If ASIS wasnt enough, Axis continued to announce new cams after the show. With great anticipation, Axis is now in the Fish-eye, 180° and 360° game with the new M3007-P and M3007-PV. Both versions of this model is intended for indoor use. The core difference between the two is the housing. With “P” standing for Panoramic, and “V” meaning its vandal-resistant, the M3007-PV has a vandal proof cam that has the typical look of a dome camera. Axis gets clever with the M3007-P. With no vandal-resitant cover, and the small lens exposed, this model can be easily mistaken for a smoke detector and not the Panoramic IP camera it is. One might ask why Axis has waited so long to offer a fish-eye Panoramic cam? One key feature of this cam may answer that question. De-warping is a processor intensive process required for all 180° and 360° to display images the human eye is used to seeing. Without de-warping, you are only left with a globe like image that is difficult to comprehend. By de-warping the image captured by these kinds of cams, you can obtain multiple streams and video commonly seen in traditional cams. Previously, the intense process of dewarping these video feeds was left up to the CPU in the NVR. Manufacturers like ACTi, Vivotek, and GeoVision all have Fish-Eye, Panoramic cams, but the de-warping takes place in the NVR requiring more powerful CPU’s to handle the payload. With the Axis P3007 Panoramic cameras, the de-warping is performed all within the camera itself, thanks to the new and very powerful ARTPEC-4 chip. Simply put, this means more Panoramic cams per NVR, reducing cost and increasing coverage.
The second notable announcement from Axis is the improvement of the P13 Series. Announcing the P1353, P1353-E, P1354, and P1354-E, these new models will be offering the new Lightfinder Technology recently implemented in the P33 Series dome cameras. With the addition of the P1353/-V and P1354/-V, we should expect the older P1343/-V and P1344/-V to soon be discontinued.
