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Hikvision DS-2CD2432F-IW or Amcrest IP2M-841 ? hi - 1st: they are both very good Cams {I have 2 of each.} & have served me well for 9+mos. so far. I mounted them "outside" in custom-enclosures in "protected" locations; and they have survived a winter-summer(29 -- 99 degs) and spring...

re: Motion Detection outside "AREA(s)" I drew. _ DS-2CD2432F-IW { F/W Vers V5.3.0 build 150423 } HI, How can I stop the recording of motion outside the "area(s)" I defined? I use two of these cams, both are detecting/recording on motion outside of the zone(s) drawn/selected on the...

Can't really blame camera makers when browsers get updated so frequently ,,,

have U tried Firefox? imo : those MS Windoze folks are doing some strange things ... _ ( I decided to turn-off their auto-updates)

interesting observation, Gunny

Hi What are your thoughts regarding adding a NAS ? (e.g Synology Diskstation ds115j) I have (2)Hikvision DS-2CD2432F-IW & (2)Amcrest ip2m-841. All cams are currently recording to u-SDCards in-Cams thnx

Been lucky so far .... still pleased after 13 mos. (in TX & southern travels) ... btw: I remove from Car when not needed & remove from windshield when parked (esp. bright-sun)

WheelWitness HD PRO Dash CamASIN - B00OTZWJE2

Although I use the SDCard-storage, I recently experienced this issue after changing some IE10 security settings suggest: Try to use Internet Explorer in "Administrator level" ;; this fixed prob. for me. _ Also, Firefox did NOT exhibit this issue note: you can modify the IE shortcut...

Re: odd ...Night "Exposure Settings" Configuration must be tweaked each evening .. sadly, that setting {OFF [Smart IR]}had NO effect on symptoms as reported in OP. image each evening is still darker than PreSet the prior evening ... Once I manually, temporarily-change : CONFIGURATION |...

odd ...Night "Exposure Settings" Configuration must be tweaked each evening .. here's short (1/3 speed) video-clip recorded "during" the instant (20:28:51) when I "UNDO" that "temporary change" I described in my OP. Before that "instant", the displayed-image is "darker" than had been setup...

as requested --- Snippets of SETTINGS { Configuration | Advanced | Image | DisplaySettings } COMMON - red NIGHT - violet thank for looking and suggestions OldTechy ..................................................

added for clarity ... when I reported : >> "camera "LiveView" is noticeably-darker than how it was configured the evening prior ... " << .. No Other Conditions Were Changed. The reported symptoms were : - always on the Same Monitor - at the same time in the evening - lighting conditions...

pozello : fascinating commentary on your cam settings. Let's hope another poster might provide a solution to the issue described in my original inquiry(post).

Hi: (Cam newbie here) DS-2CD2432F {V5.3.0 build 150423} problem : Each evening, the camera "LiveView" is noticeably-darker than how it was configured the evening prior. So again, each evening, in order to have the image presented as setup the previously evening, I need to make a "temporary"...