Recent content by bambi123

I see the latest firmware has upgraded the ISAPI to 2.4. Has anyone seen any documentation for ISAPI 2.4 in their travels?? Want my home automation system to change the image profile (night,day,nightfall) etc as the current time based settings via the website are too crude !!! I think the...

No heard any noises like that - does it go away after the power sequence? Mine is mounted now, so I cannot hear anything from it. Not sure they have fans in these as they are pretty sealed up.

That is about right. It cost me $460 including shipping.

Did I mention the software is a bit strange?!?! Well I thought I had made it up, as I could not find it - finally after going around and around - set the image 'scene' to outdoor - and a new heading appears 'Other', in there you have lens init, and zoom limit - I set it there to 20, and it...

Not a fan of digital zoom - so have that turned off. Not sure about the IR thing myself either - it could be assembly issue with the dividers inside the dome seperating the sensor & IR emitters.

I find the night picture quite bright at my required min shutter of 1/150 - so I have taken the gain down to 50, and dropped the DNR to 35. I find a high DNR really drops the picture quality on tracking and moving objects - DNR of 30-35 is a very good compromise especially when you are not...

Ok the night performance of this camera is pretty impressive. I mounted it next to one of my old DS-2CD2032-I 3mp models, and I set the exposure to match. 2032 settings Min Exposure 1/150 Gain 90 Day Mode, No IR. WDR 5 DNR 50 2DE4A220IW settings Min Exposure 1/150 Gain 94 Day Mode, No IR...

Oh - BTW this thing is quiet, you can barelly hear the PTZ in action - so much so that no one in the office has noticed it tracking them moving around!!!

Got mine this morning - still playing with it on the bench, but the auto tracking works quite well (albeit it is upside down !!) - I will try and get some like for like night shots vs my old 2332 3MP once it is mounted in place.

@FrankMCN - The street looks like you are in the UK - my road pretty similiar just wider, the grass on the pavement darkens the scene quite a bit on the older cameras. My street light levels are probably lower than yours due to being wider road, hence light poles are much higher.

@FrankMCN - great info thanks. I may just get one to see - I am still running the older 3MP turrets, if it is an improvement on them - then I should be ok!!!

It is a tough choice - the physical size & format of this cam is perfect for the area I had in mind - but ideally I could do with a low lux camera !! Shame they have not used the same sensor as the new DS-2CD2335FWD-I - would make the perfect cam for me.

Many thanks for that - now got a decision to make Dahua or Hik!!

Thanks for the night shot - what is the exposure / gain / wdr settings for that? the noise is pretty low, I assume using the builtin IR? Thanks.

How is the autotracking settings like for this cam? Is the size or zoom or other advanced settings like found on the Dahua cams? Also what is the nightvision like, say compared to the original 3MP turrets (2332) ?