Fireworks July 4 2025

[lulu5kamz]

A 180 degree view of fireworks from the deck of our house. At the start of the video a person is walking on the dirt road below our house using a cell phone for light. They return a couple minutes later and appear to be in a hurry to get back.

 

[EMPIRETECANDY]

Woo, very nice view at this position, thanks for sharing! @lulu5kamz

 

[JPmedia]

A 180 degree view of fireworks from the deck of our house. At the start of the video a person is walking on the dirt road below our house using a cell phone for light. They return a couple minutes later and appear to be in a hurry to get back.

Is this footage raw, directly from the camera (no post corrections)?

 

[bigredfish]

A 180 degree view of fireworks from the deck of our house. At the start of the video a person is walking on the dirt road below our house using a cell phone for light. They return a couple minutes later and appear to be in a hurry to get back.

Nice views Lulu.

 

[lulu5kamz]

Is this footage raw, directly from the camera (no post corrections)?

Yes.

 

[JPmedia]

Yes.

That's amazing. You must have a LOT of light in this location. I can only dream of images like this. I have terrible lighting

 

[lulu5kamz]

That's amazing. You must have a LOT of light in this location. I can only dream of images like this. I have terrible lighting

The only light is from the camera and city lights. This hillside and the dirt road below our deck is very dark. The city lights prevent the sky from turning dark, so you can't see stars above the city. But to the left of our house is open hillside, so you can see stars in the sky in this area. Here is a screenshot from this morning at midnight. Camera is Empire Tech IPC Color 4K 180.

 

[JPmedia]

The only light is from the camera and city lights. This hillside and the dirt road below our deck is very dark. The city lights prevent the sky from turning dark, so you can't see stars above the city. But to the left of our house is open hillside, so you can see stars in the sky in this area. Here is a screenshot from this morning at midnight. Camera is Empire Tech IPC Color 4K 180.View attachment 224167

That's a bright image for being dark. What settings are you running for this camera?

 

[lulu5kamz]

That's a bright image for being dark. What settings are you running for this camera?

Camera settings are default, except for:
Resolution lowered to 4096 x 1216 (to eliminate distortion)
Frame rate lowered to 15
Bit Rate at 6144

 

[JPmedia]

Camera settings are default, except for:
Resolution lowered to 4096 x 1216 (to eliminate distortion)
Frame rate lowered to 15
Bit Rate at 6144

I'm very surprised that there's no motion blur (at least I can't detect any) in the image at default settings. Wish I could run default settings and get results that good

 

[bigredfish]

You can, at 1000 yds with city lights.
Distance masks a lot of motion blur , noise and other artifacts.

I’ve called this out on manufacturer promo videos.

It’s much harder to get facial ID on people with those same settings at say 15-35 ft