C100 Ability to Turn Off IR LEDs
So, I already know that there is no functionality to turn off the IR LEDs on the C100 at the moment. However, I have two C100 cameras mounted to exterior windows at the front and rear of my house.
There is sufficient light on one side for the camera to stay in day mode and be of good quality.
However the side is darker but will be fine in night mode, however when the IR LEDs kick in these reflect off the window making it useless. Is there any chance the engineers can the functionality for us to choose night mode but turn the LEDs off if required??
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Thanks for the answer.
Changed from Auto to Day and now works perfectly.
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@JAD51 - for some probably a useful approach but only if you have a strong additional light source at night?
The problem I get is in low light, the extra noise in the image created by the camera sensor in the dim available light is actually 2 issues,
1. The images are very grainy (there is a lot of colour noise) so recorded detail is quite poor.
2. Because of the noise levels, the data is harder to compress, so files become much bigger than they would be in night mode - and the memory card fills up about x5 faster than in daytime.
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@SMARTER The camera detectors produce their own photon noise, and if there are not enough incoming photons to overwhelm the receiver's 'noise' limit, you will get a poor image. Nothing you can do about this. This is an inexpensive camera and for it's price works very well, but it needs enough image light to overcome the inherent noise of the camera itself.
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@glenjenks Day setting suits my need but for those who would like to run their cameras in night mode with the IR LEDs turned off:
Set to night vision > put pieces of electrical tape > apply over lights.
Problem solved.8)
Haven't tried it but seems like it would work.
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