I was more concerned with night time outdoor video than day time. most camera's "see" stuff during the day more or less. The low light " staying in Color" was what I was after. If I get a Plate, with the LPR cam, I also want a color and possible make of the vehicle. that what I'm using the 5442 2.8 mm for. strictly to show me what is coming in the property at night. Everybody seems to be behaving ( for the most part) during the day. It's night time where i get the Catalytic Converter thieves, and door checkers, and Coyotes, and wandering homeless people. I can tune the over sharpened day time image down, but it's looking towards the Sunrise, and the shadows change thoughout the day, So i'm not trying too hard with day time settings. All I need is the UPS, Amazon, Vendors, repairmen, etc driving on the lot at day time.
I have motion every minute of every day. so I don't have the luxury of fiddling with settings too much on cameras.