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Warm light is a comfort/tradition thing. Humans have used "warm" light (literally, using fire) to illuminate the night for eons. We've only recently gained the ability to use "daylight" colored light at night. The early "daylight" LEDs which were extremely blue (8000k+) combined with the...

Both cameras should give basically the same image based on their hardware (software/firmware be damned). The tradeoff for better night vision is a smaller focal range. If you want these f1.0, 1/1.2" sensor cameras to focus up close you need to go as wide as possible (2.8mm) and then manually...

Sounds like a bug with the framerate then (you can use the "," and "." buttons to go frame-by-frame on YouTube to count the frames per second). Should be easy enough to fix.

Just something I noticed. The Dahua is running at 30FPS in the video (not 20). It makes it look considerably smoother than the Hikvision. If you actually ran it at 20 FPS you would be able to run lower exposures though (while minimizing motion blur), correct ? What is the bitrate for both...

I was just about the pull the trigger on an AcuSense NVR when I saw DeepinMind NVRs that I didn't notice before. Are these new? I don't see them for sale anywhere...

How much of a close-focus difference is there between the 2.8mm and 4mm in the real world? I had originally purchased some 4mm's based on DORI but I looked over the huge focal range difference between them spec-sheet wise (4.5m vs 7m close-focus). How much worse is the 4mm at focusing on close...

I agree that it seems like the biggest difference is the focal range. Which is odd since they're both the same size sensor (1/1.2") and both aperture f1.0. Meaning the only difference should be the lens size (4mm vs 3.6mm). You wouldn't think 0.4mm would change the focal distance THAT much. The...

I've been trying to figure out the differences between some of the Hikvision NVRs but between the different regions, different firmware versions, and inconsistent Data Sheets I'm a bit lost lol. The main two I've been trying to compare are: DS-7732NXI-I4/16P/S vs DS-7732NXI-I4/16P/4S It seems...

Looks like I may have snagged some of the last of Andy's inventory for now. :cool: Now for the newb questions to begin lol. I already have a Cisco Gigabit PoE switch and a Synology 1621+ NAS with 26TB available. Should I still grab a Hikvision NVR? If so what model goes best with these...

So how would something like Hikvision's 4-line cameras compare to the Bosch for low-light? http://overseas.hikvision.com/en/Products_accessries_509_i5569.html Does the Bosch still wipe the floor with it or is it more comparable?

Cat5 and under only use 4 wires (2 pairs) and while technically Cat5e and Cat6 use all 8 wires (4 pairs), in the case of security cameras it's technically not necessary bandwidth-wise (considering some of the most demanding cameras barely push 20MB/s). I'm assuming you're trying to be thrifty...

Oddly the 6MP version of the camera (with a slightly smaller sensor/worse low-light performance) is more expensive. Not sure why? http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-English-version-DS-2CD4A65F-IZ-6MP-Smart-IP-Outdoor-Bullet-CameraSupport-64G-on-board/32654230001.html The only other...

I agree that the prices seem ridiculous. I'm not sure I really need any PTZ or smart functions. All I'm looking for is a good day/night camera which means I'm looking at a large sensor (better low-light performance) and higher MP (better general clarity). The variable focus doesn't hurt I...

After doing some research, I'm considering purchasing 4-5 of these: Hikvision DS-2CD4A85F-IZ(H)(S) http://overseas.hikvision.com/en/Products_accessries_509_i5569.html...

So do you think a camera like the http://overseas.hikvision.com/en/Products_accessries_159_i5610.html would be suitable for my application then? I suppose I could always put motion detection flood lights in the back yard (or would that cause more issues for the cameras?). Here's the layout I...