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On thing to keep in mind is that DeepStack will scale the image to the required input size of the model, that being 256x256, 416x416 or 640x640 depending on whether you have selected low, medium or high settings in DeepStack. Using the sub-stream as input to DeepStack therefore makes sense as it...

What you're seeing is the result of the inverse square law. Your camera and light sources are about the same distance from the subject and the camera sets its exposure based on the bright areas, but in reality, at 20 feet the brightness is only 1/4th of what it is at 10 feet, and at 40 feet it's...

Could it be that with the larger sensor size, the optics don't fit inside the turret as easily? That being said, I picked up one of each of the HikVision turrets (8MP + 4MP ColorVu) Andy has listed and they are significantly larger than the Dahua 4MP turrets. Or maybe they sell way more of the...

On the bright side, your neighbor shouldn't have any issues when you put up your own 2 billion watt driveway light to supplement your cameras :) One thing that stands out in your cell phone picture is that that the exposure is wrong. Your driveway and car are too dark. Did you provide any...

I had a HDW5231R become somewhat myopic after I accidentally made my test rig tip over. It works fine zoomed out, but the more zoomed in, the more trouble it has focusing. Sounds like yours fared better :)

It's because of the difference in sensor size. The 5231 would have to have a 2.0mm lens to have the same field of view as the 5442 with a 2.8mm. On the same note, a 5231 with a 4mm lens has about the same field of view as a 5442 with a 6mm lens with the 5442 having a slightly more narrow field...

Additional IR would certainly be desirable at that distance. I use a Bosch UFLED20-8BD AEGIS with a 20 degree beam at 120 feet which works great. They were being sold at a heavy discounted before they were discontinued. Scene Electronics have various models available with 15 degree beams. When...

I use a Bosch UFLED20-8BD AEGIS 850nm, 20° that I picked up for ~$230 before it was discontinued. It works great at that distance, but unfortunately no longer available. Scene Electronics have illuminators with 15 degree beams available on AliExpress. They have additional models listed on their...

And with larger sensors the lenses will have to be physically larger too. The 12mm F/2 (focal view comparable to a 4mm on the 1/2.8" Starlights) lens I have on my 4/3 Dahua is significantly larger than lenses in the usual 2MP starlights. Longer focal lengths at the same aperture would require an...

Updated the firmware on my IPC-HFW4239T-ASE and one of my 5231R-Zs. Working fine so far. Great to see live view, playback and configuration working without any plugin. Also, the second sub-stream now appears to support full resolution, as well as recording a custom region at its full resolution.

I have been using OpenVPN + Blue Iris App on my iPhone so far, but been playing with switching to UI3 behind a nginx reverse proxy providing TLS with client certificate authentication. I have it all set up and have been testing it locally and it works quite well. I find the UI3 interface...

Which direction is your front door facing? My entrance is south facing and if I mount my front door camera too low I will have problems whenever it faces the sun, especially during winter when the sun is sitting lower.

@bigredfish Did you mean these cameras? They are 4MP with 1/1.8" sensors.

I'm happy to see that they'll be available in turret form since Dahua has been neglecting releasing turrets for their Full Color and StarLight+ IP cameras so far (though they have been releasing turrets for HDCVI). I picked up one of Dahua's Full Color bullets, but I'd much rather have it as a...

While the software won't stop working, do note that that "Blue Iris Extended Support and Maintenance" is sold as a subscription and will auto-renew yearly unless you cancel it.