@Solla-topee 

In an environment that is not bright enough for Day mode, but still bright for Night mode, I think it would be beneficial to have the option to turn off the IR light in night mode for the reasons mentioned above (I also dislike attracting a lot of bugs at night with the IR lights on!).

Do you think it would be possible to add such a feature to existing cameras?

By the way, I own the Tapo C120. Since it cannot see outside through glass windows when the IR light is on, I cut and placed a thick layer of paper around the lens to block all the light emitting from the front.

This way, the camera can see outside even in Night mode without any issues, but I really don’t like the idea of wasting electricity on the totally unnecessary IR light.

I am sure there is a certain demand for the ability to turn off the IR light in night mode.

The invisible IR lights also cause light reflection on windows, making it completely unusable from behind windows at night.

That is why I suggested that this unique capability to turn off IR lights in night mode would provide greater flexibility for TP-Link camera users.

  @destar  I'm curious about how the invisible IR LED causes light reflection on windows since it's invisible, can you share a video about this usage scenario?

  @destar 

I too would like to see the option to disable the IR LEDs and Spotlights. When a camera is mounted behind a window they both cause bad reflections. The C325WB camera doesn't have IR but it does have the option to turn the spotlight off. I know the C325WB has a wider aperture but in situations with street lights I think there is enought light to justify not using IR or spotlights when the camera is mounted behind a window. 

  @Solla-topee 

Please consider many people use supplemental stand alone IR illuminators that are far, far brighter than any thing the camera's can generate.   For approximately the price of one C120 camera there are 120ft IR Illuminators available on your favorite online location.  The cam's local IR lights can be a hindrance when used with the external ones. 

Also if just using multiple cams, cam A could provide IR for cam B with IR lights off, this can be done for IR through windows.  (in separate windows or one cam external)

The W*z* Cams have this feature.  If one can turn off the on-cam IR lights and use an external IR illuminator, much better imagery can be obtained depending on vegetation and weather and looking through windows, and the much higher brightness for distance... also there are much fewer spiders and webs attracted to a completely dark camera.

Here is a pic from C120 in a position with the IR on that glares off of the left wall and washes out the whole image, appears to be a raindrop on the lens- which the local IR reflects into causing blur to vegetation to upper right, there is a standalone IR illuminator out of frame bottom right :

And here is a pic from same but the IR lights are off, raindrops on camera are not visible with secondary IR light source only (there are 1-2 frames just as the camera transitions from starlight to B/W, before the cam's IR kicks in that this is of:)

Thank-you!