Teaser Info and Mini Review - Empiretech B52IR-X3 Triple Lens Camera

[bigredfish]

Usually lower in daytime- 25 or so
Night depends on the camera and how much light is available (IR or White) but generally 40 ish

Its ALWAYS about how much light you have. Always

 

[jelf4352]

Usually lower in daytime- 25 or so
Night depends on the camera and how much light is available (IR or White) but generally 40 ish

Its ALWAYS about how much light you have. Always

Check it out....Can it can better from here or tune my camera differently? Or do you think its too dark and am I too far away?


Test 2 - Night

 

[bigredfish]

I think those trees are sucking up a lot of your IR.

I would defer to @wittaj only becasue he has this cam and I dont.

At full screen I'm getting a lot of artifacts on you. But I have to remember it is 2MP

I would play with Sharpness (down), Gain (down), and try back to a 0-9 exposure. Try each separately so you can see what effect. We're trying to get rid of some of those artifacts.
I'm not really seeing blur, gets better as you get closer. You could increase NR up to but not more than 40. But again play with each separate. go in small 3-5 increments.

 

[jelf4352]

I think those trees are sucking up a lot of your IR.

I would defer to @wittaj only becasue he has this cam and I dont.

At full screen I'm getting a lot of artifacts on you. But I have to remember it is 2MP

I would play with Sharpness (down), Gain (down), and try back to a 0-9 exposure. Try each separately so you can see what effect. We're trying to get rid of some of those artifacts.
I'm not really seeing blur, gets better as you get closer. You could increase NR up to but not more than 40. But again play with each separate. go in small 3-5 increments.

I ended up just setting it to “auto” and it actually turned out a lot better than me trying to mess with it. Once I’ll get more patience, I’ll try to do this manually and tune it in all the way….check it out

 

[wittaj]

Several people have asked me if it is possible to use this camera as LPR.

Yes you can. The wide, middle, and zoom, while you cannot change the aim independent of one another, each one has its own settings like an individual camera.

So you can set the wide with a slower shutter to create a nice overview and catch the color of the car, etc. Say a 1/30 will probably stay in color for most. Motion will be a blur, but the objective is to get the car color.

Use the middle one with a faster shutter to get the details of the vehicle. Say a 1/150 shutter and infrared.

And use the zoom camera with 1/1000 shutter to get the plate.

Ideally to capture the most plates, the camera should be within 60ish feet of the camera with a decent angle.

Obviously the types of plates you typically see dictate that. Raised plates with good contrast between the plate and the letters or plates the size of bumpers can get a longer distance, while the printed plates need a shorter distance.

With that said, and by no means would I suggest this distance because this is a perfect raised plate with reflective white background and black raised lettering, but this is from 110 feet. The printed plates at that distance were basically non-readable - you could digital zoom in and make a decent guess for some of them, but I would not recommend this distance if your area is primarily printed plates.

This thing is an infrared light cannon and that certainly helps.

1/1000 shutter
0-45 gain

Brightness 35
Contrast 55
Saturation 48
Sharpness 10
Gamma 45

NR - 28

 

[bigredfish]

Interesting. I didnt realize each lens had its own image controls

 

[bigredfish]

I ended up just setting it to “auto” and it actually turned out a lot better than me trying to mess with it. Once I’ll get more patience, I’ll try to do this manually and tune it in all the way….check it out

A bit of a trade off. Problem is dealing with 2MP at distance at night. Not bad though.

No offense but is that second clip of you or your brother from a different mother?

 

[jelf4352]

A bit of a trade off. Problem is dealing with 2MP at distance at night. Not bad though.

No offense but is that second clip of you or your brother from a different mother?

Hahaha that’s not me….someone strange walked around my property at night holding a bible and eventually walked off into a canyon that goes no where. The whole reason I setup the camera in that location is weird people come through that “hole” in the fence

 

[David L]

Hahaha that’s not me….someone strange walked around my property at night holding a bible and eventually walked off into a canyon that goes no where. The whole reason I setup the camera in that location is weird people come through that “hole” in the fence

Need to put up a sign, This Way to Church >>>