melodyabusa
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Those two bright lights are they cameras or something reflecting at my camera?
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Those two bright lights are they cameras or something reflecting at my camera?
EMPIRETECANDY
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Looks ok, but better not watch direct to the wall, the wall reflect the IR back make the other area dark.
+1^^^ to the replies above; rotate cam slightly to its right (outward) to mitigate IR bouncing off your siding at night. The more IR bounce-back the more the camera tries to limit what comes into the sensor causing the rest of the view, your back yard I presume, to become darker.
To answer your specific question, those 2 " bright lights" you see at upper right are either a surface reflecting your cam's IR back to it (vehicle tail lights and DOT reflective tape are really good at that) or the IR from a CCTV camera pointed in YOUR direction.
P.S. - That's a great looking pit in your avatar!
To answer your specific question, those 2 " bright lights" you see at upper right are either a surface reflecting your cam's IR back to it (vehicle tail lights and DOT reflective tape are really good at that) or the IR from a CCTV camera pointed in YOUR direction.
P.S. - That's a great looking pit in your avatar!
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melodyabusa
n3wb
+1^^^ to the replies above; rotate cam slightly to its right (outward) to mitigate IR bouncing off your siding at night. The more IR bounce-back the more the camera tries to limit what comes into the sensor causing the rest of the view, your back yard I presume, to become darker.
To answer your specific question, those 2 " bright lights" you see at upper right are either a surface reflecting your cam's IR back to it (vehicle tail lights and DOT reflective tape are really good at that) or the IR from a CCTV camera pointed in YOUR direction.
P.S. - That's a great looking pit in your avatar!
What about the tiny white dots on the upper left? Thought they were stars but my mom wanted me to check with experts to see if those were cameras or reflections too. She was concerned about it since her last visit.
That's my deceased pit I loved him to bits he passed away from cancer his name was Peanut and he was 12 years old.
Definitely not stars.
Have you walked over that direction during the day to see if it is just something reflective? That would make the most sense.
Go into the camera's GUI and turn off the IR. If those spots disappear, it is something reflecting your IR.
Excellent idea from Ri220 above.
Hopefully it does have a webGUI or phone app so you can turn off the IR at night just to see what happens to those 2 dots at upper left.
To that end, what is the camera make and model?
That image in your first post....is that on a PC or ????
Hopefully it does have a webGUI or phone app so you can turn off the IR at night just to see what happens to those 2 dots at upper left.
To that end, what is the camera make and model?
That image in your first post....is that on a PC or ????
melodyabusa
n3wb
As far as I know it's called GMK and it's a solar powered camera with 360 degree tilt and rotation. It's from Amazon. I have to wait till tonight and look at the settings. The image is from my phone.
Ok, I'll be VERY surprised if the app will allow you to disable the IR but who knows.....
P.S. - Sorry about Peanut, I know exactly what you went through when he passed.
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Unfortunately that looks like quite a cheap camera with very limited options and probably a small sensor. I presume it's this:
The obvious suggestion here given limited in camera options as Andy (Empire Candy) says, is angle the camera away from the wall more so as little of the wall as possible is in the picture - the more it's angled away the less IR potentially gets reflected. I'd try to alter the picture framing to something like this:
Where there's as little of the building / door in the frame as possible. You only need enough to capture someone full height at the door. All that wall is reflecting IR. This probably won't entirely defog the picture, but it should improve it by reducing the amount of IR hitting the wall..
The obvious suggestion here given limited in camera options as Andy (Empire Candy) says, is angle the camera away from the wall more so as little of the wall as possible is in the picture - the more it's angled away the less IR potentially gets reflected. I'd try to alter the picture framing to something like this:
Where there's as little of the building / door in the frame as possible. You only need enough to capture someone full height at the door. All that wall is reflecting IR. This probably won't entirely defog the picture, but it should improve it by reducing the amount of IR hitting the wall..
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Try sliding the "Auto Night Vision" switch to the left then maybe there's an "OK" or "Save" button somewhere.
Then you can put it back when you're done.
Then you can put it back when you're done.