I'm shopping for some IP cameras. When buying an IP camera, how do you tell if it supports manual exposure settings? A friend of mine has a Hikvision DS-2CD2155FWD-I and he claims that exposure can be manually set, but the site doesn't seem to specify that ability: DS-2CD2155FWD-I(S) 5 MP IR Fixed Dome Network Camera-HIKVISION Latinoamérica Do all IP cameras support manual settings implicitly?
most quality cameras have manual exposure settings.
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I'm shopping for some IP cameras. When buying an IP camera, how do you tell if it supports manual exposure settings? A friend of mine has a Hikvision DS-2CD2155FWD-I and he claims that exposure can be manually set, but the site doesn't seem to specify that ability: DS-2CD2155FWD-I(S) 5 MP IR Fixed Dome Network Camera-HIKVISION Latinoamérica Do all IP cameras support manual settings implicitly?
and be aware mind that the implementation of 'manual' varies between manufacturers.
On Hik's, setting a manual exposure really means 'no LONGER than this setting', so it will adjust for brighter scenes as needed to not blow out the image,
but on others, it locks the exposure at that setting, so you need to adjust it for various times of day, cloud cover, full moon, etc... which can be problematic.
Most annoying (to me at least) are the Dahua's, that both set to what to you specify (leading to over-exposure as described above) AND don;t have a decent profile-management system to automatically adjust during the day, yet stay at a fixed (shortest) exposure at night. There are work-arounds, of course, but would be nice to have more reliable controls than just 'auto' for minimizing motion blur when needed...
What's your (perceived) need for 'manual' exposure control anyways? That may help guide more useful answers...
