Dahua IPC-HFW5231E-ZE 2MP Starlight

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Just a couple of quick captures of my new HFW5231E-ZE both day and night.

Still want to tweek the nighttime settings a bit but happy so far

(Dont forget to change youtube player to 1080p)


 
Very nice :)

A question about this model which is a bullet .

In term of power of Infrared led do you think this model a much IR power than IPC-HDW5231R-ZE ?

Thanks for your reply :)

On datasheets IPC-HDW5231R-ZE and HFW5231E-ZE have same IR power ...

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No data to back it up, but Yes I think the bullet with the 4 LED's is much more powerful IR
 
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Very nice :)

A question about this model which is a bullet .

In term of power of Infrared led do you think this model a much IR power than IPC-HDW5231R-ZE ?

Thanks for your reply :)

On datasheets IPC-HDW5231R-ZE and HFW5231E-ZE have same IR power ...

BICK

The data sheets are frequently wrong.
 
Just a couple of quick captures of my new HFW5231E-ZE both day and night.

Still want to tweek the nighttime settings a bit but happy so far

(Dont forget to change youtube player to 1080p)



Would you mind sharing your settings, just curious
 
Its been a while so I drove down the street to take a look ;)
(You can't hit the cameras through the PoE NVR interface from outside of the network, so I drive down to the NVR and log in via WiFi)

So daytime settings are pretty easy on most decent 2MP+ cameras.
Daytime on both: Exposure Auto, DNR 25, WDR 20 (just a little WDR goes a long way)

Night gets trickier. Remember when forcing color at night, differences in ambient light, speed of vehicles, can make a huge difference so your mileage may vary.
Ive played with a number of settings, mostly around Exp 1/30 and DNR at 50, NO WDR at night, creates blur.
Tonight I'm experimenting with the settings shown. Not that big a difference really...Both use a backlight setting of HLC= 60 or 70

5231-entrance-night-3.jpg 8231-culdesac-night-2.jpg


And here are short clips with those settings:
(Dont forget to switch youtube player to 1080p)



 
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Its been a while so I drove down the street to take a look ;)
(You can't hit the cameras through the PoE NVR interface from outside of the network, so I drive down to the NVR and log in via WiFi)

So daytime settings are pretty easy on most decent 2MP+ cameras.
Daytime on both: Exposure Auto, DNR 25, WDR 20 (just a little WDR goes a long way)

Night gets trickier. Remember when forcing color at night, differences in ambient light, speed of vehicles, can make a huge difference so your mileage may vary.
Ive played with a number of settings, mostly around Exp 1/30 and DNR at 50, NO WDR at night, creates blur.
Tonight I'm experimenting with the settings shown. Not that big a difference really...Both use a backlight setting of HLC= 60 or 70

View attachment 37990 View attachment 37991


And here are short clips with those settings:
(Dont forget to switch youtube player to 1080p)




Thank you