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  1. steve1225

    Colorvu G3 availability in the USA? worth it?

    Andy have some G3 models: https://empiretech01.com/collections/colorvu-series-camera Please be aware that G3 similar to Dahua WizColor cams - use some AI trick (AI-ISP) in video processing to create beautiful bright and colorful static images at night conditions. they can work in worse...
  2. steve1225

    Mini-Review EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-T

    it's strictly different firmware version behavior - not different HW model behavior... ZAS you have on firmware version after Dahua added Large Scale AI models. Another time, when they add some feature and they destroy other by bad code design...
  3. steve1225

    Mini-Review EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-T

    for me MD masks never worked for Smart Illumination on 3449-PRO.. Now I know why - I used IVS.. quality of firmware on newer Dahua cams is going spiral down...
  4. steve1225

    B54PRO-Z4E first impression

    To be fair - you should show here how image / video with the same exposure / shutter looks from 5442... A big problem with WizColor / AI-ISP cameras is that because they can "paint" a beautiful bright color static image at 1/100s to 1/250s at night in low light, we think the same applies to...
  5. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Andy, but they have SECOND video processing pipeline without AI-ISP in this firmware.. All dual light (5x59-IL) models DON'T have AI-ISP and they use some form of more classic video processing... almost the same hardware.. the same firmware.. They simply can add option to use video pipeline...
  6. steve1225

    Sensors used in Dahua cams

    Both Dahua WizColor and hik vucolor are using SmartSens sensors (4/6/8 mix). Omni vision is used only in classic higher lines
  7. steve1225

    AcuPick 2.0 - NEW AI features for Dahua cams / NVRs (presentation)

    yes, I have plans to buy it when will be available on Andy shop.. question when I will have time to install / play with it? There weeks ago I started big modernization of my house and for now I don't have time / energy to unpack / install in my house Andy last delivery of 54PRO-ZE...
  8. steve1225

    2025 New Arrivals From EmpireTech

    Main difference for PRO NVR is WizSeek - natural large AI model like Google Gemini for describing what NVR see on video. You can search objects / actions by written prompts like 'Man in blue t-shirt running over street'. Or 'cat jumping over fence'. You can create alarms for specific actions...
  9. steve1225

    AcuPick 2.0 - NEW AI features for Dahua cams / NVRs (presentation)

    Delivered by Andy demo of searching objects using WizSeek and AI text prompts:
  10. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    what tool / process are you using to extract the firmware?
  11. steve1225

    AcuPick 2.0 - NEW AI features for Dahua cams / NVRs (presentation)

    Firmware to 5xxx-XI-PRO have 1.5 GB of main .bin file + 2GB of algorithms .bin file... In comparison 5xxx-EI had 0.25GB firmware file and 6xx-XI had 0.45GB firmware.. Big jump in AI algorithms data...
  12. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    no it's not.. 4/5/8 Mpx models configuiration and 140db WDR (triple flash, 90 fps on sensor) on 4Mpx model suggest that sensors on 5x59-IL are taken from OmniVision (identical to 5442) not SmartSense. they have very different noise type.. there is no 2Mpx model on both lines...
  13. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Yes, main board with SoC and firmware is the same. Only sensor and optics are different. Plus firmware don’t support ai-isp (different internal config). In world of cams this is normal. Hik have sometimes hundreds cam models on the same main board / soc / firmware.
  14. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    There is huge difference in AI video processing performance on latest mobiles (I use iPhone 17 pro max) and sport cams (latest insta360 / DJI cams) and those hik / Dahua ai-isp cams.. WizColor looks like 3-4 years old AI video processing taken from older mobiles / sport cams. They have huge...
  15. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Yes, the comparison was done in full manual mode. The difference wasn’t huge
  16. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    F1.6 and F1.0 difference on the paper is huge. In reality in cctv cams not.. I had F1.2 aperture (almost F1.0) 5442H versions (in 7442 chassis/optics) and the difference in image brightness at night wasn't huge... Nothing like 54IR vs 34PRO / 54PRO now... Full 7442 on the same sensor /...
  17. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    the biggest progres in last a few years are in mobile / sport cam / drone image sensor segments.. Quad Bayer sensors have revolutionized the capabilities offered by mobile devices. High resolution (48Mpx, aka 8K) for a day operation plus the ability to group 4 pixels into 1 larger one in the...
  18. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    I don't think this is possible. AI-ISP is very different video processing pipeline from classic Dahua/HIK one (I found this one year ago with TIOC-PRO). It can be tuned (internal Dahua configuration of used SOC) but not switched off.. very similar to full color cams, which had not switchable...
  19. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    In comparison to classic IR 1/1.8" image sensor with F1.6 aperture cams with classic processing (like Dahua 5442) the difference is bigger.. Mostly due 3D AI noise reduction (creates very good static pictures), always-on HDR (dynamic remapping) and 3D-LUT color grading. But also different...
  20. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    but it's 2021 image sensor.. taken from HIK ColorVu 2.0 cams.. As I told a few times, all progress in 2024/2025 Dahua WizColor / HIK ColorVu 3.0 cams are based only on new SOC with AI-ISP video processing. Zero progress on sensor level.. This is very visible from the comments here on the...
  21. steve1225

    AcuPick 2.0 - NEW AI features for Dahua cams / NVRs (presentation)

    A few days ago Dahua released new NVR line 5xxx-XI-Pro, which have double AI processor inside and can do: WizSeek & AcuPick 2.0 post processing for all modern cams (up to 64) with AcuPick detection capability plus 8 channels of AcuPick detection / Video Meta Data (with ANPR) / Face Detection &...
  22. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    On my 54PRO, when I turn off the 3D NR switch, I see an image without 3D noise reduction—with the typical defects of an unprocessed image—noise that forms a characteristic pattern typical of this sensor. Of course, I'm talking about a very short shutter speed (0.1 ms during the day) and high...
  23. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Are you saying that all the complaints about "not turning off" 3D NR were due to setting 3D NR to a low level (zero) and not turning off 3D NR using this switch? :) if setting 3D NR to zero would disable all 3D, then there will be no separate 3D NR switch.. it has separate functionality -...
  24. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    you can always go down with exposure compensation..
  25. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    it has two legs :) you can edit minimum object size for intrusion...
  26. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    ok, so Large Scale AI models are available, simply you have more false positives on them.. False positives from WHAT? What objects creates them? Any footage / pics of alarms? Also did you have enabled animal detection? I remember that you reported false positives on this scene and didn't...
  27. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    latest - so exactly which one? You must disable AcuPic, reboot and enable Large scale AI models..
  28. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    yes, I can confirm - there was big firmware.bin update (+70MB) with new AI learning data in this version.
  29. steve1225

    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Disable AcuPick.. camera will reboot. then in IVS -> Global settings enable Large Scale AI Models.. recheck how IVS works in this mode... and describe here is there any difference...