Exactly right. Force the BW for IR, don't rely on Auto as I and others mention all the timeCamera is remaining in color mode becasue its seeing enough light from that external light.
You'll have to force it and set it to B&W not using Auto
Let us know how you get on @Sonnie and if you need any further assistance.I have set it as recommended here... will test it tonight.
Since I set my camera full color 24/7 I don't know what's good setting for you with IR. But it seems like your setting of Brightness and Gamma are way too high.Definitely look better, but not as good as I believe it could be... any suggestions?
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Try shutter 0-13, Gain-50. Illuminator-Manual- Near light and Far Light- 50 and see what happen.When viewing live, I do notice quite a bit of noise... the faint snow of bad reception on the network channels back in the 60s.