My Brand New LPR camera!

[bigredfish]

Well, actually its 5 years old

5231EP-Z12E bought in 2016. I thought it was just the sun angle this time of year giving it a hazy image, but its gotten worse over the past 6 months or so.

It was the clear plastic lens on the face of the camera. Apparently the sun and 5 years of weather took their toll. Took it off and tried cleaning it but the plastic is just discolored and hazy.
I was lucky to have a buddy's dead 5442 that got hit by lightning laying in the garage, so swapped it out with the new lens cover and Boom New camera!

 

[Flintstone61]

I can see individual grass blades. still good image. Now I feel relief about buying two of them used on this site. I think I'll use one at home and one at work.

 

[bigredfish]

This is going to make me re-adjust my settings a bit but liking the improved clarity. (Remember, Florida has the worst and biggest variety of plates in the country)

 

[wittaj]

And here we thought only domes suffered that fate LOL

 

[Parley]

And here we thought only domes suffered that fate LOL

It's that Florida sun.

 

[TonyR]

....... Florida has the worst and biggest variety of plates in the country)

Maybe so but you've got one of the BEST governors in the country, IMO!

 

[bigredfish]

Indeed!

 

[samplenhold]

I wonder if you could try one of those kits for head lights that have become fogged up?

 

[bigredfish]

Good idea!

 

[Ssayer]

I wonder if you could try one of those kits for head lights that have become fogged up?

Is it maybe because it needs a filter???

 

[samplenhold]

Now that's a filter!

 

[wtimothyholman]

This thread brings up an interesting point: is there anyone out there who sells replacement parts for Dahua cameras? It was fortunate that @bigredfish had another dead camera to pull the part out of, but otherwise he'd be out of luck.

I assume that Dahua probably has little interest in managing a supply chain for repair companies outside China, but maybe someone out there sells equivalent replacement items such as lens covers. Does anyone know of a vendor for IP camera parts?

 

[Wolf4Ever]

I would just get some 1/4" plexi or lexan, unless it's a dome, but prefer plexi due to less yellowing and more scratch resistant. Trace cut and polish install.

 

[samplenhold]

Do anyone know of a vendor for IP camera parts?

I doubt that there would be much of a customer base for that. With how fast the tech changes, how long they last, and how low cost the new ones are, it just becomes a throw away tech like any other electronic device nowadays.

 

[biggen]

Yup, sell it for parts and move on to the next camera if you have one die unless you are lucky enough like @bigredfish to have spare parts lying around and are good with tinkering.

 

[Teken]

I’d love to see what the old lens looks like. If this doesn’t highlight the importance of the exterior cover I don’t know what does.

On a related matter Hikvision now incorporates a blue medium to the dome covers that is said to reduce motion blur / ghosting?!?

I’m unsure how a coloured filter could prevent motion blur vs shutter speed, more light, F stop, lens size??

 

[foxden]

This is going to make me re-adjust my settings a bit but liking the improved clarity. (Remember, Florida has the worst and biggest variety of plates in the country)

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The other day I talked with software developers for license plate recognition. Due to the lack of a unified standard for license plates in the USA, this causes big problems in the development and training of the algorithm.