Recent content by Madhatter2k

I think this one did, because I caught it when it got closer to my house, but yes not having plates at all sucks, since I don't have another one pointed the opposite direction. I am also at like 93% zoom, and can't go any farther without missing cars width wise across the road. It is fine when...

Hey guys, sorry for the late response, and yes I come with pictures. The settings I am finally set on are below. This seems to work great, except for 1 fatal flaw. If a car has LED or HID headlights it is fine, but if they have Halogen it blows out the image (image below). If they come closer to...

Thanks for your reply. It is always good to hear what others are having luck with. However, I found a different method that seems to work well. I am hoping to dial that in, and be able to get the results you are having in pitch black with my street light setup. I posted my first attempt. See...

Hey guys, I had a breakthrough last night right before I went to bed. I think my biggest problem was I have been fighting the bright lights on my street instead of using them. Believe it or not, I wound up actually using "aperture priority" (I think it was called). When I first set this up, I...

I had some luck with the color, but switched back to B/W for now. However, I can't seem to dial in the settings like I want. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of traffic to work with, and when I tried to park down the street to do it myself, it was not welcomed. Anyway, I was just wondering if...

Thanks wittaj for your reply, and for confirming that the normal rules still apply in this situation. I just checked out the videos from last night, and none of the plates are visible at 230 feet as expected, but were fine closer up (about 100 feet). I had the shutter set to 0 ~ 3, gain 50 -...

Yeah, I noticed 1/1000 and 1/2000 didn't work well at all, so I tried slower settings. i think I left it on 1/250 overnight, but they will probably be streaky. I will check the results when I get home. What about setting it to 1/1000 (or maybe 1/750 through custom settings), but cranking the...

Hey guys, just wanted to say thank you to everyone here for helping me understand LPR cameras better, and for making my attempt at it even possible. I just got a Dahua Z12E, and was wondering if anyone has tried it at night with color instead of B/W? I have it aimed at an intersection roughly...