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  1. guykuo

    Moonrise via Color 4K-X 6mm

    My Sky cams are set to manual shutter with 0 to 333 as the range. Frame rate is set to 3 FPS to match the long exposure. Camera automatically drops frame rate encoded when exposure goes long. So setting a baseline low rate avoids my video editor choking on video with variable frame rates. Gain...
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    Moonrise via Color 4K-X 6mm

    Cropped from top half of frame from Color 4K-X 6 mmm camera Moonrise looking to the Cascades, southeast. Lights to right are on Snoqualmie Ridge. Salish Lodge (Great Northern Hotel in Twin Peaks) are lights in center.
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    Christmas Sunrise 2024

    Two of my "sky cam" Color 4KT's caught these while I was away at work. Didn't realize what a sunrise had occurred until review on Boxing day.
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    Natural Gas Generators

    Our Kohler 18k developed unstable rpm control after about ten years. Would seek up and down incessantly. Service crew replaced multiple parts and could never resolve issue which seems to be endemic to its design. Replaced with Cummins 18k and that has been a solid performer.
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    IPC-T54IR-ZE S3 Wall Mounting - Direct or Bracket?

    The cable spec looks fine to me. Get more than you think you need. You will eventually need it and cable doesn’t “expire”.
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    IPC-T54IR-ZE S3 Wall Mounting - Direct or Bracket?

    Go for the pull through style plugs. I switched to them and it is SO much easiest to make good terminations than the old style plugs. This set is a good starter. https://www.amazon.com/PETECHTOOL-Crimping-tool-Ethernet-Connectors/dp/B09CG5XYP5? 1. Practice by making some short cables. Don't do...
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    IPC-T54IR-ZE S3 Wall Mounting - Direct or Bracket?

    Trims off jacket and stuffs wires through smaller hole. Smart and dumb at same time.
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    IPC-T54IR-ZE S3 Wall Mounting - Direct or Bracket?

    When I started out with IP cams, I drilled big holes to fit pigtails through. Have learned better since and now always use a junction box so as to need much smaller penetrations. Smaller holes = easier to water tight seal holes.
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    OMG Thermal!

    So many of them have red noses.... It's as if one had done something to be punished. I am Rudlph! I am Rudlph! I am Rudlph! I am Rudlph!
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    Seattle Area Bomb Cyclone Sky Captures November 2024

    All the security network and critical loads are on UPS's. The UPS's are needed to cover the several second transfer from mains to whole house generator.
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    Seattle Area Bomb Cyclone Sky Captures November 2024

    Some coyotes came through last night. Was a chance to try out the new magnetic masking capability in Final Cut Pro and combine it with the three raccoons that came through as power came back on. Human added for see comparison. The result is fairly convincing....
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    Seattle Area Bomb Cyclone Sky Captures November 2024

    Power was restored after four days. Had to celebrate with a little video from the security system.
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    Seattle Area Bomb Cyclone Sky Captures November 2024

    Loryta Color 4KT's ----- My sky cameras are set up primarily for getting footage for time lapse. So, the frame rate for encoding is only 3 FPS. That also keeps the camera from varying its frame rate as exposure time adjusts up. The Color-4KT will drop its encoded frame rate if exposure time...
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    Seattle Area Bomb Cyclone Sky Captures November 2024

    We're still without mains power, but sky cams are still on the job. Last time this size outage happened it was an 11 day outage in my area. PNW bomb cyclone time lapse. Wind direction during bomb cyclone is reverse from usual prevailing. That likely contributed to the numerous tree falls as the...
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    A Little Cloud Play

    Extended version....
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    dahua cam is constantly resolving SMTP server since firmware update V2.820.0000000.63.R, Build Date: 2024-08-07

    Yikes. Another of the many reasons to keep security cameras on their own isolated network. I don't allow any of my cameras to have a working DNS service, let alone a reach outside their isolated security network. They only get local NTP service. No phoning home! Still, that is a lot of DNS...
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    A Little Cloud Play

    A short showcasing some October November cloud play over the Cascades. (EmpireTech IPC-Color-4KT 3.6 mm) [Changed to 59.9 FPS, lower motion judder version]
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    OMG Thermal!

    Not in the plugin. You have to select the channel for thermal before the palette options appear in the camera settings.
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    EmpireTech Time Sync Issue

    MacOS user here. So, no Windows Explorer being used for setting my Dahua cameras. I use Chrome and it works fine for basic settings. I don't use any smart camera features. SecuritySpy does all my image capture and analysis. Chrome should work fine for setting the time server settings. Your...
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    Moonrise Valley Oct 22, 2024

    A pretty one to relax with. Color 4KT 3.6 mm does its magic with moonlight.
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    Comet at 57.6 Million miles....

    We didn't get a chance at the comet until tonight's break from a long stretch of continuous Pacific Northwest cloud cover. By tonight, it had faded below naked eye visibility. Color-4KT sky cam came through.
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    Serene Sunset and Moonlight

    Full moon tonight created an opportunity to showcase a Color-4KT turning night into day using moonlight. 4K full screen recommended.
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    Auroras!

    Yes. The Color-4KT's perform well for capturing aurora activity. Last night was just dimly visible to the naked eye at our location. Phone cameras could capture some color, but nothing really vivid due to partial layer of clouds. Despite those conditions, I could create a nice time lapse after...
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    Bobcat on the Hunt

    A pair of hunting buddies complete the night time portion of sweep.
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    Bobcat on the Hunt

    Look out, kitty. Almost same place, same time.
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    KP7 Aurora Oct 7 2024

    I use four EmpireTech Color 4KT 3.6 mm lens units as sky cams.
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    KP7 Aurora Oct 7 2024

    Strongest display we have seen in the Seattle area since the major May 2024 event. With KP7 intensity, red and green colors were visible to naked eye.
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    Bunny Hunt - Three Opposing Teams

    Still has four lucky feet, but that will change....
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    Geosynchronous Satellites

    Andy, is that you?
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    Geosynchronous Satellites

    I think these are geosynchronous satellites flaring into view Fixed position, but flaring dots amidst a moving star field. These all seem to be along the same plane. They also reappear at same location and time on different nights. Bright pixels stuck on in camera sensor should not flare at...
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