I love this PTZ. Tried for the first time today at church on a tripod. Quality is great.

God worked through KZfaq alogarithm to bring this to me, I bought the PTZ camera for our Church, & I'm too busy to concentrate reading the manual. This gives me confidence to start looking at it.

Nice idea for the nomad churches, being able to mount the camera on a tripod

thanks from France (again)

What is the best distance carry for a 20x camera? My church seats about 250 w 2 columns of pews. Is a 20x PTZ adequate? I believe so but just wanted to check.

I just bought this camera and found that the zoom is too slow :( how can I increase the speed of the Zoom? Thanks

Have you had any back focus issues with the Fomako, as well as any issues with the camera rebooting itself after a shot Preset is recalled?

Nice review

Hi set up another Fomako camara everything was ok. but now I can't open it. can you help me. what can I do.?

Hello Ajay I got two of this cameras for the church, everything is hooked through the Ethernet cable and I have access to it through the browser as well, what is the best way to connect it to OBS?

Has anyone else had an issue with this camera where the HDMI port won't output anything? The preview through the web interface works fine, so I know the camera itself is okay. I don't have any SDI equipment so I can't test that unfortunately.

Forgive my ignorance about these things, but how do you know which zoom level to get (20x,, 12x, or XXx)?? Our distance is like 20 to 25 feet.

Good Morning! My name is Lesia from NC, and I am in the beginning stages of researching to help my church with setting up a camera to have live stream through Propresenter software. Im trying to gather as much information before we purchase anything. Our main goal is to be able to live stream our services through a single camera mounted from the back of our small sanctuary with lyrics and verses embedded in the video feed using the Propresenter software. Thus far we have been livestreaming with a personal phone via facebook, so we have much to learn to upgrade to a PTZ. My few questions if you don't mind helping is: Are you familiar with propresenter? What hardware is necessary to complete our setup? Do we need a BlackMagic pro mini to run the camera/livestream with the Propresenter or is the controller w/ joystick that comes with the same concept? As far as audio, we wanted to have a couple mics the we connect to the camera if possible to catch the sound from the speakers at each end of the stage. is that possible with this camera? Also if there is any further information or tips that you may have it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

What recommended sdi/bnc cable is recommended? Or does it not matter which cable is used? For quality purposes. Or to use overall.

I couldn't connect it through PoE and OBS. Maybe you could show that next time you do the installation?

Could you provide link for ip controller?

I've got the Fomako 20x PTZ NDI. It seems to be working just fine. I was very much surprised when AJay selected DHCP on - this confuses me. If I wanted my router to assign the same IP address to the device, I would have not selected DHCP, but leave it as is (with the already given IP address) or type in an IP address that I like the camera to have on the local network. Also, to set it up I've just pluged the ethernet canble to the switch and the camera started operating.

In terms of video/picture quality & for low light performance for church streaming which one do you prefer between Fomako 20X vs VKANS 20x PTZ Camera? I’m in the process of getting 3 PTZ cameras, help me out. Thanks in advance!!!

AJay, I love your reviews. I am really interested in NDI cameras. Our sanctuary seats about 125 people. I'm currently using a Canon HF R800. An HDMI to USB converter to the PC running vMix production software. I also have 2 iPhone 6’s with the NDI app installed for additional cameras, NDI works great, but the optics aren’t great. I’ve checked the PTZ Optics, SMTAV PTZ and the FoMaKo NDI PTZ Camera. In your video of the FoMaKo PTZ you checked to see if it was NDI, and it wasn’t. Have you reviewed any NDI cameras? What is your experience with NDI cameras? I’m subscribed to your channel.

Hi AJay, please could you say a bit more about the remote that it came with? Can you save scene presets? We're using the ATEM Mini Pro and don't have room /budget for a controller. I do have a PC running Bitfocus Companion so a software based controller could also work via this if you've a recommendation?

I've been playing with the rtsp stream and was impressed. It's better than the AVKANS which has some jitter. I also like it's web interface over the AVKANS. I do find the auto focus to be slow. Lowlight isn't too bad, AVKANS is a little better but not by much. Does anyone know what brand the lens and cmos is?

Is this one or others able to use a simple USB connection?

Hello, thank you for this great video. Just a question, what is the model of your Unifi PoE Switch? Thank you!

If you only have one of these cameras, do you still need the other device? Will the remote control that comes with the camera turn/ rotate the camera or will it only zoom?

Just installed in our church! Super excited and loving it. But I've noticed that every 5 to ten minutes it flickers to black for a moment. Have you experienced this?

I see they have also a version with NDI which is $949. What do you recommend Fomako or Avkans?

Which PTZOptics knockoff would you recommend based on your testing? Or is PTZOptics worth the money?

Can you provide link for ip controller? I’m looking at different ones for a rough estimate of getting one. Thanks God Bless!

I am trying to set the Device ID when using the web interface. Under SysAttr it is grayed out and set to “1”. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I am trying to set device ID so that I can control two cameras independently

Hi Ajay! I connected the ptz fomako to my router TP-Link ac1200 but is not working the poe power. What I'm missing? Is a setting in the camera, the cable or is the router? Thanks

Hello. Please help. Can you connect directly from the HDMI port to a projector? or a monitor? Thank you.

Can you configure the cams and controller without a hardline internet connection?

What is the unifi switch you're using and do you have a video on it?

I know in can covert to 60p but what's the highest native frame rater. Were you able to make it higher than 25p. I thought I saw shuttering.

Can this camera be controlled in OBS using the PTZOptics plugins?

Does it work with an ATEM MINI? I am just getting a black screen with mine.

We got 2 of these cameras. Loaded them into OBS. One works great with great picture. The other one is blurry in OBS. It looks fine when we're using the web portal. So are we missing something or does a setting need to be changed? Is there something we should check in OBS to help fix this or should we send this camera back?

Hello I bought the same PTZ camera and I am having pixel problems. How can I fix this? If You Know. I reached out to the manufacture and waiting for their help as well. Thanks.

Do you know how much power your POE switch needs for each camera and the controller? I am putting together system with five cameras and the controller and I don't know what switch to buy to power it all.

Did he just flex his PS5 on us? Low blow!!

Any success controlling it with vmix PTZ options? Thanks

can you record to usb/pendrive ?

How do i find the ip address on my canera? Is it the same as yours/all of them?

The GB28181 is the pretty much the China-mandated version of ONVIF.

Anyone able to control this with PTZoptic software?

Have You installed it into a church in the end? If so, do You have a link for some real-world footage from this camera? I am considering it, but am hesitant since I have only a small idea how the video quality is.

How much do you charge for an in-person consultation?

They probably won’t be sub 1k for too much longer