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Night Vision Settings
The SCNC2607 and other models with IR night vision have several settings to
adjust your preferred night vision.
The IR infrared LEDs can be set to “On”, “Off”, or “Automatic” which uses the
light sensor on the front of the camera to check ambient light levels to turn on
the IR LEDs only at night.
Similarly, “Black & White Mode” can be “On”, “Off”, or “Auto”. The default
setting is “Auto” so that you have the highest sensitivity at night. Sometimes
you have better picture quality with this setting “Off”. It’s worth a try.
The “Moonlight mode” setting in the “Camera Setup” menu boosts available
light by reducing the frame rate to 7.5 fps. On the SCNC2606 this feature can
only be set “On” or “Off”, while other models have the additional “Automatic”
setting. This uses the light sensor to turn on moonlight mode only at night.
If you are using indoor IR cameras to look through a window, you should set IR
LEDs to Off and instead set the Moonlight mode to Automatic. Otherwise the
IR LEDs would reflect off the window glass and the glare would make
everything almost invisible.
The outdoor cameras and the new SCNC2700 series have a feature that
combines the excellent daytime colors of the SCNC2606 with the IR night
vision performance of the SCNC2607. During the day, an optical “IR cut filter”
removes all infrared light. This makes the camera’s daytime vision similar to a
human eye which does not see IR light, and therefore all colors appear vivid
and natural to us. At night, the filter moves out of the optical path to enable IR
night vision. You can actually hear a click when this filter moves. This happens
both during power-up and when light levels change between day & night.
If using the SCNC2700 to look through a window, you may want to experiment
with the IR filter in the automatic position even though IR LEDs are set off.
Combined with automatic moonlight this makes the best use of street lighting.
For special applications there is also a setting that allows you to keep the IR
filter fixed either in the on or off position. The normal factory default is
automatic and this is recommended.
IMPORTANT: For best IR night vision on
outdoor cameras please refer to page 33 about the sunshade position.
Clean
lens cover glass also helps extend the range and reduces fogginess.
