Blink Xt2 Vs Nest Outdoor Camera

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I’ve experimented with many cameras in my home: blink, nest, etc. The ecobee is by far my favorite. The sleek and powerful design really is a nice aesthetic. It was extremely streamlined to set up and use.

Brilliant "smart" doorbell. Initially I wanted an outdoor camera at my front door, but the Nest Hello's image quality made it a perfect alternative, plus you get all the added benefits of a smart doorbell. Set up is a little more involved but easy with the instructions. The app is intuitive and powerful. A Nest Aware subscription is a must however.

I am a professional photographer making social media for large brands and use the Fuji system and have been since the xt1 came out. I have put about 200k shots on my xt2 and it needed to go in for some repairs. I picked up the Xt3 and grip while I waited and am very impressed. I just sold my last Canon 5diii today because I no longer found it useful to justify keeping and sold used for exactly what this camera costs.  The XT3 is 95% of what I need now. Amazing stills quality - Viewfinder is better than the XT2, faster autofocus, buttons are slightly changed for the better. Otherwise, pretty similar camera. For video, big improvement in AF continuous tracking. It works so well. I have been using the face detection mode and eye detection and it is very accurate and tracks beautifully in a non-autofocus looking manner.  I looks like a manual focus pull and not weird twitchy AF for video I am always seeing. I highly recommend this camera for video. I am using this body with an Atomos Ninja V monitor/recorder and all built around a SmallRig cage and accessories and it is working perfectly.  Only cons I can find: Battery life is pretty bad - I am getting worse battery life than with the xt2. My camera goes from showing 3 bars on the battery meter and then 5min later it goes dead. Maybe a firmware fix?? Files are massive with video, but I guess thats a given when shooting 4:2:2 10bit 4K video. Only other complaint is that high ISO performance isnt quite up to par with what I need on occasion. Usable to 3200 in my opinion. Not keeping up with my 5Diii above 1600iso, but I guess thats the beauty of full-frame. No improvement in ISO performance I can see over XT-2.  Overall, a slightly better camera than the Xt-2. I need 2 bodies for work, so I will be keeping it, but if I were not shooting professionally and already had an XT2, I wouldnt but this personally, unless using for video and need 4k60p and 10bit color.

This makes my xt2 a complete camera system that I feel can handle anything I need it for.

I bought this to use on my Blink security camera base unit. It is a perfect fit for my needs.

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I have 3 Nest IQ Outdoor cameras and have just installed the Nest Hello Doorbell. The products are all excellent in quality. My only issue is the lag time from actual movement to the time I get notification. There seems to be a considerable time from real time to notification. I have the highest speed internet available so not sure where the problem lies. Any ideas on how to improve this?

I have the Nest indoor, outdoor, thermostat and now Hello. The Hello is my fav. of all of these. Has bombproof performance, is adjustable with a good variety of user settings, and was easy to install. Zero complaints.

We have Nest indoor and outdoor cameras and because they were so easy to install and use, when we were looking at getting a video doorbell, we wanted to wait for the Hello to come out. The installation was easy and got set up with the app in minutes. Video quality is very good. It has been a month since we installed it and so far so good.

It looks nice. It installed easily. The bevel works great. Seamless addition to the outdoor Nest cameras.