Recent content by DJP31

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    IR Help for Utter Noob

    Thanks @bigredfish I'll give that a go. I have a rubbish single lamp (40 watt I think) in my porch light which comes on when triggered by the PIR. I could up the ante on that as well. I have no reason at all to expect to have to use any of this stuff in anger, but having gone to the trouble of...
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    IR Help for Utter Noob

    @bigredfish thanks for this, I will have a look at some footage. The streetlight opposite throws a fair bit of light in my direction, I don't know whether reducing the IR settings might help. I know so little about this it's embarrassing
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    IR Help for Utter Noob

    Ok thanks, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't something glaringly wrong (no pun intended) with my set up. I'll have a little play with the settings and then test some some sample playback. So far the scariest thing I've seen is my own bald patch [emoji15][emoji15][emoji23] Sent from my...
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    IR Help for Utter Noob

    Thanks! Living in the south east of England I hope never to find out! The battery doesn't like the cold, but Tesla's are extremely popular in Norway so they must be ok. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    IR Help for Utter Noob

    @alastairstevenson thank you for the reply, very helpful. Again you'll have to excuse my ignorance, but I should expect the red car to look like a white car at night? I had hoped that Reg plates would be decipherable at night but are you saying that won't happen because of their built in...
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    IR Help for Utter Noob

    Thanks in anticipation. I must start by saying I know virtually nothing about photography or settings. I've had a Hikvision 2 camera set up installed and am very happy with it, apart from the night view. From the limited understanding I've gained I think the infra red is set too high and...
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