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Flock installed LPR's without permits and has now been banned from operating in two states
The quality is vastly better than Flock. We capture way more plates at way higher resolution. And we have overview video as well which Flock doesn't offer. Flock does have an advantage in ALPR, but this isn't really a feature we need. At some point I may play around with the Blue Iris add-on... -
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Flock installed LPR's without permits and has now been banned from operating in two states
We had one already and have gotten rid of it. There's no restriction on private use. The potential concerns come if authorities use multiple cameras them to track movements. Our issue was the system was vandalized multiple times and Flock's monitoring wasn't good enough to detect it. -
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Flock installed LPR's without permits and has now been banned from operating in two states
Fingers crossed. Ours are on a 12' pole and we painted them with camouflage paint so they aren't as obvious as the Flock camera was. Still, it would suck if someone painted them. I emailed Andy to see if he has any protective domes/film. This also looks interesting: BDF AG4M Window Film... -
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Flock installed LPR's without permits and has now been banned from operating in two states
Bad guys really don't like Flock. At first they cut the power cable from the solar cell on our camera. Now they cut the repaired cable, spray painted the lens, and hit the camera with something. The irony is that we've implemented our own cameras and Flock isn't even active any more... -
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Picture tuning suggestions
Yeah stationary cars looked great in auto mode, but moving cars were really blurry. I figure the cars are going 15-20mph at the capture point, so with my 20ms shutter they travel ~6" during each frame--already not great. With auto mode's slower shutter, they probably move 1-2 feet. -
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Picture tuning suggestions
Update: I ran the tests that I mentioned earlier. As most of you pointed out, there simply wasn't enough light in the scene for the camera. In fact, to get color on the stationary car with no headlights, I needed to use a 30ms shutter with a gain of 70. Headlights/taillights actually improved... -
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Picture tuning suggestions
Yes. There's a good chance this situation is just because I don't know what I'm doing...:) -
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Picture tuning suggestions
Nope they are off. Our previous Flock camera was disabled twice by bad guys, so we want to keep this installation more obscure. If we have to add light, we would use some kind of external lighting. -
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Picture tuning suggestions
Yeah--hoping to avoid extra lighting for aesthetic reasons but may have to go there. But I'm still not sure how much of the issue is ambient light. As I mentioned, the left side of the image is almost under a street light and the right side is about about 40 ft away. The scene is far from... -
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Picture tuning suggestions
We had limited places where could install the camera and backhaul the signal to the NVR. Our primary goal was to capture plates, which is working well. So now we just need to get as much as we can from the overview. We'd be happy with just car color and model--don't need a lot of detail. I... -
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Picture tuning suggestions
We have just put in a couple of cameras to monitor the entrance to our neighborhood. Our LP capture is operating well but I'm having trouble getting our overview camera to capture acceptable images at night. Our only goal for this camera is to be able to identify the color and model of the... -
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Flock installed LPR's without permits and has now been banned from operating in two states
About 8 days. They have to credit us for the time the camera was down, but nothing more. It's beside the point since the requirement is that it be up on the rare occasion it is needed. -
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Flock installed LPR's without permits and has now been banned from operating in two states
By the way, Flock told us that they did know the camera wasn't working--They just hadn't gotten around to fixing it or telling us. We felt much better :rolleyes::rolleyes: