Maggie writes “The obvious benefit of a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera is that it allows users more control compared with a fixed camera, such as panning or zooming in on an incident of interest.

“Everybody wants PTZ, but that main thing is the price,” says Tae Kim, system administration for KT&C USA, a Los Angeles-based manufacturer of PTZ cameras.

There is an obvious price difference between a fixed camera installation and a PTZ installation. Most manufacturers agree that PTZ is still a technology reserved for more sophisticated applications, and as Ron Go, product manager for PTZ at Honeywell Security, Syosset, N.Y., emphasizes, “PTZ does not fit every application.” Casinos, corrections facilities and schools are some examples of typical PTZ applications. “

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