Testing
For testing I played around with several areas of the camera,
mainly motion detection, user-login administration, web-page layout,
and various network and focus settings.
The motion detection is a really great feature. It did, however,
take me some time to get it setup and adjusted appropriately so
that it wouldn't pick up something like the dog entering a room.
Once set up I enabled SMTP mailing of the images to one of my e-mail
addresses at work. Throughout the day the camera captured several
instances of people moving in front of the camera and e-mailed me
the pictures as I had set it up.
I also setup the site for secure access only requiring users to
have a password in order to access it. That seemed to work fine.
There were literally so many settings I just had to sit down and
play around with all the focus settings and image settings to get
the picture like I wanted it. They all seemed to work without a
problem, and overall I would say the camera produced a very high
quality image. For some visuals I snapped some shots with various
settings.

Gain - 28dB
Shutter - 1/60
Sharpness - 255
Resolution - 704x480
Compression - Lowest
Color - 15

Default Settings
Gain - 10dB
Shutter - 1/60
Sharpness - 166
Resolution - 352x240
Compression - Low
Color - 6
As you can see the image quality is pretty good, the pictures were
taken in a room with no lighting enabled and only sunlight lighting
the room.
Conclusion
Overall, I am very impressed with the Axis 2120 Network Camera.
It is a great piece of technology to have if interested in any type
of web-based surveillance or monitoring. The quality of the camera
is very well designed and rugged and is equipped for outdoor monitoring.
The camera has an abundance of configurable features as well as
a built in, configurable motion detection system. It's very simple
to setup and maintain and features upgradeable firmware. The only
drawback I have found, however, is the price. At around $949 not
everyone is going to be able to rush out and purchase this item.
However, if you're looking for a very well built all-in-one web
server/network camera/motion detection system, the Axis 2120 Network
Camera is definitely worth looking into.
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