Q-See QSB520SR Weatherproof Color High-Resolution Day/Night Camera Kit (560TVL) 65-Feet Night Vision

by Q-See

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 14 x 7 x 5 inches ; 3.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000V7RGHC
• Item model number: QSB520SR
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

QSB520SR is a Outdoor/Indoor Color CCD camera kit with night vision. With CCD technology, it delivers the most sophisticated technology into the most reliable and accurate quality picture in the security industry Its ideal for monitoring or recording. The package includes a 50-ft. cable to allow flexible installation. Connect the camera to any TV, VCR, or DVR and start viewing or recording immediately. Q-See outdoor cameras are built to withstand all the elements of nature. Rain, snow or hot sun will not deter the camera from sending clear video. The design of the camera incorporates a weatherproof metal casing with an "O" ring seal to keep the high resolution lens and the internal parts safe from nature. With the 20 Infra Red LEDs, the camera will give black and white night vision for up to 65 ft. in total darkness. For Product Questions contact Q-SEE: [phone] or [e-mail]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall a really good picture, lens, night vision, and mounting system, April 15, 2008

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HMMWV "God, Country, Corps" (santa clara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Q-See QSB520SR Weatherproof Color High-Resolution Day/Night Camera Kit (560TVL) 65-Feet Night Vision (Electronics)

I bought 2 cameras from q-see - their $150 "100 foot" night vision camera and their $230 "65 foot" night vision high resolution camera (this one).

Both cameras come with everything to get your camera connected to a vcr or digital recorder which is a pleasant surprise. The big difference is this unit uses a Sony 1/3" CCD and their other one is using some smaller, no name CCD chip with alot of noise at night and a washed out picture during the day. Putting their images side by side you clearly see the difference.

As for the night performance, the 65 foot unit outperforms the 100 foot unit. Night images ARE color on both cameras (some switch to black/white or green/white)

The mounting bracket on this unit is a little more secure (both in rigidness and security to keep your camera). It also has 2 weatherproof rings (they are barely visable in the photo underneath the tube) used to adjust the zoom and focus on the lens, something their cheaper cameras don't have. This can make a big difference in getting your desired area of protection in frame and also making your DVR's motion detection work properly.

I would buy this model again, simply because the image is so good both day and night. The zoom's range is not tremendous like some of the 20-30X zooms, but it is better than a fixed focal length camera. The mount is also very flexible and can be hung from above or below and is much better machined.

This same camera/lens is also made using higher power IR LED's at a 100+ foot distance specification and sold for a higher price in the same case. Unfortunately the detail you can capture at 100 feet isn't significant so the high end model is probably not ideally designed - it needs a more powerful zoom lens to be useful.

To sum it up - this will give you a great image from 5-65 feet day or night, with day images out to 300 feet usable with great color. It's the middle of the road in Q-see's day/night product line and a good match of quality components.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great camera, February 5, 2009

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Robert R. Russell - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Q-See QSB520SR Weatherproof Color High-Resolution Day/Night Camera Kit (560TVL) 65-Feet Night Vision (Electronics)

This camera has fantastic night vision. You can make out body motions of people walking down the sidewalk across the street in the middle of the night. Is large, so not very easy to conceal, but works great. Has an even better picture in daytime. You can read license plates then. Love this camera.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cheap dome camera had 10x better picture..., February 6, 2009

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replayreb (Oxford, MS USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Q-See QSB520SR Weatherproof Color High-Resolution Day/Night Camera Kit (560TVL) 65-Feet Night Vision (Electronics)

I puchased two of these cameras and one of these VideoSecu Color Security Vandal Proof Dome camera 1/3" Sony CCD 420 TVL 3.6 mm lens with free surveillance warning sticker VD60 1O3 and the $50 dome camera has a much, much sharper picture and I mean by a lot! If I had bought only one of these Q-See cameras I would have thought I had a defective one or something. The daytime picture is passable but the nighttime video is worthless. Of course nighttime shots are not as well defined as daytime shots but the little cheap dome camera's picture kept on looking great when it got dark while the Q-See cameras looked like they were slowly getting submerged under water as it got darker and darker outside. I am normally a very positive person but I am very disappointed that I bought two of these cameras for over $450 while my little afterthought $50 dome camera I bought at the last minute smokes both of them. The only positive I can come up with is that the build quality is nice and the mounting bracket is excellent. I'm exchanging both of them for two more of the dome cameras.