Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

blocksog said:
@wittaj there is nothing moving or changing, not even bugs. Why would the camera try to adjust when nothing changes? I can flip the camera upside down to see if that side still continues to flicker when on the other side.
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As mentioned, it is all that infrared reflection on the left side.

We have seen instances with nothing moving and a camera bounces between black and white and color because the infrared reflection is so bright the camera mistakes it for enough visible light for color.

Or it does what yours does and shuts the iris or changes shutter speed based on the reflection.
 
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wittaj said:
As mentioned, it is all that infrared reflection on the left side.

We have seen instances with nothing moving and a camera bounces between black and white and color because the infrared reflection is so bright the camera mistakes it for enough visible light for color.

Or it does what yours does and shuts the iris or changes shutter speed based on the reflection.
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Sorry to contradict you @wittaj but I flipped the camera upside down and that left camera still keeps flickering even though it is now pointing in the other direction. And the right camera has no flicker. Here is the video.

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Maybe it is a defective, but it sure appears like a pulse on a key frame trying to match exposure and maybe that sensor is a little more sensitive than the other one or maybe they have it set up to only have one side try to adjust to match exposure.

I would still try a different field of view and see how it reacts when the IR reflective bounce isn't literally right in front of the camera.
 
Is the camera at default settings for everything?
Have you made any changes at all yet?
What are the settings?

I would first look at testing this in another location and seeing if the issue resolves itself in which case it is something in the field of view and the settings that are not working well together.
Failing that i would look to have it replaced.
 
looktall said:
Is the camera at default settings for everything?
Have you made any changes at all yet?
What are the settings?

I would first look at testing this in another location and seeing if the issue resolves itself in which case it is something in the field of view and the settings that are not working well together.
Failing that i would look to have it replaced.
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The only settings I really changed was the frame rate and i-frame both at 15fps. The other stuff I may changed but put back to default later, the main try being the WDR. Video below shows the settings.

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I am not keen to test this camera outside because it needs non-trivial work to mount properly and is not worth for me trying to spend time to troubleshoot something that should work normally. I will let ANNKE spend the effort to figure it out once they get the camera back. Not sure if I want to try another one of their cameras again, unless they sweeten the deal and give a better discount. I don't want to do the job that their quality control deparment should do.
 
Dude, you are testing it in an area it wasn't designed for. It wasn't designed for a cramped quarter like you are testing in.

We can see this phenomena with every camera under certain conditions. I have had a few Andy cams that just whacked out inside testing, but shove it out the window and it was awesome.

It may have nothing to do with quality control and be all operator error. What is so hard about trying a different field of view?

Maybe it is because you are on variable instead of constant bitrate too in that tight area.

You can't stick it out the window or try a different field of view that is representative of what the camera was designed for? Maybe a larger room at least that doesn't have so much IR bounce on one said and walls within a few feet of the camera?

Have you tried it in color?

Some dude was here once after sending back 3 cameras for something similar and finally came here on the 4th camera and when we said try it outside, if freaking worked.

Maybe you do have defective unit, but this is like trying a car in a garage and saying it doesn't go fast LOL.
 
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Alright, trying it without IR light, just white light, still in basement. Will have to decide next steps after that. Yes, I can try outside, but it means taking off another existing camera because I don't have free Ethernet cables. Trying it indoors behind a window will be problematic for IR.

@wittaj I am still confused as to why only one side of the two cameras would do the flicker and not the other. Both sides have the same identical sensors and are controlled in unity by the same settings/firmware.

Will report if the flicker or motion is still triggered when using the integrated white light.
 
There isn't a window you can open and hold it out?

I am wondering with it being a cheaper model if they only have one side trying to compensate for light differences between the two sides so that both sides aren't trying to adjust and counter one another. We have seen some goofy things with dual lens cams.

I am going to try this with Andy's cameras and see if both sides try to compensate or only one.
 
flynreelow said:
hey guys, testing my new camera in the corner of my closet. no light, no ir light. think something isnt right.

please help.


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Is this supposed to be some sarcastic joke? It's easy to fill the need to gang up with cheap jokes. What's difficult these days is for people to talk normally with thoughts that span beyond the 3 second attention span learned from tic toc.

Btw, I tested the camera in white light, and still has the random flicker problem. I will probably not give any more updates here since reporting on a camera problem seem to be subject to cheap jokes by the "master" experts that roam forums in search of fun.
 
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blocksog said:
Is this supposed to be some sarcastic joke? It's easy to fill the need to gang up with cheap jokes. What's difficult these days is for people to talk normally with thoughts that span beyond the 3 second attention span learned from tic toc.

Btw, I tested the camera in white light, and still has the random flicker problem. I will probably not give any more updates here since reporting on a camera problem seem to be subject to cheap jokes by the "master" experts that roam forums in search of fun.
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wow,

can this dude catch a ban for disrespect.

he seems pretty new here and he still hasn't learned out to search, or take advise for that matter.

and who the hell on this forum told you to buy an ankee cam.

no one here ill tell ya that.


buy some better products, and you wont get sent detective items out of the box.
 
blocksog said:
Is this supposed to be some sarcastic joke? It's easy to fill the need to gang up with cheap jokes. What's difficult these days is for people to talk normally with thoughts that span beyond the 3 second attention span learned from tic toc.

Btw, I tested the camera in white light, and still has the random flicker problem. I will probably not give any more updates here since reporting on a camera problem seem to be subject to cheap jokes by the "master" experts that roam forums in search of fun.
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If you feel the light across the 180 was consistent and you see it both infrared and white light and was tested in more than a small room, then yeah it sounds like a defective unit. Better to spend a few minutes and troubleshot than to return and buy another one only to see the same issue in your environment.
 
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