What are the type of zoom cameras are there?

All CCTV camera types have its unique offering for specific needs. There are two zoom options to see things a bit closer.  One is digital zoom and the next one is optical zoom. Digital zoom is more common feature and most recorder have this feature. With digital zoom we crop a selection of an image or camera feed to get it zoomed. This selection will be stretched watch it as it is a close image. While this somewhat useful its far blurrier and poor-quality look of the selection area. In a its not zoom in but just crop and stretch. To make it much more useful and to see more details in a footage cameras resolution should be 1080p or higher.

In Optical zoom cameras have varifocal lens which can be zoom in and adjusted to focus on that specific area. This way camera is actually looking closer unlike digital zoom and can produce full quality view.

So, what does motorize zoom means?

As the name suggest it means having a motorized optical zoom lens which can be controlled with a recorder or an external controller. Imagine how convenient is to set it than climb up to reach a camera no matter the height and adjust it. CCTV Camera manufactures like Hikvision and Ezviz are continuously introducing new and improved CCTV cameras with more optimized motorized varifocal zoom feature.

IP Cameras relatively have new features yet Analog Cameras are still widely used. More importantly Motorized cameras available in both IP/Network and Coax/Analog. As with IP Cameras motorized function works mostly as plug and play. As well as adjusting the camera lens with DVR or NVR now you get the option to remotely adjust with just a touch of a button in a computer software or a mobile app.