Axis M4308-PLE 12MP Outdoor Panoramic Camera, 360 deg, IR, Mic, IP66, IK10 02100-001

Product SKU: M4308-PLE

Product Overview

The AXIS M4308-PLE is a discreet 12MP outdoor-ready panoramic dome camera designed to provide complete 180° or 360° surveillance coverage from a single compact device. It features a 1.3mm stereographic lens, 2880 × 2880 maximum video resolution, Axis Lightfinder, Forensic WDR, OptimizedIR, deep learning analytics, and four built-in microphones with voice enhancer for high-quality audio capture. With IP66 weather protection, IK10 vandal resistance with IK09 IR window, H.264/H.265 Zipstream, PoE support, local storage, digital roll, and Axis Edge Vault cybersecurity, this camera is ideal for wide-area monitoring across retail, schools, offices, public areas, building entrances, corridors, and outdoor spaces.

Why Choose the AXIS M4308-PLE

The AXIS M4308-PLE is ideal for customers who need premium panoramic visibility, audio capture, and intelligent analytics from one compact outdoor-ready dome. Its 12MP sensor and stereographic lens provide a detailed 360° overview, while Sharpdome 360 improves sharpness toward the image edges for more useful coverage across the full scene. Built-in IR supports pitch-dark monitoring, Lightfinder and Forensic WDR help maintain usable images in challenging lighting, and AXIS Object Analytics can detect and classify humans and vehicles directly on the camera. Four microphones with voice enhancer add valuable audio context for investigations and live monitoring.

Key Capabilities

Key Features

• 12MP Panoramic Imaging: The AXIS M4308-PLE captures up to 2880 × 2880 video resolution, providing detailed panoramic footage across a wide scene. This makes it suitable for monitoring open areas, corridors, entrances, retail spaces, schools, public environments, and outdoor access points where broad coverage is required.

• Complete 180° and 360° Overview: The camera can deliver a complete 360° overview when ceiling mounted or a 180° overview when wall mounted. This helps reduce blind spots and can minimise the number of cameras required across large or complex spaces where multiple directions need to be monitored.

• Stereographic Lens with Sharpdome 360: The stereographic lens helps provide higher resolution around the outer portion of the view, while Sharpdome 360 improves sharpness toward the image edges. This creates more useful panoramic footage, particularly when people or objects appear near the edge of the scene.

• Deep Learning Analytics: With a deep learning processing unit, the camera supports analytics based on deep learning directly on the edge. AXIS Object Analytics helps detect and classify humans and vehicles, improving event relevance, reducing false alarms, and making recorded footage easier to search during investigations.

• Lightfinder, Forensic WDR and OptimizedIR: Axis Lightfinder helps capture useful colour images in low-light conditions, while Forensic WDR improves visibility in scenes with both bright and dark areas. OptimizedIR supports surveillance in pitch darkness, helping the camera provide reliable around-the-clock monitoring.

• Four Built-In Microphones: Four integrated microphones with voice enhancer deliver high-quality audio capture and strong noise suppression. This gives users valuable audio context around events, helping identify disturbances, voices, loud sounds, or unusual behaviour that may not be fully understood from video alone.

• Digital Roll for Easier Installation: Digital roll allows remote adjustment of the camera overview rotation without manually repositioning the device. This helps installers fine-tune the image after installation, saving time and making it easier to achieve correct alignment in ceiling or wall-mounted positions.

• Zipstream with H.264 and H.265: Axis Zipstream with H.264 and H.265 compression significantly reduces bandwidth and storage requirements while preserving important video detail. This is especially useful for panoramic cameras, where high-resolution wide-area footage can otherwise place greater demands on storage and network resources.

Specifications Summary

Ideal Use Cases

• Retail Stores – Suitable for monitoring shop floors, entrances, queue areas, counters, aisles, and customer activity with wide panoramic visibility and built-in audio capture.
• Schools and Education Facilities – Ideal for corridors, common areas, libraries, administration spaces, classrooms, covered outdoor areas, and shared student zones requiring broad coverage and audio awareness.
• Office and Reception Areas – Useful for foyers, lift lobbies, waiting areas, reception desks, meeting spaces, and internal access points where full-room situational awareness is valuable.
• Public and Commercial Spaces – A strong option for shopping centres, hospitality venues, public walkways, commercial entrances, and high-traffic spaces where minimal blind spots are important.
• Outdoor Entrances and Access Points – Suitable for building entries, external doors, covered walkways, loading entrances, and access-controlled zones where weather resistance, vandal protection, IR, audio, and panoramic coverage are required.

Understanding the 180° / 360° Fixed Panoramic Lens

The AXIS M4308-PLE uses a 1.3mm fixed stereographic lens instead of a traditional varifocal lens. This lens captures an ultra-wide fisheye image that can provide a complete 360° overview when ceiling mounted or a complete 180° overview when wall mounted. Dewarped viewing modes and digital PTZ allow operators to inspect areas of interest within the panoramic image without moving mechanical parts, while still preserving the benefit of recording the complete scene.

Tip:
Use ceiling mounting when you need complete situational awareness across a room or open area. Use wall mounting when the camera needs to cover an entrance, corridor, shopfront, reception zone, or outdoor approach. Digital roll can help fine-tune image alignment after installation without manually rotating the camera.

FAQs

1. What is the AXIS M4308-PLE best suited for?
   The AXIS M4308-PLE is best suited for wide-area surveillance where one compact camera needs to capture a complete room, entrance, corridor, retail floor, public space, or outdoor access point. It is especially useful where panoramic coverage can reduce blind spots and where built-in audio, IR, and deep learning analytics add value to monitoring and investigations.
2. Does the AXIS M4308-PLE provide 360° coverage?
   Yes, the AXIS M4308-PLE can provide a complete 360° overview when ceiling mounted. It can also provide a 180° overview when wall mounted. This flexibility makes it suitable for many different installation positions, and its panoramic design helps reduce the number of cameras needed to cover large or complex spaces.
3. Does this camera support deep learning analytics?
   Yes, the AXIS M4308-PLE includes a deep learning processing unit and supports analytics based on deep learning on the edge. It comes with AXIS Object Analytics, which can detect and classify humans and vehicles. This helps reduce false alarms, improve alert relevance, and support faster forensic search across recorded footage.
4. Does the AXIS M4308-PLE have built-in microphones?
   Yes, the AXIS M4308-PLE includes four built-in microphones with voice enhancer. This provides high-quality audio capture and strong noise suppression, adding valuable context around incidents or unusual activity. Audio capture can be especially useful in retail, education, reception, public-space, and customer-facing environments where sound can help explain what happened.
5. Is the AXIS M4308-PLE suitable for outdoor use?
   Yes, the AXIS M4308-PLE is outdoor ready with IP66 weather protection and IK10 vandal resistance, with the IR window rated IK09. It operates from -40 °C to 50 °C, making it suitable for both indoor and outdoor professional surveillance applications such as entrances, covered walkways, public areas, commercial exteriors, and exposed access points.
6. What is the benefit of the stereographic lens?
   The stereographic lens helps provide higher resolution around the outer portion of the panoramic view, where people and objects can otherwise appear less detailed in conventional fisheye images. Combined with Sharpdome 360, it supports more useful image quality across the full scene, improving practical surveillance coverage from one panoramic camera.

Additional Information

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