Design: 9.9 / 10 A recessed lens and connection panel, overall a very sleek design.
Image Quality: 9.0 / 10 The only reason I didn't give this a 10 in image quality is because the "full auto" mode is quite grainy in low light. The setting can be set manually and on a schedule for much better results. It would be nice to have a "favor motion / normal / favor picture quality) setting.
Easy of Use: 9.9 / 10 Nothing negative here, easy to use GUI web interface.
Connectivity: 9.9 / 10 12VDC/ 24VAC power + Composite video + 10/100 LAN + Sensor and all sorts of goodies = WIN :)
Option to add Sony wireless adapter for $200 er so.
Other Features: 8.0 / 10 18x optical zoom (216x with digital) = Win
Fast and quiet operation = Win
Tons of bells and whistles / customizable settings = Win
No date / time overlay support = Gah!! What a basic feature to leave out... cmon Sony !!!
Overall a feature packed amazing network camera, hopefully Sony will add date and time overlay in a future firmware.
Strengths High quality optics and great low light sensitivity.
Desk or inverted selectable orientation.
Weaknesses No date / time stamp overlay :(
Can't dual stream Mpeg4 / Mjpeg.
Summary Overall, I didn't find any other network camera that offers this much bang for the buck.
The lack of date / time overlay really floored me.
