Watercolor effect

[MrGlasspoole]

Got my Dahua cams and now i'm playing around.

What i did realize with the cams is that the image looks like watercolor in some parts.
Made two comparison videos and the Dahua is sharper but the tree's really look like watercolor.

https://skulltronics.net/share/fixed/20180416_UVC-G3.mp4
https://skulltronics.net/share/fixed/20180416_HDW5231R-Z.mp4

 

[Terk]

To me the Dahua looks sharper and in better focus, same with the trees. The Ubiquity seems slightly out of focus.

 

[JackNg]

To put things into some context. what kind of spec. are two cameras that you're comparing ?
Ubiquiti's UVC Micro?? vs Dahua's IPC-xxx ??

 

[MrGlasspoole]

IPC-HDW5231R-Z vs UVC 3G

But the topic is not which one is better. Its more about the watercolor effect on those cams (surveillance cams).

But i just realized that all the colors look funny on the UVC.

 

[looney2ns]

The Dahua looks very good to me. The u, not so much.
What you are seeing will depend on the monitor you are using and how it is calibrated.

 

[tangent]

I would agree that the Dahua looks better. However you might want to try turning down the noise reduction on the dahua a little and possibly turning on WDR at a relatively low setting.

 

[Bramboo]

As tangent mentioned, this is probably caused by a high WDR setting. When I started using Dahua cams, I discovered that WDR is a very useful feature. It solves high contrast issues where other cameras produced poor images.
But -as with most settings- set it too high and you get strange results, in this case unrealistic colors. In my experience it's ok to set it to 40 max, although it varies a bit with the different cam models I have.

I have one camera that has to deal with high brightness and shadow situations. I set WDR to 60, the image is good and I accept that the colors a bit faded.