The picture quality is excellent compared to other camera I purchased. The camera is well built, haven't tested the zoom, the night vision is very good. Was little skeptical when they said it was 1000TVL, but when compared to the 700TVL I have there is a huge difference. Going to get me a few more now I know that the picture quality is excellent, I am using them on a Defeway 16 Channel 960H recorder, will be replacing the Q-See (4) and the Lorex (2) camera I have already.