Since I can't find this, I assume no, but is there any way to adjust the exposure settings in one half of the 4kt180 cam (like just the left one?) One side is much darker area, so being able to adjust that side would help....
separate exposure in half the 4kt180 cam?
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CCTVCam
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No. You probably need to compromise the exposure. In the day, Backlight Compensation can help if you draw the compensation area carefully. You probably need to play around with drawing different sized areas and drawing in differing places until you find one that works. Other alternatives are HDR (not found this too successful myself) or adjusting the gamma or brightness settings. Alternatively if at night, a bit of fill in light. Any compromise may darken faces in crucial areas making facial recognition harder, so beware the changes and examine faces after making any. The other alternative is to prioritise the critical area and either accept the compromised picture or get a 2nd camera focused on the dark area.
This is an issue I have found with using these cams as sky cams. They work great during the day, but then at night I struggle because one may see more light pollution than the other, which keeps me from getting ideal settings because I need to prioritize which view is more important.
Thanks, I thought it wasn't possible. I do have another cam, with IR, covering the half that's dark half at night, but was looking to improve it anyway.
Flintstone61
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I think mine is pretty close to equal, but I don't have a sky view setup( although there is fair amount of Sky) so in that view, it would probably show a slight variation. The seam is right at the Camper trailer wheel on the second shot. The exposures seem pretty equal. But with the streetlights and Sunsets, the light is changing throughout the day in this scene.
