Hey Guys,
I just got 2 of the above cameras and installed them yesterday. First off, these are a huge upgrade from the prior generation camera (comparing to a DS-2CD2032F) - the night performance is really good.
I noticed an odd issue with one of the cameras though. I have some LED lighting on my patio and it seems to create issues with WDR. It appears as if there is a swarm of gnats that follows the light path of the patio lights. It does this in a wave starting from the lowest lights and cycles to highest lights. It will do this regardless of WDR value and cycle all night. If I turn WDR off, it stops.
The camera on the front of the house does not have this issue, but I also don't have those types of lights there. Since I just got these, I want to make sure the camera is not defective. I am hoping this is just a bug/quirk with WDR and those patio lights.
It is running firmware 5.4.5 build 170123
Here is a video showing the issue: WDR Artifacts.mp4
I just got 2 of the above cameras and installed them yesterday. First off, these are a huge upgrade from the prior generation camera (comparing to a DS-2CD2032F) - the night performance is really good.
I noticed an odd issue with one of the cameras though. I have some LED lighting on my patio and it seems to create issues with WDR. It appears as if there is a swarm of gnats that follows the light path of the patio lights. It does this in a wave starting from the lowest lights and cycles to highest lights. It will do this regardless of WDR value and cycle all night. If I turn WDR off, it stops.
The camera on the front of the house does not have this issue, but I also don't have those types of lights there. Since I just got these, I want to make sure the camera is not defective. I am hoping this is just a bug/quirk with WDR and those patio lights.
It is running firmware 5.4.5 build 170123
Here is a video showing the issue: WDR Artifacts.mp4