Guest anguscanplay Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 No, but I'm tempted. How does a BW camera improve things compared to a night/day camera? a B&W camera see`s infra red where as a D / N camera uses shutter speed (and a bit of electronic wizardy) to grab enough visible light, you`ll still get washed out faces but you need less light to get a working picture and less light equals less wash out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuchars22 Posted December 24, 2007 Author Share Posted December 24, 2007 a B&W camera see`s infra red where as a D / N camera uses shutter speed (and a bit of electronic wizardy) to grab enough visible light, you`ll still get washed out faces but you need less light to get a working picture and less light equals less wash out An higher res too? I believe bw have more linesthan colour. Will a bw camera be affected by the porch light still (60w)? I'm thinking of buying one of those energy saving ones which output about 15w so it's just enough light. I saw this Extreme CCTV dome on ebay, looks good - any comments? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...=tab%3DWatching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuchars22 Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 Aha! I've got two of the dome cameras, and I tried the other one, which was still in its box, and the picture was miles better! What it looks like is that the original camera fails to adjust the exposure leaving the object washed out. The PSU failed at some point and was replaced, and I guess this is the damage that it caused to the camera. Thanks all for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfur mo Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Aha! I've got two of the dome cameras, and I tried the other one, which was still in its box, and the picture was miles better! What it looks like is that the original camera fails to adjust the exposure leaving the object washed out. The PSU failed at some point and was replaced, and I guess this is the damage that it caused to the camera. Thanks all for your help! just go's to show - information ALL OF IT is invaluable, you was asked to try try the camera on a Tv composite (rca) input, this was to eliminate the camera from the problem 'we' did not know you had a second camera or we would have suggested swapping, 'we' did not know your psu failed either - and now you know why proper and full information is so valuable. Alan If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuchars22 Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 just go's to show - information ALL OF IT is invaluable, you was asked to try try the camera on a Tv composite (rca) input, this was to eliminate the camera from the problem'we' did not know you had a second camera or we would have suggested swapping, 'we' did not know your psu failed either - and now you know why proper and full information is so valuable. Alan In hindsight it's easy to say that now. If I mentioned that I had second camera, I would have tried that already, otherwise there would be no point in mentioning it. The replacement PSU worked when I plugged it in during the day, when the picture is perfect, but I never knew that I had a problem during the dark from the beginning so I had no reason to suspect that it damaged the camera in anyway, but I get your point though. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anguscanplay Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 In hindsight it's easy to say that now. If I mentioned that I had second camera, I would have tried that already, otherwise there would be no point in mentioning it. The replacement PSU worked when I plugged it in during the day, when the picture is perfect, but I never knew that I had a problem during the dark from the beginning so I had no reason to suspect that it damaged the camera in anyway, but I get your point though. Thanks. I think your barking up the wrong tree anyway - doubt the psu had damaged the first camera, more likely the second camera was simply better set up for low light situations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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