I will post updates on the license plate tomorrow night, I would tonight but it may not be the best idea walking around my neighborhood at 11 at night with a license plate in my hand.

The 16x optical zoom will obviously make this outclass cameras with a lower zoom, but I can’t understate how impressive it is when you zoom in on something you can barely see with your own eyes.Very hard to install. Unless you have great forearm strength, another person to help, and/or a right angle attachment for a drill, you will struggle to install. I’ve heard even the most experienced people have difficulty installing this. (Tip: try installing from above 😂) The mount holes are just a little too snug to push screws straight through, you can kind of do it at an angle however. Since you can’t push them on straight, I would recommend doing one screw first and then once that one is secure and screwed in, screw in the others. So first off, out of the box we have the warranty and waterproof lid installation guides, after lifting out the first section of styrofoam, we find several accessories and parts for installation inside the open hole (facing up looking into the box).

It is the zoom that’s the most impressive feature of this camera. My property is not best suited to this specific camera, but I placed it outside my first-floor office window facing towards the road. The unboxing of the RLC-823A 16X reveals the camera, warranty and, waterproof lid installation guides, and several accessories and parts for installation. For comparison here are some pictures from my older models. Still quite good but I can see a difference in quality. Optical Zoom testing Before zoom Zoom Optimizing NVR resources

Person and vehicle detection: This indoor/outdoor camera can distinguish people and cars from other objects. Unlike most of the recent Reolink cameras, this doesn’t switch to colour night vision when. I assume this is because the illumination wouldn’t be adequate enough for colour footage with such a high zoom. First thing I noticed was the lower field of view. It’s almost like always being zoomed in on 1.5x-2x. I have a lot of comparative views between my patrol points on the 823a and 823a 16x. It was a little disappointing, however I use this mainly as a patrolling camera, which just means more preset points.