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T54PRO-ZE versus T5442-S3 in low light
Yes, totally agree that CCTV's are most important to track movement and be able to identify them. It does look to me like the 54IR (5442-S3) is pretty stressed even at 1/10s exposure (50% gain was a noisy mess!) ... whereas there is some "hope" with the T54PRO-ZE ... albeit there's certainly... -
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T54PRO-ZE versus T5442-S3 in low light
I agree @wittaj and @bigredfish (two examples of people waayyy smarter than me!) ... but I'm trying to specifically parse out the "basic/raw" differences of sensor/lens/processing capability for low light. -
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T54PRO-ZE versus T5442-S3 in low light
I definitely look forward to your comments @steve1225 and thanks in advance for taking the time to do so. I spun off a separate thread because for a specific sub-topic, I find it difficult to track all the commentary in the main thread, since people are talking about various other (useful)... -
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T54PRO-ZE versus T5442-S3 in low light
Ummm ... there was some sort of issue posting the 1920x1080 images in the first post, so I resized 'em to 960x540 so you could see them inline there .. and posting the higher-res images as attachments here. -
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T54PRO-ZE versus T5442-S3 in low light
[I figured this specific topic was worth spinning off from the main comparison thread] I just got the T54PRO-ZE and wanted to compare the "basic" sensor/lens/processing of it versus the 5442-S3 under low-light conditions. First, there are people on this forum waayyy more knowledgeable than me... -
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FOV calc help
Came in from another thread - ditto that those are AWESOME @tigerwillow1 - love the simple/functional solution!- alekk
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Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series
@CCTVCam's advice is very good ...and if you step through carefully what he wrote, it will provide the "real" answer. Some forum posts here and here that may be useful to 'ya. Note the first one is specific to the 5442. There's also a Focal Length Calculator. @EMPIRETECANDY's website has specs... -
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Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series
While we have plenty of squirrels here and they can get into interesting places, I've never seen one in that area ... and it wouldn't be super easy for them to get there. However, I have seen an occasional bird land on the cameras ... and (especially on sunny summer days), there are often wasps... -
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Boat Detection is a recent new feature per the "Network Camera Web 5.0 Operations Manual"
LOL small world ... and yea, those genre of cars had some similar looks, especially on the front and the taillights. Mine only has the 350 engine ... plenty fast as the ride is like driving a plush sofa down the road. -
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Boat Detection is a recent new feature per the "Network Camera Web 5.0 Operations Manual"
LOL that since you mentioned old cars ... how about this "boat" that actually DOES show up on camera from time-to-time ... ;-) I'm the second owner of this 1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Convertible and have had it for 43+ years. P.S. Don't get me started trying to explain my Big Green Buddy ... -
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Boat Detection is a recent new feature per the "Network Camera Web 5.0 Operations Manual"
LOL that I was looking at the manuals associated with the T54-PRO-ZE at this link ... and there's a recent new feature of Boat Detection! ;-) Per the top of the document Revision History - V1.2.5 - Added Boat Detection - August/2025 And there are several pages starting at page 113 that is... -
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Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series
Sorry to be a bit "post-happy" with my "new toy", but thought people might like seeing the 5442-S3 and T54-PRO-ZE side-by-side deployed in the field. As others have pointed out, it's bigger (ditto the new PFB2203 Wall Bracket) but unless you have a really tight spot, should be a drop-in. The... -
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Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series
As always, I appreciate your expert commentary @steve1225 and I've seen you mention that, but I didn't realize that (assuming my observations are correct) this would effect simple resizing. I'm planning to work around it by simply have my ffmpeg script pull the native resolution and then do the... -
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Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series
Roger that ... I'm just pointing out that it appears based on my initial impression/testing, that "more havoc" is being done by the T54PRO-ZE than was done on the 5442-S3. -
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Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series
Does anyone else change the "main stream" resolution (Camera->Encode->Resolution) from native 2688x1520 to another resolution such as 2560x1440 or 1920x1080 ... and seeing some blurriness? I set this to 1920x1080 on my 5442-S3 ... so did the same on the T54PRO-ZE ... but the images from the...