5 MegaGixel 1/1.8" low light destroyer for $90-AVOID LONGSE JUNK

[klasipca]

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[Larebear]

Nah, won't be ordering any of the S500's. Will stick with the Huisun's for now. Really like the PT and zoom and the LPR at night.

 

[klasipca]

Nah, won't be ordering any of the S500's. Will stick with the Huisun's for now. Really like the PT and zoom.

Well, Huisun is not that great in comparison to s500. Different angle, but you can see that not much detail in this view, so there is quite a room for improvement. Huisun is great for small area coverage:

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[spixel]

Lets try again. Both cams at 5pm

Hikvision 4MP dome


s500, using default image settings, except increased bitrate to 8000

Despite its shortcomings, I think it still deserves the title of low light destroyer. Such a nice clean image.

 

[klasipca]

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[klasipca]

I am cautiously trying again to change from default settings without triggering image over processing as I showed earlier. It appears when AE Auto used it uses less then 1/25 for shutter. Getting different results with 1/25 and Gain enabled.

 

[atom]

I am cautiously trying again to change from default settings without triggering image over processing as I showed earlier. It appears when AE Auto used it uses less then 1/25 for shutter. Getting different results with 1/25 and Gain enabled.

Sounds good. It looks like that motion blur at night is the main issue these have. GL!

 

[klasipca]

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[alastairstevenson]

I don't suppose ONVIF Device Manager would allow you to change image settings without adverse side effects? A more limited set of parameters, but a different way in to the configuration.

 

[klasipca]

I don't suppose ONVIF Device Manager would allow you to change image settings without adverse side effects? A more limited set of parameters, but a different way in to the configuration.

I haven't tried it, for now just using camera ui to make the changes. I suspect it's DNR setting primarily which I am leaving on default for now. Right now the picture looks nice, better during day then what I've was getting before. I also noticed screenshot captures don't look as good as actual video. I will post daylight video soon.

 

[Q™]

@klasipca what are the different resolutions which this camera runs?

 

[klasipca]

@klasipca what are the different resolutions which this camera runs?

2592x1944
2048x1536
1920x1080


secondary stream is only 720x480

 

[spixel]

For the image over processing issue..instead of reloading the firmware did you try removing power from the camera? I have a similar issue with a hikvision turbo hd, whenever I access the osd menu to change settings, the image goes all strange. Factory reset doesn't fix it, have to pull the power and its fine when it boots back up.

 

[klasipca]

For the image over processing issue..instead of reloading the firmware did you try removing power from the camera? I have a similar issue with a hikvision turbo hd, whenever I access the osd menu to change settings, the image goes all strange. Factory reset doesn't fix it, have to pull the power and its fine when it boots back up.

I didn't pull power, I've rebooted it via web interface.

 

[klasipca]

I've prepared list of bugs I found and sent it to Longse. Hopefully Major issues will be addressed related to Image settings, grammar I don't care too much.

1. Major: AE Mode - Auto causes motion blur of objects at night. Appears to use shutter less than 1/25

2. Major: AE Mode – Manual with Gain Control results in images either over exposed or underexposed. For instance if the Gain control set during Night time image will be overexposed during daylight and vice versa. Need to implement Auto Gain Control feature for this mode to work properly!


3. Major: Corrupt/over processed images when attempting to fine tune the picture with DNR Mode set to Both Manual and using Sharpness. Unable to get back to original default settings with good picture.

Steps:

Set sharpness to max


Set DNR Mode to Manual and all values to max


Set sharpness back to default value


Set DNR Mode back to Auto


Note the image quality which has been degraded, during daylight it may show occasional corruption as below. I don’t have exact steps to reproduce this, but it happened when I was making changes to Sharpness, DNR, AE and I had to reset the camera to get things back to normal.


4. Medium. Restoring Factory Settings doesn’t reset settings for image quality. I had to reload firmware to get default (optimal results)



5. Minor: Misspelling


Should be “Both Manual” & “DNR Mode”


Should be “Closed”


Should be “Defog Mode”


Should be "Login failed. Please make sure the username and password is correct"


6. Minor. Language default to Chinese when logging in or log out


7. Minor. Remember Me button doesn’t Remember anything


8. Medium. Video Auto mode causes Ir Cut filter turn on/off at night time every few seconds

 

[atom]

Great stuff klasipca. If they respond by addressing at least the major issues it will not only result in a better camera, but also a great deal of faith in the company and their products. What they do next will be very telling...

 

[klasipca]

Great stuff klasipca. If they respond by addressing at least the major issues it will not only result in a better camera, but also a great deal of faith in the company and their products. What they do next will be very telling...

Thanks! Really hoping for this to work out. My contact from Longse forwarded the issues to technical support, so I will keep you updated.

 

[tomw]

Good work, they should hire you for QA.

fwiw, this: "Login failed. Please make sure the username and password is correct"
Should be this: "Login failed. Please make sure the username and password are correct""

 

[klasipca]

Good work, they should hire you for QA.

fwiw, this: "Login failed. Please make sure the username and password is correct"
Should be this: "Login failed. Please make sure the username and password are correct""

Heh, I've been in QA in the past for a long time, not really looking for any more of it

 

[klasipca]

I've been monitoring/reviewing video from my NVR for the past few days and just loving the clean image. I did set NVR to record at 1080p though, because 5MP image with 8000 bitrate @25fps seems too much to handle for my NVR to display in the live view. Unfortunately, nothing I can do about motion blur at the moment at night, but I hope technical support will come through with this.