Recent content by camelian

Sorry, to clarify, I use auto focus to get the frame in focus, then I switch to manual focus and make minor adjustments so the area where the plates are will be most in focus. However after a few days, it always shifts slightly and I have keep going back and refocusing it. I do understand that...

We have 4 IPC-HFW5241E-Z12E cameras setup as LPRs. One of our main cameras has developed soft focus in day mode. If I get the center of the frame in focus, the surrounding parts of the frame are slightly out of focus. I also notice the focus tends to shift by itself after a few days sometimes as...

Gotcha, unfortunately we don't have the ability to run Blue Iris on a computer at this time, so I'm looking for app recommendations to be able to log directly into cameras to review footage recorded to the SD card.

Is it possible to use BI app to directly connect to cameras if you do not have a dedicated machine running Blue Iris?

Hi all, Our neighborhood has Amcrest and Dahua cameras recording to an Amcrest NVR. While it is certainly functional and works with the Amcrest View Pro iOS app, it's not the easiest to quickly look up events that occurred. The Amcrest Surveillance Pro macOS app is also not the best. What are...

It is roughly 60 feet to the main road, and 80 feet to the entrance gate based on google estimates +/- 20 feet or so. If we mount at 9-10 feet, would that be too high for LPR to be effective? We actually have an existing pole that is about 3-3.5" tall, but it easily gets blocked by opposing...

Hi all, I posted this in the installation forum but folks noted it might be better to post here, so I am reposting here! We are looking to add 2 wide and 2 LPR cameras to help capture plates of cars entering and leaving the subdivision. Here are the most important shots 1) Rear plate of cars...

That's an amazing explanation..thank you for making it so clear! For my use case, i just need to make sure the incoming bandwidth is sufficient I suppose.

Following..mine is stuck in B&W as well, and it's brand new. I have another one setup nearby that switches to color in the daytime just fine, and the settings are exactly the same.

The rep noted that recording is not limited, only streaming. For us, we don't actively monitor the footage anywhere. I might pull up the app to check live on a few cameras to see what's happening, but we primarily only go back to review footage if an incident happened. In this case, do you think...

IPC-HFW5241E-Z12E. Just bought them last month

Our neighborhood has several Amcrest cameras for our security camera system. We were planning on buying the Amcrest NV5216 NVR but saw there's a similarly priced new NV4216-AI that includes AI capabilities. I asked Amcrest what the differences were, and if there were any downsides going with...

can you tell me more about the difference between the older and the newer sensor? how do you tell which one you have?

For day, do you use Backlight or IR?

I figured something out..I had it at 500 shutter speed with minimal false detections at night. i upped it to 1000 shutter speed and got a false detection every 20-30 seconds. Not sure why