Recent content by mech

With mine, changing Backlight mode to SSA was very dramatic in brightening the scene. You might try resetting to defaults, then change it to SSA mode and see what that does. However, a frame-by-frame of the gloriously-bright SSA video on mine showed that it came at the cost of the detail I...

It's a 2MP Bosch DINION IP dynamic 7000 HD that I had left over, with a Tamron varifocal lens at 50mm (targets are about 140ft out). The polarizing filter is stuck into that white thing, I can't remember what it is exactly, and that is friction-fit over the end of the Tamron lens. Its friends...

I have a linear polarizing filter on one camera. It cuts the light down substantially, but it does what it is there for in my case: punch through windshield glare to ID occupants of stolens and other crime-related vehicles.

This would work: Amazon.com: Benfei 15 Pin SATA Power Y-Splitter Cable 8 Inches - 2 Pack: Computers & Accessories

Mine required a #2 Phillips screwdriver, here's my thread with it opened up: Installed a ColorVu turret | IP Cam Talk

With a f1.0 lens aperture, it wouldn't surprise me if there's a noticable effect on the depth of field. I have a 4MP ColorVu with a f1.0 lens and ended up opening the case and adjusting it to optimize the focus for closer range. I'm thinking about getting one of these 8MP models to try out...

If you are looking for a spot beam, Black Oak makes infrared emitters intended for automotive use (12V DC input) and they're also very powerful. Example of their small one with spot optics, compared to a camera's built-in IR and a large highly-directional CMvision emitter. For about US$100, it...

You should also get a car that can change colors. And make sure your tattoos are transparent. A wig and a dress may also be a good idea... the guy in the attached photo is a good example. Two days after this photo, he came around to pick a fight with his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend, and...

Here's a YouTube video showing this model of camera in a laundry room as I change the light settings, if that helps answer the question. It starts from the viewpoint of the Dahua, and then switches to the viewpoint of a camera in the opposite corner from the Dahua. The other camera, a Bosch...

BUSTED!

I had BlueIris export the clips at 50x normal speed, then stuck the resulting clips in Cyberlink PowerDirector, rendered them into a single video, and then had PowerDirector accelerate the resulting video further (5x speed I think). The BlueIris export took over four hours.

The snow was wet and sticky, and the trees still had leaves on them, so the trees took some serious damage. I got home and shook them off (that's me in the yellow vest), but it was too late for a couple of them.

Final score: Orange Cat 1 Grasshopper 0 (8MP Hikvision turret, 2.8mm lens)

It is a lower-income area with drug houses. Here is one of the incidents, the one where the dog got stabbed to death and a man got a stab to the kidney area around 2AM: The Prosecutor called to congratulate me for my video (Bosch 8000 Starlight with 50mm lens), which forced the collapse...

Getting facial ID is the job of my Bosch 8000 Ultra. Knowing whose face I want to ID would be the job of the overview cameras. If they can tell me it was, say, a guy in a red tanktop, the big-gun cam may be able to correlate the face or other good stuff like tats. And my LPR system would be...