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  1. Burton_Flooring

    hopefully a quick "need advice" thread :)

    If you want something small and inconspicuous, you should use the non-varifocal (fixed lens) turrets such as the 4231EM-ASE, 4631EM-ASE, etc. Those should be around $140 I would debate with you whether you actually need an 8MP cam (unless you're trying to see what's going on in the street, and...
  2. Burton_Flooring

    Dahua HFW-1831E in-depth review

    @wopi82 Awesome review as always! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! For the tip about the WDR changing modes above 44%, another thing that gives you that same detail "pop" during the day is HLC and cranking the Gamma UP during DAYTIME. (I had to do that after trying out your WDR discovery...
  3. Burton_Flooring

    Review-Dahua IPC-HDW2231RP-ZS Starlight Camera-Varifocal

    Yes, on camera mounts, sometimes Andy doesn't have the ability to make any money on them shipping from Hong Kong. I also got mine through B&H. These are great mounts, but beware of the rubber gasket getting pulled off the front plate screws, once they're gone, they're gone, lol. Also, the rubber...
  4. Burton_Flooring

    Review-Dahua IPC-HDW2231RP-ZS Starlight Camera-Varifocal

    Don't need to drill out back, there is a plug in the back for just that purpose.
  5. Burton_Flooring

    Review-Dahua IPC-HDW2231RP-ZS Starlight Camera-Varifocal

    @J Sigmo You might check out PFA122 waterproof junction box for the HDW2231R-ZS. It is a slightly larger, square junction box that has all the waterproofing of PFA130-E.
  6. Burton_Flooring

    Review-Dahua IPC-HDW2231RP-ZS Starlight Camera-Varifocal

    Here you go :-) (I have since adjusted the shutter speed range to 0-8.33ms, aka 1/120th, to help with blur. It's amazing how different the shutter setting needs to be for different cameras/target distance) I also need to adjust the camera slightly up and to rotate to the right to...
  7. Burton_Flooring

    Review-Dahua IPC-HDW2231RP-ZS Starlight Camera-Varifocal

    There is a rubber grommet that the cable passes thru. Kind of annoying because you have to remove the camera mount plate and then remove the front of the PFA130-E to access the cable.
  8. Burton_Flooring

    Review-Dahua IPC-HDW2231RP-ZS Starlight Camera-Varifocal

    I did the same thing! But with the 4231EM-ASE. Complete w/ Camo. It was a pain to paint the thing, (requires like 8 coats to prevent chipping). But it turned out pretty good in the end. I advise putting an expansion coupling between the top of the pipe and the camera (as shown, it's the 8...
  9. Burton_Flooring

    (8MP) IPC-HFW1831E Review

    Hfw1831e is the best so far @ $135. The hfw2831t-zs does not have as good lux rating .It would be nice to try them side by side to verify.
  10. Burton_Flooring

    Best Dahua Camera and NVR for low light situation?

    There is currently no turret style for the H.265 Lite 8MP line. You don't need a starlight for either of those two locations in order to get a good EXPOSURE. However, I would use the 8MP in the location at the top of your picture and a 2MP Starlight in the garage for the following reasons: 1)...
  11. Burton_Flooring

    Best Dahua Camera and NVR for low light situation?

    Check out this post on the differences between the "low light" cameras. (8MP) IPC-HFW1831E Review The short version; if your distances are less than 20-30 ft. use (2MP) "Pro" Starlights as mentioned by @EMPIRETECANDY. Any larger open areas will benefit from the incredible day-time quality of...
  12. Burton_Flooring

    (8MP) IPC-HFW1831E Review

    1) It IS new, but after the last firmware update, I feel that it is just as solid as the "Pro" Series Cameras. 2) I have not had any issues w/ the firmware, web GUI, etc. since the update posted by @EMPIRETECANDY 3) If you are running an 8MP Camera, bitrate will be an issue regardless. I...
  13. Burton_Flooring

    Review-Dahua IPC-HDW2231RP-ZS Starlight Camera-Varifocal

    Yeah, it takes some fiddling, hopefully some of that helps :) The only time you need to lower the gain is if you are seeing graininess. A fuzzy image can be due to focus not being locked into the right spot and/or shutter speed not high enough (also if 3D NR is on it can cause ghosting, which...
  14. Burton_Flooring

    Review-Dahua IPC-HDW2231RP-ZS Starlight Camera-Varifocal

    You need a higher shutter speed. Remember this; the more you zoom in, the more the exposure darkens and becomes susceptible to motion blur. (Object's speed, relative to the frame, increases exponentially) I advise using the "Customized Range" option instead of a fixed shutter speed, because...
  15. Burton_Flooring

    (8MP) IPC-HFW1831E Review

    The only firmware I have access to is the one @EMPIRETECANDY posted here: IPC-HFW1831E New Firmware DH_IPC-HX2(1)XXX-Sag_EngSpnFrn_NP_V2.622.0000000.8.R.180731.bin I suggest trying out the H.265 and lowering the frame rate until you get some acceptable quality. I'm running mine on H.265 @...
  16. Burton_Flooring

    (8MP) IPC-HFW1831E Review

    Yeah @EMPIRETECANDY confirmed this uses a 1/1.8" Sensor so it must be new.
  17. Burton_Flooring

    (8MP) IPC-HFW1831E Review

    I did not, however, it is a much bigger lens than any of the other common cameras discussed on these forums (5831R-ZE, 5231R-ZE, 4831EM-ASE, etc.)
  18. Burton_Flooring

    (8MP) IPC-HFW1831E Review

    I agree, but as far as bullets go, this isn't a terrible design (referring to IR placement). I put up turrets thinking that would solve my spider problem and it helped, but they still crawl around on the lens looking for the IR light/heat. I wish for a turret design as well though, for the...
  19. Burton_Flooring

    (8MP) IPC-HFW1831E Review

    Scroll towards the bottom of this page. I have pictures of it taken apart. (You have to gently pry off the plastic cover on the front to get to the screws). Dahua 4k Starlight with 1/2 sensor (CVI only for now)
  20. Burton_Flooring

    (8MP) IPC-HFW1831E Review

    If you don't have a Dahua NVR and no SD Card storage; here's what you can do. You can use the SmartPSS software to setup recording on your Windows PC. When you go to the playback tab of SmartPSS (after setting up PC-NVR) you can click on the tab on the right side to pop out a list of the...
  21. Burton_Flooring

    (8MP) IPC-HFW1831E Review

    Not nearly as wonderful as @wopi82 for sure :-) I wish I could give it as detailed a treatment as him. Speaking of which; @wopi82 have you finished your testing of this camera?
  22. Burton_Flooring

    (8MP) IPC-HFW1831E Review

    (I consolidated my posts from another thread to make info on this camera a little easier to find. Please check out the video clips towards the bottom of the post.) I'll post more pictures later, but here's some to wet your whistle. I found that enabling WDR on the 1831E is neither very...
  23. Burton_Flooring

    IPC-HDW4831EM-ASE or ????

    Best Camera for Low-light/High Megapixels is the IPC-HFW1831E (Fixed Focus) if you need varifocal, you should probably just use a Starlight series w/ lots of zoom rather than trying to zoom in w/ something that already has 8million pixels to work with. You can read my review (albeit very basic)...
  24. Burton_Flooring

    IPC-HFW1831E New Firmware DH_IPC-HX2(1)XXX-Sag_EngSpnFrn_NP_V2.622.0000000.8.R.180731.bin

    There is an odd issue where the bitrate can be customized to a value above what the camera is specified to run, but it reverts to the max bitrate (8192kbps) upon a reboot of the camera and then changes the "customized" bitrate to a maximum value different than before, lol. To be fair, this is...
  25. Burton_Flooring

    Dahua 4k Starlight with 1/2 sensor (CVI only for now)

    Ok here's a video clip of the 4231EM-ASE and 1831E. BOTH ARE AT THE SAME SETTINGS (Shutter @ 1/100, Gain 100, WDR 100) UNLESS NOTED. INFRARED IS OFF ON BOTH CAMERAS! (much more difficult lighting situation than I would normally have the cameras set to) 4231EM-ASE (Gamma @ 50, 3DNR @ 20)...
  26. Burton_Flooring

    Dahua 4k Starlight with 1/2 sensor (CVI only for now)

    So, oddly enough, I could not get it to stay at that bitrate using the latest firmware from Andy, but here's what happened to fix it. After upgrading the firmware, I factory reset, and then when the camera came back up it had ".sysadmin" in the place of the usual icons and graphics, but I...
  27. Burton_Flooring

    Dahua 4k Starlight with 1/2 sensor (CVI only for now)

    Were you referring to the video clips? Remember the top one is the 5MP H.265 Lite not the 1831E that we're testing .
  28. Burton_Flooring

    Dahua 4k Starlight with 1/2 sensor (CVI only for now)

    Does it actually let you exceed the rarer bitrate, or is it an interface glitch. (I tried setting it to 10240kbps on mine and when I logged back into the camera, it reverted to 8192kbps)
  29. Burton_Flooring

    Dahua 4k Starlight with 1/2 sensor (CVI only for now)

    For Reference, here's some clips of the 5231R-ZE and the 2531R-ZS w/ a car driving by (Shutter set to Manual: Customized Range 0-14ms) 2531R-ZS 5231R-ZE There are times where this setting doesn't quite cut it for faster moving cars, so in the long run I'll be probably using it at more like...
  30. Burton_Flooring

    Dahua 4k Starlight with 1/2 sensor (CVI only for now)

    The shutter speeds this was taken with is 1/100. I wouldn't post stills w/ shutter speeds that aren't practical. But, I will upload a video clip as soon as I get some motion w/ which to share :) Also, here's a still from the 4231 w/ adjusted settings to get a more evenly lit scene (No IR)
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