So I placed the order for the IR light 2 days ago and paid $20 to get 3-7 day shipping. It has changed status from Verifying Payment to seller is processing order. For future reference, is there a faster way to get shipments? Maybe one form of payment is processed faster than another (I like having credit card protection though), maybe it is dependent on the seller?
nayr
IPCT Contributor
you just paid for quicker shipping method, wha'd the processing time say?
So the IR light arrived at my house yesterday. I will be home on Friday and I hope to install this over the weekend. The old camera used auto iris via the image sensor (see pic in OP), not the lens. The lens is manual iris. Is this cam likely to work in day and night or am I only going to be able to do one well? It shows 1/3" 1:14, 5.0mm to 50mm aspherical. I am wondering if I need to get one shipped out, and maybe even reserve the ability to return it. This camera is several hours from me.
nayr
IPCT Contributor
it'd help if you spelled it right @frakred 
Give that lens a go, it should work.. im not sure how great Auto-Iris really is for a LPR camera frankly, in theory it seems like you'd need it... in practice, it auto-iris changes your focal points.. so like I focused my camera in full light on a bright day.. right now its focus is spot on, however right around dawn/dusk before Ive adjusted the focus for night it opens the aperture up, this shrinks my focal point down and some points that were in clear focus earlier in the day are slightly blurry until the IR kicks in.
ive been thinking about disabling auto-iris, but I dont have the desire to mess with the camera right now.. its running good.
Give that lens a go, it should work.. im not sure how great Auto-Iris really is for a LPR camera frankly, in theory it seems like you'd need it... in practice, it auto-iris changes your focal points.. so like I focused my camera in full light on a bright day.. right now its focus is spot on, however right around dawn/dusk before Ive adjusted the focus for night it opens the aperture up, this shrinks my focal point down and some points that were in clear focus earlier in the day are slightly blurry until the IR kicks in.
ive been thinking about disabling auto-iris, but I dont have the desire to mess with the camera right now.. its running good.