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re: Infrared lights for surveillance cameras
Posted on 5/17/17 at 4:36 pm to fatboydave
Posted on 5/17/17 at 4:36 pm to fatboydave
quote:Any IR light will work, but only if they are day/night cameras.
I just assumed any IR light would work.
Regular daytime cameras need an IR filter in front of the sensor, otherwise it'll pick up infrared light and distort the colors in the image during the day, but this prevents them from seeing infrared at night. Day/night cameras flip the filter out of the way at night so they can see infrared when they need to. They usually switch to black/white mode too so the image is more clear.
quote:How many cameras are we talking about? It it too much trouble and too expensive to replace them, assuming they are in fact daytime-only?
Already have cameras. ...I'll have to run a motion light in the dark area.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 5:15 pm to Korkstand
They are day / night cameras. I just want to light up the rear portion of my property. Its pretty far and is pretty much all dark. I know I will not be able to identify people by their face at that distance, just want to be able to see something moving around at night.
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