Hikvision 2032 noisy picture

[kwtrading]

Picked up a 2032 recently and after some testing indoors which I thought was fine went ahead and installed outside.
Not sure what is going on but the night time picture is just awful. Lots and lots of noise in the picture. I'm not really convinced daytime is much better but it's at night when it is really obvious. Any ideas what could cause this? I'm hoping it's just something in the settings in the camera and not defective hardware. Resolution is set to 1080p.

Will post a shot from the night and also day. Sorry it's mostly snow without much subject matter.
Can post my camera settings later tonight if that will help.

Thanks

 

[fenderman]

3mp cameras will always be worse than the same camera in a 1.3mp version...your problem is magnified because that area is pitch black and there is nothing for the ir light to bounce off of (although snow usually helps a lot but not in this case.....you either need to add more ir light or more regular lighting...or switch to a 1.3mp camera...
You can improve the image by making sure wdr is off and increase the noise reduction to 100 percent..then play with the gain/brightness/contrast settings..

 

[kwtrading]

Thanks for responding. I ended up moving it tonight closer to the house with more light and closer subject matter based on your comments. What a difference. Looks perfectly fine now.

 

[fenderman]

Awesome!

 

[kwtrading]

Just in time to record the blizzard starting here tomorrow!

 

[fenderman]

Yeah, its going to come down hard...