AXIS Q35 Series Dome Camera
Configure your device
Configure your device
Adjust the image
This section includes instructions about configuring your device. If you want to learn more about how certain features work, go
to
Select exposure mode
To improve image quality for specific surveillance scenes, use exposure modes. Exposure modes lets you control aperture, shutter
speed, and gain. Go to
Video > Image > Exposure
and select between the following exposure modes:
•
For most use cases, select
Automatic
exposure.
•
For environments with certain artificial lighting, for example fluorescent lighting, select
Flicker-free
.
Select the same frequency as the power line frequency.
•
For environments with certain artificial light and bright light, for example outdoors with fluorescent lighting at night and
sun during daytime, select
Flicker-reduced
.
Select the same frequency as the power line frequency.
•
To lock the current exposure settings, select
Hold current
.
Benefit from IR light in low-light conditions by using night mode
Your camera uses visible light to deliver color images during the day. But as the visible light diminishes, color images become less
bright and clear. If you switch to night mode when this happens, the camera uses both visible and near-infrared light to deliver bright
and detailed black-and-white images instead. You can set the camera to switch to night mode automatically.
1. Go to
Video > Image > Day-night mode
, and make sure that the
IR-cut filter
is set to
Auto
.
2. To set at what light level you want the camera to switch to night mode, move the
Threshold
slider toward
Bright
or
Dark
.
Reduce noise in low-light conditions
To reduce noise in low-light conditions, you can adjust one or more of the following settings:
•
Adjust the trade-off between noise and motion blur. Go to
Video > Image > Exposure
and move the
Blur-noise trade-off
slider toward
Low noise
.
•
Set the exposure mode to automatic.
Note
A high max shutter value can result in motion blur.
•
To slow down the shutter speed, set max shutter to the highest possible value.
•
Open the aperture.
•
Reduce sharpness in the image, under
Appearance
.
Handle scenes with strong backlight
Dynamic range is the difference in light levels in an image. In some cases the difference between the darkest and the brightest
areas can be significant. The result is often an image where either the dark or the bright areas are visible. Wide dynamic range
(WDR) makes both dark and bright areas of the image visible.
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