPS connection. With the Amcrest UltraHD, you'll never be out of the loop again. All purchases from Amcrest Authorized Retailers include a 1 Year Domestic Warranty plus Lifetime Support, making this quality engineered Amcrest camera one of the best values available for a video security purchase.
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You can configure both video and still images be saved on the SD card, I have it configured to save motion events as videos, and stills once a minute to the SD card 24/7. The stills are NOT frame captures of the video stream but jpg's from the raw data that do not suffer from the video compression.
I do not intend to use this with any of Amcrest's online services or phone apps. I have the camera connected on an isolated DMZ with NO internet access. All attempts to connect to the internet are blocked and I connect to the cameras locally from my laptop and home server.
Yes, you can provision it via the embedded web server just fine from a PC locally. Most config can be done without needing to install their browser plugin, but you do need to use their plugin to do some items such as motion ranges, privacy masks, etc...
By default on power up the camera attempts to create these connections, but the camera is just fine if they are blocked. I find it ironic that their cloud service connection attempt is over HTTPS, however their "security" connection attempt is over HTTP.
TCP: config.amcrestcloud.com:443
TCP: amcrestview.com:12367
TCP: dh.amcrestsecurity.com:80
UDP: p2p.amcrestview.com:8800
UDP: google-public-dns-a.google.com:53
UDP: google-public-dns-b.google.com:53
Amcrest vs Dahua:
Yes, it's quite clear that Amcrest just OEM's camera hardware and firmware from Dahua. The Amcrest IP8M-2493EW appears to be a Dahua HDBW4831E (not 100% sure on that exact model number).
I have nothing wrong with this business model, however I don't see much value in Amcrest investing in re-skinning all the UIs and firmware. Not intending to use any of their cloud services the only plus I see is Amcrest looks to be more consumer focused than Dahua (both in sales and support).
Some faults:
Whenever you login via the web interface, the camera automatically syncs the time from your PC to the camera, even if you have NTP configured, it takes whatever time you have on your PC and uses it. This cannot be disabled. If the time on your PC is slightly off the camera will step the clock and also be incorrect until the next NTP update.
SMTP with the 'other' server option seems completely broken, there are some threads on amcrest forums about this. Mail test fails immediately and it doesn't even attempt to do a DNS lookup let alone a TCP SYN to the SMTP server.
Amcrest's "user docs" are horrible. It seems they hired some contractor to simply take Dahua's docs and "translate" them from english to english and replacing all the company logos, providing no useful material. You can download the Dahua's user manual to get a better experience.
The back of the camera has the pigtail coming out almost near the side, nowhere near the center. Mounting this camera isn't ideal. I bought one of the mounts (PFA136) which will give you space to store all those cables.
Some pros:
syslog works, it'll log to my home server just fine. ntp works, etc...
The CGI APIs work well. Do a web search for the AMCREST_CGI_SDK_API.pdf and read through it. This is identical (or almost identical) to the Dahua CGI API doc.
Some useful items from the SDK. You can obtain real-time still images from /cgi-bin/snapshot.cgi which is quite useful and better quality than stills captured from the video stream.
It took me a few hours to write a shell script with wget to list contents of the SD card, and then retreive all the videos and stills on there to my home server.
Relativly low power consumption, my switch reports 4W when IR off and 6W when IR is on (on about 40ft cat6).
Pigtail:
Oh it's almost a dealbreaker. What a horrible pigtail. People who are buying a PoE camera expect just one connection, an RJ45. This things has 5 connections, and "waterproofing" is only provided for the ethernet connection.
On the inside of the camera the other end of the pigtail is broken out into 2 connectiors, a 6-wire connector with the Audio and Alarm relays, and a 9-wire connector with Ethernet, PoE, 12vDC, and the alarm ground wire. See my pictures.
If you are only connecting the RJ45, you can safely unplug the alarm/audio header and even clip the 12vDC wires on the inside of the housing then chop off the unused pigtails leaving just the RJ45 external with no risk of shorts outside the camera.

Reviewed in the United States on 26 January 2019
You can configure both video and still images be saved on the SD card, I have it configured to save motion events as videos, and stills once a minute to the SD card 24/7. The stills are NOT frame captures of the video stream but jpg's from the raw data that do not suffer from the video compression.
I do not intend to use this with any of Amcrest's online services or phone apps. I have the camera connected on an isolated DMZ with NO internet access. All attempts to connect to the internet are blocked and I connect to the cameras locally from my laptop and home server.
Yes, you can provision it via the embedded web server just fine from a PC locally. Most config can be done without needing to install their browser plugin, but you do need to use their plugin to do some items such as motion ranges, privacy masks, etc...
By default on power up the camera attempts to create these connections, but the camera is just fine if they are blocked. I find it ironic that their cloud service connection attempt is over HTTPS, however their "security" connection attempt is over HTTP.
TCP: config.amcrestcloud.com:443
TCP: amcrestview.com:12367
TCP: dh.amcrestsecurity.com:80
UDP: p2p.amcrestview.com:8800
UDP: google-public-dns-a.google.com:53
UDP: google-public-dns-b.google.com:53
Amcrest vs Dahua:
Yes, it's quite clear that Amcrest just OEM's camera hardware and firmware from Dahua. The Amcrest IP8M-2493EW appears to be a Dahua HDBW4831E (not 100% sure on that exact model number).
I have nothing wrong with this business model, however I don't see much value in Amcrest investing in re-skinning all the UIs and firmware. Not intending to use any of their cloud services the only plus I see is Amcrest looks to be more consumer focused than Dahua (both in sales and support).
Some faults:
Whenever you login via the web interface, the camera automatically syncs the time from your PC to the camera, even if you have NTP configured, it takes whatever time you have on your PC and uses it. This cannot be disabled. If the time on your PC is slightly off the camera will step the clock and also be incorrect until the next NTP update.
SMTP with the 'other' server option seems completely broken, there are some threads on amcrest forums about this. Mail test fails immediately and it doesn't even attempt to do a DNS lookup let alone a TCP SYN to the SMTP server.
Amcrest's "user docs" are horrible. It seems they hired some contractor to simply take Dahua's docs and "translate" them from english to english and replacing all the company logos, providing no useful material. You can download the Dahua's user manual to get a better experience.
The back of the camera has the pigtail coming out almost near the side, nowhere near the center. Mounting this camera isn't ideal. I bought one of the mounts (PFA136) which will give you space to store all those cables.
Some pros:
syslog works, it'll log to my home server just fine. ntp works, etc...
The CGI APIs work well. Do a web search for the AMCREST_CGI_SDK_API.pdf and read through it. This is identical (or almost identical) to the Dahua CGI API doc.
Some useful items from the SDK. You can obtain real-time still images from /cgi-bin/snapshot.cgi which is quite useful and better quality than stills captured from the video stream.
It took me a few hours to write a shell script with wget to list contents of the SD card, and then retreive all the videos and stills on there to my home server.
Relativly low power consumption, my switch reports 4W when IR off and 6W when IR is on (on about 40ft cat6).
Pigtail:
Oh it's almost a dealbreaker. What a horrible pigtail. People who are buying a PoE camera expect just one connection, an RJ45. This things has 5 connections, and "waterproofing" is only provided for the ethernet connection.
On the inside of the camera the other end of the pigtail is broken out into 2 connectiors, a 6-wire connector with the Audio and Alarm relays, and a 9-wire connector with Ethernet, PoE, 12vDC, and the alarm ground wire. See my pictures.
If you are only connecting the RJ45, you can safely unplug the alarm/audio header and even clip the 12vDC wires on the inside of the housing then chop off the unused pigtails leaving just the RJ45 external with no risk of shorts outside the camera.





I have install several hundred this brand camera,custom easy to use
Friendly user interface app

Reviewed in the United States on 21 December 2018
I have install several hundred this brand camera,custom easy to use
Friendly user interface app



