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    IR washed out after swapping lenses

    Sorry, I wasn't specific enough. I was just disappointed with how the night shots looked in general, I'm not really concerned about reading plates at night and I know that is more difficult. I just lost the details in IR mode that were present with the stock lens.
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    IR washed out after swapping lenses

    I think the foam is fine, it is a bullet camera and the 8mm sits about the same as the 6mm did. I'll double check though. I'll know tomorrow if I can get plates, they are something that I would like to get and the FOV is a compromise. The cameras are there to catch some neighborhood...
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    IR washed out after swapping lenses

    I've got two DS-2CD2042 6mm cameras and I needed a small bump in the zoom in order to read plates. I've tried 8mm, 16mm, and 25mm before deciding that the 8mm would work best. My problem is that the image is really washed out with the 8mm. Did I get the wrong type of lens or am I not as in...
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    Need advice on VLAN for cams

    If your switches are capable, you could put them on a separate VLAN and give that VLAN a gateway so that you can talk to other systems on the network and prevent the cameras from being difrectly accessed via the Internet. That way you wouldn't need to dual-home.
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    DS-2cd2042 lens swap

    I am just getting my system up and I've discovered that 6mm just can't get me the facial detail and ability to read license plates that I need. Has anyone successfully installed a 12, 16, or 25mm in this camera? Do I just need to get a new one and if so, recomendations for a fixed focal IR model?
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    Deciding on NVR or Blue Iris

    Yes, another one of these posts. I did my research so hopefully it is a little better than the generic question. My street has some recent problems and I've set up two HiKvision bullet cameras (DS-2CD2042WD). I've already decided that with the price of storage, I may as well just record...
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