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    PTZ or no PTZ

    The other thing to consider is that every PTZ model I've used, from various manufacturers, always has a fairly tight view angle (long focal length) even at its most zoomed out. It's probably equivalent to something like a 6mm minimum focal length, 50 degree horizontal FoV. That makes it tough...
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    PTZ or no PTZ

    PTZ only ever is a good choice if you have someone manning it on a regular basis. By that I mean, a person is going to log into the camera and operate the PTZ functions to accomplish some special tracking and monitoring task. If you just want cameras to see things and record things, it is...
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    16:9 is horrendous, please stop buying them

    No, because if you mount a 16:9 camera in a 90 degree orientation it results in a 9:16, which is the 'vertical video' fail that was made fun of in the video. 16:9 has the same problem as 9:16, just in the other sense.
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    Axis P1343 valuation?

    Compared to price and features of a new camera, I would say around $5 each. Most of that value is as a learning tool for stress testing and configuration practice on your VMS.
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    Camera not ajdusting to lights condition

    Does a setting of WDR-1 look any different than No backlight compensation?
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    16:9 is horrendous, please stop buying them

    Are you with me or against me? I strongly prefer 5 MP (2592 x 1944) over 8 MP (3840 x 2160), to use current Dahua options as examples of the type. The reason is that the additional vertical field of view angle makes for a more useful CCTV video. And don't get me started on putting a 16:9...
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    PTZ Camera's PT Motor Frozen - Needed a Power Recycle

    Takes much longer in my scenario of not having BI.
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    open http port

    The web interface, specifically the page shown in my attachment, is how to configure which port the camera listens for HTTP web interface connections on. If your camera isn't responding to your web interface browser requests at port 80, then it might be set to a different port. And if you don't...
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    How to modify "Onvif User"?

    I have found that, even if you get locked out of the camera, power cycling it will reset the lock and allow you to try again. I think the idea with the two types of accounts is: -Web Interface access uses the normal accounts. -ONVIF protocol access uses the ONVIF accounts. But there is probably...
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    PTZ Camera's PT Motor Frozen - Needed a Power Recycle

    If what looney says is true about BI 'restart' only reconnecting, then you can do a better restart within the camera's WebUI. Full power cycle is the ultimate, but I think the WebUI forces a soft restart of the internal OS, which includes the PTZ health check process during bootup.
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    Anyway to improve image

    Comparing the post #1 to #17, I don't see any substantive improvement in the color images. With that considerable amount of ambient light, I don't see any benefit to the B/W mode.
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    Reolink NVR RLN8-410 with Swann NVR 8 7400 firmware? ( Swann NHD 815 or 818 cameras ? )

    What does this have to do with Milestone? I think this is in the wrong subforum.
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    motion blur and unclear image in general

    Agree, overexposed.
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    motion blur and unclear image in general

    You aren't going to get a highly detailed mugshot with the location and wide field of view of your camera. Can you do the same video test in daylight and compare the quality? I suspect even the daylight image will look like that.
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    motion blur and unclear image in general

    I don't see any substantial motion blur. If you want more detail on a particular portion of the image, you need to zoom in on it to get more pixels on target.
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    Anyway to improve image

    I think the only substantial improvement you can get is to zoom the cameras in.
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    Video Quality .

    You can drop a dome camera down from a ceiling using the PFA101 and PFB300C type parts, which is basically a large aluminum tube that is threaded, and the camera threads onto this tube. I will predict that hanging a cam from your soffit down 3' or so in front of your exterior wall is going to...
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    Night Details

    They both look good to me, nothing substantial between them. If you want better facial recognition detail you'll need to zoom in and hope the 'perp' stands in the right place looking directly at your camera with minimal movement. Looks like you have a decent amount of light there, have you...
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    Flickering on my camera

    I would look to the backlight compensation as the source of sudden image change, or perhaps day/night switch. I would suggest it has nothing to do with bitrate or stream settings. I'm quite sure the camera goes dark because it is trying to turn off its Wide Dynamic Range-type setting, then it...
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    Periodic Table of Image Sensors

    Sure, but it will still be stitched and broken up. And your point about being vector based means there is even more justification for this being available in a single contiguous image.