As Andy has stated:
4239T-ASE is superior in the environments where there are street lights and/or all-night-long porch lights present.
It will provide you with a good full-color night image thanks to its very bright lens.
But it won't work well in the very low light, especially near dark (to...
Are you keeping those lights on all night long?
In that situation you can't beat HFW4239T-ASE for low-light performance.
Review:
Dahua HFW4239T-ASE review
Have you considered the newly released full-color Dahua starlights since you have porch lights on all night long?
Full-colors don't have IR led's built in but have enchanced low-light sensitivity. Would work great with porch lights.
Unfortunately they don't come in the torrent form yet, only...
Thanks for the pic xyvyx.
It's strange that the lens is not secured in any way to prevent it from easily getting out of focus.
My understanding is that the factory always applies some kind of a thread locker/torque seal substance.
Looks like they "forgot" that step in your particular unit.
Looks like the lens focus adjustment screw got loose.
Wonder how easy it can be accessed in that kind of a bullet housing...
Could you please take a pic of the lens once you open the camera up, if you have a chance?
Thank you
Could you please clarify that the camera is indeed equipped with Sony IMX327 ?
Asking cause there's a mention by wopi82 in another thread that this cameras is based on Sony IMX290