cheers. its just a cheap 30 quid no name hicam ptz from ebay. it only as basic settings all the same for day or night i have good led street lights so no need for ir,What cams? Are you forcing colour mode?
The blur is caused by your shutter speed at night being too long which the cam will automatically lengthen due to the low light conditions at night.
Thanks for this biggen very very informative. as i said it's a very cheap camera with limited settings. i only really use it for seeing who or what is coming through the gate i was just curious as to why the cars are blured at night . tealeaf and bigredfish explained perfectly. i do have another starlight cam that overlooks the road i might tinker with thanks,,Read both of these links and then come back with questions you may have:
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You need to set different night time settings than those for daytime, more specifically, the shutter/exposure speed as already mentioned. No slower than 1/125 or 1/100 max.
never thought of that .although if someone does come in they may stand still to open the gate. i will put it to the test a bit later on,Anyone coming through the gate at night, will likely be nothing but a blur as well.