I've seen discussions here from a few years ago, but what kinds of cameras work well in outdoor night-time situations without IR lights? What does everyone like these days? I wouldn't mind seeing options in the sub-$200 range if that can be achieved.
Good IP Cameras That Don't Need IR Lights
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Yeah as wittaj said most of the cameras are going to need a good amount of light. I mean I have a few cameras that are working on the lights of the outside of my home and works well enough even though I have the White Leds set to Auto they don't come on because the camera finds there is enough light.. Now one camera that I own don't have IR or White leds at all and while I can use in a well lit area I know that it wouldn't work to well in a very dark area.. I mean sure it will work but would not be that great of a video without light.. That is my Dahua N45EF63, Last FW was from 2023 and does offer a 1/1.8in sensor and f/1.0 and with some fancy Dahua software it will work great as long as there is enough light.. The sister camera that I also have with same guts besides comes with 4 white leds that is the Dahua N45EFN2.. So yeah if you are going to use a camera in an area with Motion Lights and want a camera that can work the 5442 line is hard to beat.. Have a few that are OEM 5442 with White leds color at night by design that work well in my normal lit front yard without the WL leds on. But picture looks much better with the LEDS on to be honest but I let the cameras control the lights in some dark areas I have WL lights for trigger in areas that I need them.
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If a camera can get a good background picture at night from just the ambient light, I guarantee any moving object will be blurry.
? Did you mean can't. I can tell you that my cameras with the Ambient light has no motion blur and my camera is running default camera settings just like it came out of the box.. Have cars that go by 20 to 30 miles if not more and have no blur?