New backyard Wildlife Cam Install

[Q™]

you might bring it down a little bit and focus the IR more outwards...

I thought this through and I think that I'll do this. The (8-foot high) 2-inch pvc pipe has too much sway in high winds, so it's gotta be rebuild anyway...and it stands to reason that raising the IR throw angle will potentially gain better night vision depth. I'll post back here with the results when I get to it in a week or two.

 

[nayr]

its trying to compensate the exposure for the hotspot and that makes the rest of the image darker than it should be, your not really getting the low light performance you were looking for.. so dont light up the ground for a wildlife cam, try to keep IR reflection to an absolute minimum.. branches, grass, nothing other than bugs or really close critters should light it up like that.

your not really needing great detail so let it run a slow shutter with high gain, you should be able to see that whole yard at night and identify the creature.

most wildlife cams typically work best at body height for the target critter.. if its small dogs kep it down low, your at like elephant height.

 

[Q™]

Yah baby. I'll use this sucker which I've been saving for the last 10 years...I knew it'd come in handy before I died. I'll install it chest high into a concrete footing. I doubt it will sway in the wind, eh? And, as an added benefit, it'll survive a wayward rhinoceros wandering into the yard and bumping into it.

 

[Q™]

you might bring it down a little bit and focus the IR more outwards, I thought that looked wide for a 6mm nice to see the fov on a 3.6

Hey thanks for the excellent suggestion Nayr. I dropped the installed height of this Longse S500 camera from 7-feet down to 5-feet and the IR cast at the 5-foot height is longer resulting in a much larger viewing area. Superb idea bro; thank you. Below is a comparison of Blue Iris clip snapshots of each installed height. UNFORTUNATELY (for the sake of accuracy) I must report that the "Before Image" was recorded with the original Longse S500 firmware and the "After Image" was recorded with Klasipca's new firmware (which he posted several days ago), although I am certain that lowering the height of the S500 IR has resulted in a longer IR throw and significantly better lighting of my back yard. I'm considering lowering this camera down to a 4-foot height in the future.

 

[Tiger_Claw]

First critter capture! Not too sure what it is and more than a little disappointed about the image quality!

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Hey wait one bloody minute I think know her. :livid:

Tiger

 

[nayr]

Hey thanks for the excellent suggestion Nayr. I dropped the installed height of this Longse S500 camera from 7-feet down to 5-feet and the IR cast at the 5-foot height is longer resulting in a much larger viewing area. Superb idea bro; thank you. Below is a comparison of Blue Iris clip snapshots of each installed height. UNFORTUNATELY (for the sake of accuracy) I must report that the "Before Image" was recorded with the original Longse S500 firmware and the "After Image" was recorded with Klasipca's new firmware (which he posted several days ago), although I am certain that lowering the height of the S500 IR has resulted in a longer IR throw and significantly better lighting of my back yard. I'm considering lowering this camera down to a 4-foot height in the future.

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thats much better, and a great example how installing it and framing it can be just as important (or more so) than the actual camera its self.. The best camera in the world installed poorly wont perform any better than the cheapest junk you can find installed correctly.

 

[Q™]

thats much better, and a great example how installing it and framing it can be just as important (or more so) than the actual camera its self.. The best camera in the world installed poorly wont perform any better than the cheapest junk you can find installed correctly.

That camera was not installed poorly. It was -- however -- not positioned optimally.

 

[Q™]

Here are some videos from my Longse S500 backyard "Wildlife Cam"...

 

[Q™]

as far as I know this camera is not weather resistance.

FYI: this camera has been installed outside without "overhang protection" for two (2) months now and no issues yet.

 

[videobruce]

What is the distance between the camera and those two objects that are reflecting in the center of the screen?

 

[Q™]

What is the distance between the camera and those two objects that are reflecting in the center of the screen?

Those two (2) objects are not reflections...they are solar garden lights and the distance is approximately 100-feet.

 

[videobruce]

I couldn't tell if they were lights or refections, one of the videos, they weren't visible. Are they are the edge of the grass before those bushes (or whatever they are)?

 

[Q™]

I couldn't tell if they were lights or refections, one of the videos, they weren't visible. Are they are the edge of the grass before those bushes (or whatever they are)?

Yes.

 

[Q™]

The 5MP Longse RoboCat LRDC60S500 catches another deer with the munchies roaming around my yard.

Don't forget to set the YouTube playback to HD.

 

[nayr]

thanks Q, these are the best sample night videos of this camera so far.. everyone kept posting still images with no moving targets, and it never really showed that they are capable of.. thats pretty good, just slightly overexposed but it dont matter for wildlife so I wouldn't mess with it.

 

[geebee]

Great idea! I might have to put one by my chicken coop and ditch the old trail cam!

 

[Q™]

I would recommend the LBW90S500 over the LRDC60S500.

 

[jim7]

looks good