Set the shutter range on the Dahua. Hit the drop down on the shutter and go to the bottom and select "Customized Range". Then put in "0" for the 1st number and 8ms for the second number (which is 1/125).
I've not tinkered with the Iris. I'm not sure if the Dahua cameras leave it be at 50% (or whatever you happen to have the slider set to) no matter what the shutter speed is set to or if they auto adjust. It appears they leave it set and auto adjust the shutter instead.
Ok I read and I'm not understanding. Which is better overall for color low light for say monitoring cars on a driveway at night ?
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That's the version I'm on
Ok I read and I'm not understanding. Which is better overall for color low light for say monitoring cars on a driveway at night ?
Nice Driveway, I will make sure and park my oil leaking car on the streetDepends how much light you have on the driveway. My plan is to use the Hik as my driveway camera. If I get around to it today or tomorrow (it's not an easy install!) I can post what it looks like. I have a 2.8mm Hik ColoVu on my front porch, and it does pretty well at 1/500 with decent ambient light, I'm guessing the same camera on my driveway will do well.
E.g., this is my current (older) 2142FWD dome set at 1/50 exposure. The Hik ColorVu will blow this away.
Sorry, tried to post an .mp4 with a car driving by but it wouldn't upload.
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If you can't flood the area with white light than you are better off running in IR. You will need a faster shutter (1/125 or faster) to capture facial images without blur. That will dim the color pictures at night quite a bit.
I'm partial to the Dahua Starlights. I really like them.
Depends how much light you have on the driveway. My plan is to use the Hik as my driveway camera. If I get around to it today or tomorrow (it's not an easy install!) I can post what it looks like. I have a 2.8mm Hik ColoVu on my front porch, and it does pretty well at 1/500 with decent ambient light, I'm guessing the same camera on my driveway will do well.
E.g., this is my current (older) 2142FWD dome set at 1/50 exposure. The Hik ColorVu will blow this away.
Sorry, tried to post an .mp4 with a car driving by but it wouldn't upload.
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Hik isn't as easy to install as dahua ?
My cat5e will be running externally. No drilled holes. Do i need junction boxes for both options ?
Here is a vid of the Hik in 1/500 exposure last night. I keep my landscape and potlight lighting on through the night. I find the Dahua seems to have more options available for tweaking than the Hik.
Not sure what you're asking about the junction boxes. But the Hikvision has a bit more space in the back due to it being a larger camera, the Dahua has nothing so unless you can push the cables into say a soffit hole, you'll need a junction box. Where abouts are you in the GTA btw (I'm in North Vaughan)?
potlight huh?