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    Artifacts! (not the good kind)

    sigh Yup, this came to me too late...... Perhaps my experience can serve as a warning to others..... My real motivation was security concerns. Perhaps unfounded.... Much has changed with the update. Such as moving fundamental configuration from the NVR itself to the web client. Most of what I...
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    Artifacts! (not the good kind)

    Cameras are connected directly to the POE ports on the NVR and obtain a 192.168.x.x IP Address handed out from the NVR I am accessing the playback through the wired LAN 172.29.X.X IP address handed out by my router DHCP server. The NVR has a static IP address programmed into it. There are five...
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    Very bad night vision image DS-2CD2143G0-I

    I'm very late to the party here, but I had the very same issue with this same model camera. I solved my problem by cleaning the inside of the dome with the soft cloth supplied by Hikvision. Spritzed the cloth with a light spray of glasses cleaner then buffed up the inside of the dome.... Now...
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    Artifacts! (not the good kind)

    Recently added a Hikvision DS-2CD2185FWD-IS (firmware: V5.6.3 build 190923, Encoding: V7.3 Build 190910) to my Hikvision DS7608NI-Q2/8P NAS (Firmware: V4.30.085 Build 210409. Encoding V5.0 Build 210406) I have the camera to record on motion only. I access the NVR using Internet explorer and...
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    Lens replacement/swap?

    Right, got busy with a couple screw drivers.... Popped off the opaque bezel covering the IR LED's, removed two screws holding the (aluminum?) cover in place that hold the IR LED's, This exposed the lens, chiseled out the glue and now the lens turns. Really, the question is, how to focus this...
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    Lens replacement/swap?

    Thanks for the reply, I have read about breaking the glue ad giving a twist but for the life of me can't figure out where this glue is or what else needs to be removed prior to chiseling at the glue? Help? By lens, I'm referring to the entire assembly that is held by two screws, pivots, twists...
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    Lens replacement/swap?

    I bought two used DS-2CD2185FWD -I cameras. One was an S model and the other wasn't Connect up the -IS model to the NVR and the image isn't as crisp as it could be. Everything is out of focus. Since I really wanted the IS model for the sound capability, I got busy and pulled the lens out of...
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