HikVision Dome cameras with BAD night vision

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AstroIROC

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I have a few systems that are set up using Hikvision cameras in Blue Iris. Several cameras (DS-2CD2132F-I) and similar models that look terrible at night. Looks like the IR is bouncing around in the dome and reflecting bad. They Look real foggy looking. Am I missing something in the settings?
 
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I have a few systems that are set up using Hikvision cameras in Blue Iris. Several cameras (DS-2CD2132F-I) and similar models that look terrible at night. Looks like the IR is bouncing around in the dome and reflecting bad. They Look real foggy looking. Am I missing something in the settings?
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Hikvision Foggy as ***

Hello, I recently purchased a new Hikvision security camera set. The set contained the following: 1xDS-7604NI-SE/P 1xDS-2CD2132 After a while I purchased a second DS-2CD2132. All is great. Playback and recording works like a charm. During the day the picture looks amazing. However, during the...
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Try cleaning your dome lense. Carefully. My 2cd2142 lense reflects back dust particles. This is not noticeable in the day but at night it's quite annoying. Usually I can just wipe the outside with a clean rag. Sometimes I also need to use a lense cleaner. If it gets really bad I might need to take off the cover and carefully clean the inside of the dome cover using lense cleaner and lint free cloth. I usually have to clean them several times a year.
 
AstroIROC said:
I have a few systems that are set up using Hikvision cameras in Blue Iris. Several cameras (DS-2CD2132F-I) and similar models that look terrible at night. Looks like the IR is bouncing around in the dome and reflecting bad. They Look real foggy looking. Am I missing something in the settings?
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Hello,
make sure there's nothing around reflecting IR. I had the same problem when i mounted a PTZ 25x 4Mpixel camera near a wall. The wall reflected the IR back in a side of the camera dome, making the images foggy.
 
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This ended up being that the foam ring around the camera lens had shrunken away from the dome lens, letting in the IR light. I fixed this by cutting off the foam ring and shimming it up by gluing a piece of foam pipe insulation under it to space it out against the dome lens again. It works!! Now I'm trying to figure out a better shim. Thank you
 
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