What is a good POE IP Camera with PTZ?

I currently have a Reolink 811A which works fine though since it does not have pan and tilt, the zoom is not very useful for my usecase. The field of view and resolution is quite decent though.

I’d like to have a camera that can do zoom/pan as well, anything at that same price point or maybe a little higher that anyone recommends?

Ubiquiti has some nice cameras, don’t have experience with them yet but I would like to buy some in the future.
They have good reviews.

Do you need pan/tilt for any spacific need? I’ve had pan/tilt camera with 18x optical zoom. Proved itself useless, since each time i needed to look something damn device was pointed in the wrong direction. :angry:
Generally it’s better to have two or more fixed cameras than one movable. Unless you want to play around and, say, watch the neighbours (just make sure that they don’t find out, it’s not like legal to do that). Fixed cameras are dirt cheap lately, dahua’s can be bought from appr. 40-45€ and they are very quality ones.
But, as pan/tilt goes, for decent quality and reliability … at least 200€ and above.

The reason why I’d like to zoom is that the cam is pointed at the horse paddock & meadow, sometimes they’re all the way in the back and it’d be nice to zoom into that area to see what they are up to.

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Understood. Well, back then i’ve had chinese camera (i think it was PLV…), bought on aliexpress and it worked quite well (but it wasn’t POE). It was 2MP, 18x optical zoom and around 180€, if i remember correct (plus VAT and customs fee). You can try your luck and get one of those…nowadays they are cheaper, as i see. Just look for optical zoom, digital is worthless.