Can't adjust shutter speed in Ubiquiti Cameras

Arjun

Arjun

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I CANNOT recommend Ubiquiti cameras until Ubiquiti offers more customizability to their cameras

This is pathetic, really dislike the Reddit group for Ubiquiti as they don't emphasize on the vulnerability of Ubiquiti cameras

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wittaj said:
If you dislike their reddit group, what would you call the reolink reddit LOL
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Sounds like its worse over at Reolink :eek:

They do seem to offer a nice floodlight powered by PoE - not sure if its too good to be true though lol

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I should also add-on that based on my testing, Ubiquiti cameras at night SUCK - they ghost and smear like its no one's business. This is how important manual adjustments need to be present in the web user interface. By fine tweaking shutter speed, these basic issues can be resolved. @wittaj
I need to further emphasize that Ubiquiti categorizes their security cameras as security cameras :rofl:
 
Which Ubiquiti camera are yo talking about specifically?

I have a couple G5’s and also experienced some ghosting on a night shot of a fox. I’m going to swap them out for some G6’s this year cause I have nothing better to do with my time and money apparently, lol

If I could afford the G6 pro’s I’d probably switch over as the protect ai is pretty darn good and interface and alert system
If pretty easy to se up. Not to mention I already have all UniFi equipment.
 
Riclyo said:
Which Ubiquiti camera are yo talking about specifically?

I have a couple G5’s and also experienced some ghosting on a night shot of a fox. I’m going to swap them out for some G6’s this year cause I have nothing better to do with my time and money apparently, lol

If I could afford the G6 pro’s I’d probably switch over as the protect ai is pretty darn good and interface and alert system
If pretty easy to se up. Not to mention I already have all UniFi equipment.
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All of the Ubiquiti Cameras - I am talking about specifically, because you cannot adjust the shutter speed which is critical for night-time surveillance.
Ubiquiti only offers "3" Presets for Shutter control - it is absurd - and I have tested this on my G5 and G6 Turrets
I still want to purchase a G6 Pro Turret at some point, but am waiting for when and IF Ubiquiti ever allows us to control shutter speed, you can the OP as to what I am referring to
 
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Arjun said:
All of the Ubiquiti Cameras - I am talking about specifically, because you cannot adjust the shutter speed which is critical for night-time surveillance.
Ubiquiti only offers "3" Presets for Shutter control - it is absurd - and I have tested this on my G5 and G6 Turrets
I still want to purchase a G6 Pro Turret at some point, but am waiting for when and IF Ubiquiti ever allows us to control shutter speed, you can the OP as to what I am referring to
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I tried different setting even the prioritize nightime and it still didn’t get the results I had hoped for. We’ll see how the g6 compares this summer. Didn’t you also have the AI Port? Any luck with it?
 
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Riclyo said:
I tried different setting even the prioritize nightime and it still didn’t get the results I had hoped for. We’ll see how the g6 compares this summer. Didn’t you also have the AI Port? Any luck with it?
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The G6 Turret did equally poor alongside my G5 Turret at night. Ubiquiti needs to seriously allow us to configure shutter speed, then we are in business. These Ubiquiti cameras are good for near subject identification but not for distant subjects. Andy's 5442 cameras takes over in this department being able to capture details in the dark up to 30-40 feet away without hesitancy.
I do have an AI Port, reserved mainly for LPR on my Z12E Dahua camera and it has been working splendidly after the recent updates rolled out by Ubiquiti. I use UniFi Protect and Blue Iris for the LPR and get best of both worlds.
I want to use a G6 Pro Turret since it has a built in warm LED and will complement well with my G6 Entry Standard Access Doorbell

The only part is sucks that I need to constantly micromanage and account for sunset and sunrise times on both Ubiquiti and Dahua
 
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