I know you're supposed to install the camera with the IR lights underneath the lens, but I get a better framing when I have the IR lights beside the lens (ie. 90 degree turn). Does anyone see an issue with installing it this way?
PS - I know you can flip the orientation of the camera using the camera's website, but I find that it severely affects the view.
Anyone have an opinion on this question?
I have attached some images to show what I mean. When I say the image is rotated, I mean the setting in BI. For the camera, the IR emitter underneath the lens is camera at 0 degrees. Camera rotated 270 is IR emitters to the left of the lens (3 clockwise, quarter turns).
When neither are rotated, then I get a great image with appropriate size.
If I rotate the camera, but not the image, then I get the image size, but the image is sideways.
When I rotate both, then I get the proper image, but the image is much smaller.
The size of the image is very much an artifact of the screen being wider than it is taller, but it is a reality.
The area I want to monitor is taller and more narrow. The camera on its side is a perfect compromise, but the resulting image is much smaller.