Advice tweaking for better night image

[33696933]

Caught a couple groups of people checking for unlocked car doors on the same night. These two PTZs aren't tasked with identification but just to watch my car.
They are SD49225 and SD49212 PTZ which are 2MP 1 2/8". One is set to ~1/60 shutter and the other ~1/120. h265 20FPS, at 5-6,000 kbps. haven't really touched the sliders yet. There are also 3 ~15w infrared flood lights with 90degree lenses.

I think they did capture them pretty well but maybe it could do slightly better?
I'm thinking that switching the lenses in the infrared lights to narrower lenses to help illuminate the road instead of the foreground could help.

I feel like they are tuned pretty well and captured really well for what they are covering but the perfectionist in me thinks I could do better.

Most advice is appreciated






edit. 3 of the first group of 5 were caught

 

[wittaj]

Those aren't bad, but the field of view is too wide to get IDENTIFY at night.

Most of us have found that H264 is better, especially at night. I would up the bitrate as well. I run my 49225 at 15,340 bitrate. My other 2MP cam are between 4192 and 8192, but since mine tracks I want it to have more bitrate.

Why do you not have the 49225 track?

 

[33696933]

I actually do have 1-49225, 1-49425 and 1- SD59225U-HNI. These are the older "SD49225T-HN and SD49212T" Amcrest ones flashed to Dahua which I have many more of in storage along with a giant pile of IR Illuminators. I do plan on slapping on 2 more on the poles for identify purposes But its still too hot to crawl in the knee wall attics right now. I have a SD5A825-HNR-YA auto tracking watching over the driveway/apron.

 

[bigredfish]

I'd add more IR and see if you can tighten the shot. The 1/2.8 sensor needs a lot of help at night when shutter is fast enough to minimize blur

 

[33696933]

I'd add more IR and see if you can tighten the shot. The 1/2.8 sensor needs a lot of help at night when shutter is fast enough to minimize blur

Yeah thats what my line of thought was. Swap in 5, 8 or 25degree lenses on my current Tendelux BL18 illuminators and maybe a lenticular lens to make an elliptical pattern.