looks amazing! Thanks for your keep sharing here! @bigredfish
Review-SD4A425DB-HNY 1/2.8" CMOS 4MP 25x Starlight Auto-tracking MiniPTZ
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Just ordered another
Looks like 3 left in stock on Amazon now
Looks like 3 left in stock on Amazon now
Right now Show only 1 left .We Use air shipping to US to make fast stocks. This lot only have 18pcs, so still have 15pcs left. Stocks all at US now, just make the order, the shipping time just an estimate.
I just got this camera and experienced the same left and right stripes through the picture at night. This camera is on the back of my house. On the front of my house I have an Empire Tech PTZ SD49425XB-HNR and the night vision in complete darkness is pretty impressive. I was hoping for the same with the SD4A425DB-HNY. I just updated the firmware so I will see if that makes a difference. I like to use my PTZ cams at night because that's when all the cool critters come out to play. My PTZ cams are basically for entertainment purposes so good night vision is important. I would have just bought a 2nd SD49425XB-HNR because they aren't much more but the location is a bit cramped on the back of the house.
This is shadow from the globe , not much to do about it really
I'll get some pics after dark tonight. This shadowing starts as soon as into goes into IR mode. It doesn't even need to be that dark to start seeing it.
Kind of wishing I would have gone with a 2nd SD49425XB-HNR because it has stellar night vision. The pic is from my SD49425XB-HNR with no extra lighting. That's zoomed in from about 180 feet away.
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Here's a shot of the stripes mentioned above. Plus other reflections off the dome. This is complete darkness. I tried every setting I can think of and nothing really helps. It seems to be the nature of the camera having a dome. 
Thanks for your pics, The only light on the camera is the IR, no other light right? PTZ at all angle have same stripes Just get you a DM, we need a short video via DAV format to analysis.
Correct, just IR light. The striping is there panning left and right as well as up and down. If I zoom in about 30% (beyond the stripes) the picture looks fine.
Hi @Keizer
I make some further talking with engineer and @jmcu , this cam has some speical design on the dome make washout not happen.
Look at the dome cover. It is painted placket, only have a narrow view,Painted black. This is so you don't get the reflection like you do with most dome cameras, so this is a special design, if use the normal design way, the dome one will be badly wash out. So at low light dark place,Will show middle more IR.
For the another stripes on the top right of the video, mainly because of the right reflection, not sure this is a light or some glasss surface reflect the IR.
So the solutions have 2
1.Change the localtion of this cam, far away from something that refelct.
2.In the deep dark place if want all wide IR, Change the cam to the black face SD49425XB-HNR. MINI Dome cam have some limit on its structure. But if install the black face camera here will also have some reflection too, so still need to install the cams to more left side.
Remember install IR cams better not install some place that can direct reflect.
Gutter collects rain water from roof is the main effect the IR night pics you show.
I make some further talking with engineer and @jmcu , this cam has some speical design on the dome make washout not happen.
Look at the dome cover. It is painted placket, only have a narrow view,Painted black. This is so you don't get the reflection like you do with most dome cameras, so this is a special design, if use the normal design way, the dome one will be badly wash out. So at low light dark place,Will show middle more IR.
For the another stripes on the top right of the video, mainly because of the right reflection, not sure this is a light or some glasss surface reflect the IR.
So the solutions have 2
1.Change the localtion of this cam, far away from something that refelct.
2.In the deep dark place if want all wide IR, Change the cam to the black face SD49425XB-HNR. MINI Dome cam have some limit on its structure. But if install the black face camera here will also have some reflection too, so still need to install the cams to more left side.
Remember install IR cams better not install some place that can direct reflect.
Gutter collects rain water from roof is the main effect the IR night pics you show.
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That all makes sense. I may have to take the gutters off the house..........just kidding. Thanks for all the assistance Andy!!!
Illya_Kareoke
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You need need to uncheck the vehicle box in the camera GUI under IVS rules - this has nothing to do with BI unless you are using CodeProject.
Yeah that is picking up reflection from somewhere.
I posted somewhere in these 29 pages that I believe they have focused the IR to be in the center of the frame to get as much IR to the subject as possible due to the mini size of this PTZ. As you point out, once it zooms in the darker left and right is gone.
It takes some getting used to, but the reality is we shouldn't trying to IDENTIFY anything in the left or right area anyway, so I would rather have a more focused IR onto the center of the screen.
You could always add external IR if it bothers you that bad LOL
Illya_Kareoke
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Confirm they are in each one. Sometimes we add one and forget to uncheck.
Are you using Internet Explorer?
Consider moving the rules in a bit. The camera needs time to see the object and decide if it will trigger or not.
And maybe at that tight of zoom it is seeing the person in the car and actually triggering on that?
Do you have an SD card in the camera that you can playback with IVS rules on to see if the box is around the car or the person when it triggers?
Illya_Kareoke
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I'm using Edge in IE mode, that's the only one that would allow plugin install and draw more than 3 tripwire lines. I didn't install a SD card because I didn't think I needed one. I also wish I would have done a factory reset before I installed on the wall. I'm actually zoomed all the way out in the home position. I'll try moving the rules away from the edge some. Thanks for your help.