Images from thieves at work

[Coal_Cracker]

This guy grabbed a bunch of copper and rolled out the other morning. I asked the yard supervisor for some pictures of the vehicle so I could keep an eye out for them since I work night shift. Needless to say I was less than impressed.
From where I can see the cams they look like the Color 4KT. They have them mounted under the lights on the poles in various locations in the yard. The images and video I’d say are pretty unusable.
The yard is lit like a stadium they should be getting sharp images but no so much. Lots of ghosting and blur. They are pictures of the screen but still if you pause the video you get some serious ghosting effects.
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[wittaj]

A camera on auto/default settings rarely produces winning captures.

Further the 4KT has been proven to be a worthy overview camera, but the narrow focus depth gives it a limited locations to be used for identify.

It is hard to tell distances off the video but I suspect this is also a case of trying to do too much with one field of view.

 

[Coal_Cracker]

A camera on auto/default settings rarely produces winning captures.

Further the 4KT has been proven to be a worthy overview camera, but the narrow focus depth gives it a limited locations to be used for identify.

It is hard to tell distances off the video but I suspect this is also a case of trying to do too much with one field of view.

You defiantly hit the nail on the head. They have all the cams set for overview, I'm in the office with the monitor all the time. When the car is at it closest to the cam I'd say that is about 30 ft.

 

[The Automation Guy]

That camera is mounted too high and has too wide of a field of view to be of any use for identification purposes. It will work as a good overview camera, (once the settings are dialed in and taken off auto) but that is all that should be expected from it.

It's probably not worth adding enough cameras to have identification detail over 100% of the lot, but I bet there are a couple of "choke points" where a couple of cameras with much narrower fields of view could be installed that would help greatly in any future identification needs.

 

[fenderman]

This guy grabbed a bunch of copper and rolled out the other morning. I asked the yard supervisor for some pictures of the vehicle so I could keep an eye out for them since I work night shift. Needless to say I was less than impressed.
From where I can see the cams they look like the Color 4KT. They have them mounted under the lights on the poles in various locations in the yard. The images and video I’d say are pretty unusable.
The yard is lit like a stadium they should be getting sharp images but no so much. Lots of ghosting and blur. They are pictures of the screen but still if you pause the video you get some serious ghosting effects.

How does a camera "look" like a color 4kt?
Some much wrong as noted with the mounting and wide angle for a detailed shot...settings also matter...cameras are not plug and play...

 

[Coal_Cracker]

How does a camera "look" like a color 4kt?
Some much wrong as noted with the mounting and wide angle for a detailed shot...settings also matter...cameras are not plug and play...

The physical appearance of the camera on the pole.

 

[wittaj]

Yeah 30 feet and at that height is WAY TOO FAR to identify for a 2.8mm or 3.6mm fixed lens. At that distance a different camera is needed.

As pointed out, some varifocals optically zoomed in to pinch points would be needed.

 

[fenderman]

The physical appearance of the camera on the pole.

There are 500 camera makes and models that look like the 4kt....

 

[Coal_Cracker]

Yeah 30 feet and at that height is WAY TOO FAR to identify for a 2.8mm or 3.6mm fixed lens. At that distance a different camera is needed.

As pointed out, some varifocals optically zoomed in to pinch points would be needed.

That will never happen, they are so cheap I was shocked when they installed cameras and lights a couple years ago. All they do is watch the cats and raccoons fight at night. LOL.