Vigilant Solutions VSR-60-02MP1 IP Camera IPC262ER9-X10DU 24V, 1.5A, 50/60Hz.

[TheWaterbug]

Oddly hidden in System: Maintenance, is the Max. Zoom Ratio control.



Anything greater than 10 appears to be digital zoom, as I can no longer hear motors whirring if I zoom in beyond 10.

I thought maybe the max optical zoom might be a function of the Min. Focus Distance, but the whirring/no-whirring zoom threshold didn't change when I changed the Min. Focus Distance.

So what's the Min. Focus Distance for? Why would I want that adjustable? Wouldn't I always want the maximum possible range?

 

[PeteJ]

Oddly hidden in System: Maintenance, is the Max. Zoom Ratio control.

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Anything greater than 10 appears to be digital zoom, as I can no longer hear motors whirring if I zoom in beyond 10.

I thought maybe the max optical zoom might be a function of the Min. Focus Distance, but the whirring/no-whirring zoom threshold didn't change when I changed the Min. Focus Distance.

So what's the Min. Focus Distance for? Why would I want that adjustable? Wouldn't I always want the maximum possible range?

Maybe it's there to prevent it from focus hunting.

 

[TheWaterbug]

I think there IR lamps have a far and near power setting so that you can get more light into the background w/o blowing out the foreground.

I turned on the "anti-blowout" features, and I got this nice capture:



If you step through the video frame-by-frame, you can almost see where we get a keyframe and an exposure/illumination correction, just as s/he poses for us.