I have three of these cameras and enjoy using them. The image is a little soft which is good for the complexion. They were easy to setup and connect to my controller (PTZOptics superjoy). The tech support has been helpful and fast. I have only contacted them for firmware updates and questions related to that. It will only track one person. If there are other people in the frame it may lock on one you do not wish to track. However, if that is the case you can take it off auto tracking and use you controller. The camera has smooth start and stop functions. I only wish they would put the smooth start and stop on their other cameras like the 20x and 30x. I believe it was money well spent.

I purchased the AV-E20-NDI for use in our church service stream. So this camera is in its infancy because it E - economy version of its big brother. It has all of the basics of a PTZ camera with the addition of NDI built in. I needed some tech support right out of the gate and Jenny, from tech support, was very good you just have to deal with the time difference between the US and China. I could communicate with her starting at 8:30pm central time. They are working on a firmware update to fix a couple of features but the camera functions well without it will just be better. The NDI capability is great. It easily connected to my other NDI software (VMIX). I am using an open source software called Bitfocus Companion to control the Camera. You just set it up as a PTZOptics Visca camera and it works. I use Companion because our other camera is a vaddio conference shot which uses a non standard control setup and Companion can communicate with both devices in one place. I cant speak to the longevity of the camera yet. I went with all 5 stars because it just functions, they are improving it as we speak, support is responsive and it fills a niche area for smaller churches on a budget that cant afford the 1, 2, 3, 4, ... thousand dollar cameras.

I looked at a lot of cameras before buying this one. It appeared to be a value packed device. Initially it worked great with its own software but wasn’t playing well with Wirecast. I contacted tech support and they quickly got the problem resolved. I now own2 with plans to buy 2 more.

The company has been very helpful and responsive. We bought the kit with the two cameras and the switcher for our new livestream set up at church. We added this camera and it matched perfectly. We mounted the new camera upside down and could just flip the image in the software. The cameras move smooth and zoom well. Very professional. If you buy the controller it can do hundreds of preset shots per camera and up to 6 cameras on the controller. Use OBS and YouTube and you are all set.

Worked okay, but the NDI feature is mostly worthless. The video quality over HDMI was fine, but via NDI it was not great (makes sense since its NDI|HX @ only ~10 Mbps vs. Full NDI high bandwidth at ~100 Mbps vs 2970 (!) Mbps for 3G-SDI). Whats worse is the control latency over Ethernet is way too slow, both via their own AVKANS CameraCMS as well as NDI Studio Monitor, both over Gigabit Ethernet. Part of that is the NDI|HX protocol itself (full NDI or at least NDI|HX3 is much lower latency), but even with a direct HDMI feed it was too laggy for my needs, so its definitely an issue with the camera itself as well. Saving presets helps of course, but sometimes things still need tweaking and it was a pain to do so. Unfortunately the cheapest Full NDI cameras are $1900, so Ill just have to go back to a non-NDI workflow, at which point you can spend a bit more than this and get even better video quality (and hopefully workable control latency).

When we first purchased this item we had a minor issue getting things up and running. Tech support was Johnny-On-The_Spot. Since then weve enjoyed its ease of use and quality of image. The only issue weve ever experience before was because of our pastor, not the camera. He gets so animated (moves around A LOT!) that the camera would occasionally lose him because it couldnt keep up. I dont think an $8000 camera could keep up with him then. That being said, once again, Akvans tech support came to our rescue. Recently we lost connectivity between the camera and the CMS software because of a provider change. I dont know who the tech was by name, but the person was able to log in remotely and fix the problem. And there was no long wait for the support. Within a matter of hours they got back with us, and once logged on, identified the problem and fixed it. A-plus tech support. They never leave you hanging.

Im a media director and I recommended this PTZ camera for one of our churches. I must say we are super excited about this product, its great by all standards. The response from the customer service team was swift and you can tell they are excited to help.

Excelente cámara. Cumple con todas las especificaciones publicitadas. Es importante descargar el CMS software desde la página de AVKANS para poder configurar la cámara, sobretodo si se conectan varias cámaras a la vez. En general es un producto de excelente calidad, fácil de configurar y utilizar. Lo recomiendo altamente.

I was shocked at how great the quality of this camera is and how easy it is to maneuver. The thing that keeps me coming to Avkans is the outstanding customer service. Great product!

We bought three of these to upgrade our churchs Livestream. They are well-built and easy to control. The multiple simultaneous outputs are nice as they allow flexibility in having a multiview preview independent of our program feeds. I have used more expensive competitors, and these work just as well for our needs.