IR filter fall - PTZ

Mark_M

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Good news is this seems to be minor (it if now fixed). But a heads up possibly to those that may have this happen to them.
I have a SD1A404XB-GNR 4MP mini PTZ from @EMPIRETECANDY that I finally got mounted yesterday.

This video is when I had the PTZ mounted onto a disco lighting stand (great things for the chap price).

In the video I twist the camera off it's mount, seems to be enough force to knock (what I think is) the IR filter.
I restarted the camera, in hindsight it would of been quicker to block the light sensor and it trip it between day/night. Hopefully that would have reset the filter.

Let me know your thoughts, I think this is minor. It hasn't happened while the camera is mounted on the eve during remote movement.
View attachment PTZ_IR_filter.mov
 

Purduephotog

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For what it is worth that filter is very very lightweight ... and it cantilevered into position. So any hard jar will move it (depending on orientation. Some slide up/down, some pivot. Pivot is cheaper I'd expect.

Somewhere I've got photos of one I took apart to put in an IR PASS filter.
 
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