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Little Elf Smart Camera Product Description
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Baby Monitor & Nanny Cam
You can capture every movement of your baby. Let this home security camera be a best helper for guarding your baby’s safety.
Pet Camera
Pet cameras with phone app, Keep an eyes on your pets, dog and cats anywhere and anytime on your phone.
Elderly Care
This indoor security camrra will auto recording and push a notification in case the accidents happens in elderly people.
Children Indoor Security
Keep track on the movements of your children at home. Never worry about it again.
Simon (Midinotes) –
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A short while ago I reviewed Litokam’s impressive 2K WiFi static camera (LF-C1t). I was so impressed with the app experience and quality of image I went ahead and ordered this Little elf 360 degree smart camera from them.My main reason for buying this camera is to monitor our attic, due to rodent activity in the winter months. The 360 degree smart camera has the advantage of being able not only to rotate 360 degrees and see all around, but tilt up and downwards. The camera is powered from a USB power source (included) so can be left on indefinitely. Using the mobile app (available for both iOS and Android) you can manually control the direction of the camera either left or right, as well as up and down. What I really like is the ability to then store up to 8 preset positions for the camera and name these. This enables me to quickly point the camera at specific points surrounding the camera.The camera has a built-in infrared illuminator for ‘invisible’ illumination in the dark. You can either manually switch this on or use auto mode for when the surroundings are too dark. Another neat feature is the automatic tracking, where the camera will attempt to follow a moving object or person. You can also define a monitoring area (to prevent unwanted triggering) and adjust the detection sensitivity in 3 levels.Motion detection can be turned on or off, and works by detecting any movement in the video image. It’s so sensitive in high that it triggers when small insects fly past the camera! Sound detection is another way to trigger the camera, and it’s possible to even link in a siren to go off if movement is detected.The camera has both a microphone and speaker so it is possible to communicate with someone on the other side of the camera from the app. The sound is surprisingly loud and clear given the small size of the speaker. Volume level is adjustable.Whilst you can use the camera without local or cloud storage, to record any detected video when the app is inactive you need to plug an optional micro SD card into the camera or sign up to one of the cloud storage plans. I’m using an inexpensive 64GB micro SD card which gives about 2 weeks continuous recording, you can use up to 128GB.A really useful feature when using an optional micro SD card to record to is the option to choose between recording events or continuous recording. You can program a time schedule so the camera is only active during certain times of the day.The app shows a timeline of any recorded events. I like how you can pinch and zoom this to locate and playback multiple recordings. There’s also a date picker for choosing the recording date. Any events also appear in a message list along with a still preview image. It’s all really well thought out and very intuitive.There’s so much customisation for the camera within the app it’s really impressive. HDR mode lifts shadows for when there are very bright objects in view, allowing you to see a wider range of light levels. You can perform digital zooming as well as panning of the camera. There are options to manually record video or take a still image at any time from the app.The app caters for multiple cameras and it’s possible to view multiple feeds simultaneously. The previews are realtime and include wireless signal strength as well as the data rate. Quality of the camera image is impressive at HD resolution. There’s a choice of HD or SD picture quality although there’s little point in using the lower quality SD unless recording time is your top priority.The HD video quality is exceptional with good sharpness, definition and colour rendition. Video is recorded at 2304×1296 pixels HEVC (on my phone) and 20fps in HD. The still photos are the same resolution as the video frame. SD is recorded at 640×368 pixels H264 and 20fps.For the price and given the quality of the app this camera is exception value.
astacus –
I got this camera to ‘watch over’ my workshop. It is a lightweight, indoor camera – I would not put it out of doors.Setting up was not that simple. The camera cannot use 5GHz, and the advice is to disable 5GHz for duration of using 2.4 GHz only. I always worry about doing this, but it seemed to work fine. The camera then waits on a QR code from the app on the phone (which requires setting up an account). It grabs the QR code efficiently, and within seconds, was connected and the image stream started. It then creates a high quality image, whether in fluorescent or night/IR light. See images, and apologies for the state of the workshop!So, it is working well, with a good quality image, and for indoor use, is more than suitable.A few things that were frustrating. The camera seems to set up a private network with the phone, and cannot be seen by the surveillance software on my NAS, for example. This makes recording snapshots and video a matter of popping a cheap microSD into the device. It is not clear to me that the camera follows ONVIF protocols, but that could be my lack of understanding. There is the option of a cloud storage plan, but I did not want to take this out.What I will say is that the online chat support is superb. There’s a chat window within the app, and I received prompt and accurate advice, particular over initial set up and network connection. A lot of manufacturers could learn from this company.To summarise, a really good camera, as long as you’re happy with the camera/phone connection. The image is excellent, and the ability to move the camera (P and T) is appreciated. Zoom is digital, but not relevant to me. It is remarkable value for money, providing a great deal of functions of cameras costing up to 10X as much.
S –
Firstly, the customer service is better than I’ve ever seen in the past on Amazon. The camera itself works well with a few noticed bugs but nothing that compromises its functionality much. It worked any time I was out and needed to be alerted of someone being in its range of view. The app is very well made, and easy to use with lots of helpful features. There is night vision, an alarm, a two way microphone, motion tracking, human tracking specifically (this works by seeing the face of the person so make sure if the camera is hidden that it faces up to any person’s face specifically who might be in view). Honestly, for the price this is a good quality camera and I’d buy it again. UK delivery was fast, and customer service was exceptional. Hope this helps!
alison deas –
Really easy to set up, very good picture quality. Excellent value for money.
Jon E. –
I’ve had & been using these little Litokam indoor home security cameras for several months now & they have been great ! I downloaded the little elf security camera app to use them with & this has also worked great without any issues ! You can choose & use a good selection of features within the app for the cameras like, motion detection, motion detection alarm, so you receive messages alerts to your phone or tablet. You can also choose the sensitivity, low, medium or high. You can also turn on motion tracking so the camera will follow the subject & it’s movement. You also have sound detection, where if it picks up unusual sounds, you will receive an alert. You can also choose human detection where it will only react to human forms & their movements, instead of picking up any & all other movements. You can also set schedules to. They also have night vision, which is a great feature to have when the lights are out. Plus it’s great that you have the option of inserting a micro SD card to record your footage on. You can also choose to have & pay monthly or yearly subscription for a storage cloud within the app for the cameras if this is a better option for you as well. Also within the app, you are able to turn the cameras of your choice off using private mode if you don’t want them on & recording continuously or you want some privacy. They are also really handy if like me you have any pets as well. It gives you peace of mind knowing if you have to pop out & about & go anywhere, that you are able to check on them & make sure they are all safe & sound. This Is one of the main reasons I decided to purchased them. They come with everything you need, so they are ready to set up & go straight out of the box & once connected to the little elf camera app. They are great little home security cameras & they’ve worked perfectly for me.
S. SHAH –
Good camera, the motion detection can be a bit of hit and miss, but not bad overall for the price, easy to install a memory card for easy playback, and the app is quite user friendly. Sound detection notifications are quite good, detects accurately.
JasmineTharrison –
Bought this affordable camera to keep an eye on my troublesome kitten, the colour is nice as it matches more of my stuff, often they are white. The microphone option works really nicely and sounds clear. You can move the camera from an app on your phone and also turn on motion and sound detection which will notify you. I have turned these off because I will get them every five minutes otherwise with the kitten. You have the option to buy cloud storage but the app itself will store a certain amount of images and messages from it recording movement and sound.It also has a handy siren feature that If you did have it mounted outside or even inside and we’re having issues you could manually set that off and scare away an intruder as it’s loud and sounds pretty legit. You can also change the volume.You can zoom from 1.0x-3.0x and move up and down and side to side to get a wide range of view.Nifty little piece of technology – have attached a screenshot where I’be pointed the camera at the ceiling so you can see the quality and how the app looks!
Eleonora –
Bought this one to replace a different brand which broke down after just over a year… so warrantee was over. I like the design very much, it is quite sturdy and robust, very stable. Image quality is perfect, can’t have better than this…. Considering how small the camera is.I use it mostly as a pet camera – keep an eye on my fish-tank when I am away. What I absolutely love about it is the infra red night vision, as I can see the fish very well in the dark, but there is no bright light that comes on to scare them (that’s how the previous one was).The motion detection works great as well, but in may case had to turn it off as the fish move all the time.Setting it up was really easy… it basically set itself up, after scanning a qr code.Really, so far only positives with it. Even customer service os very quick to reply and very helpful, in case you need them.Definitely recommend it!
Morgan –
I bought the 2 pack today. Seriously, setting up was a breeze. I can’t fault the app at all, I didn’t even realise it could do as much as it does.I got a little confused over sound and the live chat instantly directed me.I would recommend you buy a usb extension but my not be a requirement in some cases.I’ve connected them to Alexa and tomorrow I get an Alexa enabled TV so excited to see that.I will mount them properly today using the included mounts.I highly recommend these cameras
Terry –
When I first saw this it was a special offer I think it was about 14 or 15 pounds but it’s up to 24 I think now it’s brilliant it’s a shame you can’t use it outdoors I need to get some film to stop bit glaring from the window inside my home I got the wrong stuff I did keep it outside for a while in a container but I’m worried about the wet getting in because it’s brilliant the app the prophet I’ve been using is is a bit temperamental I don’t know if it’s me or the phone but it’s it’s not a brilliant app that definitely needs to improving but because it doesn’t it seems we don’t it doesn’t seem to be smooth or it’s like it’s like on haven’t got enough data and it needs to catch up so it might it might be my phone but I’m using it Wi-Fi on my phone but you know it’s I don’t think the actual app is it is rate very much I think that’s quite low but don’t take my word for it so the actual product is brilliant and it does what it says I’m really happy with it just a bit frustrated with the app or possibly my phone will something I’ve set up with but it’s now 24 Pounds I’m definitely going to get another one definitely at this price I just wish to sort the power or maybe I need to sort my phone out so I don’t know Galaxy it’s about five years old okay fairly for money is brilliant I don’t have to use the infrared because there’s a bit of light outside and that’s all it needed so I didn’t use the infrared but if it’s pitched back I would use it and it would be better but now at night it’s with the little bit of light out in the back it’s excellent it’s really sensitive you can zoom in it I’m well impressed for the money I was really impressed and you can track people you’ve got motion detector you’ve got sound to take to you can speak to people you can hear people and it’s got siren but it’s it’s for indoor only which you know you can’t have everything for that price so yeah it’s pretty well well impressed crikey leave me when I tell you I’ve not got shares in this company I wish I had got shares when it you know when it’s about 14 if I could I don’t know anything about it but yeah the glowing report is genuine yeah which I did own it was a brilliant you’ll think I think it’s intended as a baby monitor I’m not sure but I’ve been using it to monitor outside from a window and it’s brilliant