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  1. guykuo

    PT - New Dahua Camera Category and Models

    Getting that currently means at least doubling the camera cost. We were spoiled for a time with good low light capabilities mixed with low cost.
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    KP7 Aurora June 1, 2025

    One of the more energetic events since last year's major showing. Color 4KT came through again. Intensity was just barely visible to naked eye, but the camera captured a lot of color that would otherwise be invisible. View is from east of Seattle and our clouds nearly ruined tonight's show.
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    Owl Giving a Ride

    Bunny gets ride with Owl Uber. Gives only one star review. EmpireTech PTZ5A4M-25X managed incidental night capture while pointed out at field. Only IR light is from the PTZ. Capture was triggered in SecuritySpy bythermal camera pointed in same direction.
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    PTZ5A4M-25X vs PTZ4M-25X

    Finally replaced older PTZ4M-25X 4MP (less than ideal 1/2.8 sensor) with a PTZ5A4M-25X 4MP (on 1/1.8 sensor). Now I can supply a more direct comparison between the smaller sensor vs larger sensor PTZ's. Both are 4MP images, but the sensor difference is obvious. First is the 1/2.8 sensored...
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    Cascades Sunrise on Color 4K-T

    Super nice sunrise over Cascades this morning. Start of video was almost black to the naked eye looking out window, but really shows up well on Color 4K-T
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    More EmpireTech Color 4K-T Night Time Delight

    Careful, a few more times and Pavlov will take over if you hear that music elsewhere. o_O
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    More EmpireTech Color 4K-T Night Time Delight

    I hope your legs didn't get too numb. :winktongue:
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    Delivery Driver with pulsing IR

    Haven't seen this yet. Maybe active LIDAR self driving sensors?
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    More EmpireTech Color 4K-T Night Time Delight

    Dawn to Dusk night of April 30 and May 1, 2025 gave a nice show of stars, Milky Way, northern lights, and Andromeda galaxy.
  10. guykuo

    Blue Heron Eats a Bass

    Great capture. Totally agree, 24/7 recording (in addition to motion triggered recording) has been truly worthwhile for me as well. Motion triggers miss a lot of interesting stuff. Course that means I'm recording nearly 3 TB / day on the RAID.
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    Mr. Bear on Thermal and Visual

    First black bear video of this year. Easy to spot on Dahua DH-TPC-BF5421 thermal, but in daytime he also shows up on IPC-T54IR-ZEB-S3. Action is 100 yards out from cameras. Although he usually seems a slow lumbering beast, Mr. Bear is way faster than I can run. Would not want him after me!
  12. guykuo

    Relaxation Time Lapse with 4K-X

    A calming, cloud time lapse made with EmpireTech Color 4K-X 6 mm camera.
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    Color 4K-T 3.6 mm NE Sky April 24 2025

    Milky Way, aurora and hundreds of Starlink satellites decorate PNW looking northeast over Cascades from 0100 to dawn. Best viewed on YT with quality set to 4K Captured at 3FPS and time lapse done in Final Cut Pro
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    4K-X 6mm uneven focus

    This morning the Color 4K-X 6mm caught crescent moon rising. Earthlight lit up dark portion of moon enough to be visible on 4K-TX sensor. The entire frame is supplied so one can see 6 mm focus is pretty good for distance and onward to infinity. I agree it would not be good for close objects.
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    4K-X 6mm uneven focus

    Sometimes it takes three cams to get everything you want in one direction.... One for license plates, one for general street view, Color 4K-X for tight sky view.
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    IR halo ring issue in a IPC-B52IR-Z12E S2.

    Anything within three feet and in forward of camera front plane can bounce back enough IR to create a halo. I've been unpleasantly surprised a few times by nearby objects that I thought would be far enough lateral, but proven to be an issue. Solution was moving camera forward or removing...
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    Eagle Nebula on Color 4K-X

    It is right at the limit of what the sensor and 6 mm lens can pick up, but the Eagle Nebula shows up as a faint blob in this time lapse. You can see the sensor gain is nearly too high by the presence of fixed hot pixels, but the nebula is obviously a real part of the moving star field. I zoomed...
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    4K-X 6mm uneven focus

    Ironically, I'd love to have a 10 mm lens for even tighter framing on one of mine.
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    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.
  22. guykuo

    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.
  23. guykuo

    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.
  27. guykuo

    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!
  28. guykuo

    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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