Had the tampering altering on for a couple of evenings now and not had an alert from it.
Okay, thanks for the update. It's not a big problem and I think has a lot to do with the mounting location and IR reflecting off the house eaves.
I never have tampering set. Only invites false alrams. Lost signal yes, but not tampering. Considering not enabling that and save the headache.
I don't think this is about false alarms it's more around the fact the Image flashes that then triggers the Tampering alerting.
What are the image settings of the 2335? (exposure, brightness, etc)?I retried the camera in Day mode when it was dark and here are the pictures.
Mrs leaving drive
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Scene just after
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Tweaked the sateration a little, maybe a little too much
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But back to IR after as our street lights are turned off between 01:00 and 05:00 here..
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Sorry, this Cam is currently awaiting deployment and I think the settings were changed too...
@triumph202 On another thread you mentioned that the 2342 clarity is better than the 2335 camera. You posted only one daylight picture of the 2335 but not of the 2342. Could you post a daylight comparison between the 2342 and the 2335? I have the 2342 but unfortunately it is no longer available and I am forced to choose between the 2335 (3MPixel ultra low light) and the 2355 (5Mpixel, non low light). Your picture of your garden with 2335 is very clear (especially the brown gravel).@Parley, so there's a setting in the NVR web page for the ratio format of the Liveview, which also seems to do the playback ratio. You can set "Auto Fill" (current setting that stretches it), 16:9 or 4:3. So I can have 4:3 and get two cameras right, 16:9 and the others okay and "Auto Fill" might as well just be called 16:9- that's basically what it seems to do! I need to check what effect it has on the NVR HDMI output now that I've left it in 4:3. I haven't found any settings on the NVR itself.
Some good news the DS-2CD2335FWD-I 3MP Ultra Low Light 6mm seems to have good focus across the lens. Some screen captures below- night shots as normal but with a wet road and some low cloud. I need to check settings and see what bit rate is best:
6mm day
6mm at night- set auto switch to night and IR if lights fail
The 4mm has been moved and works very well in it's new position.
Previous Hik DS-2CD2342FWD-I 4MP 2.8mm at night other end of house (1/25th locked in colour, 10 Watt LED flood light from above.)
Same conditions with DS-2CD2335WFD-I 3MP 4mm Ultra Low Light - set to auto day/ night 1/25th
DS-2CD2335WFD-I 3MP 4mm Ultra Low Light day time
DS-2CD2335WFD-I 3MP 4mm Ultra Low Light with all LED floods lights off, auto switched to night with inbuilt IR on.
IPC-HDW5231R-Z 2MP Starlight re-aimed and zoomed in a bit closer to cover the car. Pushing it's limits in colour and the IR just washes out big time (still in same location under eaves.)
I no longer have a 2342 and 2335 mounted in the same location for direct comparison, but there is a difference between my cameras in daytime. (Don't forget I'm using a 55" 4k TV to view the video via the 4k output from my NVR.) I also had poor focus issues with my 2335 6mm and my 4mm seems a bit soft on the LHS of the image. My four 2342 cameras seem to have better optics and focus. At night the 2335 is far superior, but if you're using IR then the 2342 won't be such a disadvantage. You do get H265 with the 2335 - if your system can utilise that?
Being a distributor of HIK does not mean that you can import and distribute in your area of commercial responsibility whatever you like. In my area (South Europe) HIK decided to push specific models to distributors.
I forgot to say that some of that extra light is from the IR on other cameras in the back yard. Especially the grass right in front of the camera and also the far left wall.
I've come across the same thing in Australia. They had the 2335 on the Aussie website but as soon as I asked for a price (from the local retailer) Hik Australia said they weren't available and took them off their site! So I bought them from AliExpress.
I noticed you've ordered a new camera, but have you thought about changing the lens on your "old" 4MP? I changed one of my DS-2CD2342WD-I from the factory 2.8mm to a 16mm lens. I've been quite impressed with the quality of the image. There's a capture at the bottom of this page Change a Hikvision lens from 2.8mm to 4mm or 6mm?
The cameras that I am replacing are not all that great at night as you can see in the posted photos. So that is why I am slowly changing them to the Low Light cameras which are a nice improvement for the night time. Just tying to see what lens fits best for the location. I already have a camera there so it helps to make a determination for improvement. Now down the road I may indeed change out a lens and use your great write up.
