Do ya'll have a Go-to start point for your camera settings when setting them up for night time? I've learned a lot on these forums, but I still can't comprehend camera settings. I have some 5442 camera's, an HFW5241E-Z12E mounted about 100' away from my barn and zoomed in to just catch the doors, and now a 4k/x actually on the barn. They all give great pictures during the day, but at night it's a mess. I've dropped FPS down to 15 on all of them, messed with shutter speed a little although I don't really know what to do with it. I tried 1/60 on the 5442-AS-LED on my driveway, and 1/250 on the 4K/X. With the night quality they might as well be wifi cameras. Half of the pictures on the Nextdoor consumer grade thread look better than what I could get. I know I need more light, and I'm not expecting miracles in a low light environment, but I see some of the pics here and I'm left in awe. I figure ya'll that know how to properly set up the cameras have a starting point to where you narrow down from there. Like if you installed a camera for someone and you weren't going to be there at night to adjust it, I'm guessing you have some place you'd set it to see how it does other than just default?
I think a lot of my issue is that especially this time of year, I'm just not really awake long enough after dark to mess with them much. I can go back and view the night feeds the next day, but I'm never really expecting a crystal clear picture of a cat walking around or one of the possums, even though they usually look better than me when I do make it out in the dark to test them.
I think a lot of my issue is that especially this time of year, I'm just not really awake long enough after dark to mess with them much. I can go back and view the night feeds the next day, but I'm never really expecting a crystal clear picture of a cat walking around or one of the possums, even though they usually look better than me when I do make it out in the dark to test them.