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johnboy
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 Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:53 pm Post subject: Suitability of Axis 207MW for my residential security needs |
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Some questions;
1. I would like to aim the camera out one of my windows towards the driveway, but read in the online instruction manual something about the brightness of the sunlight damaging the camera. Does anybody have more information on this?
2. If the camera records an image (not a closeup) of someone trying to break into the garage, can the image be magnified to better capture the person's facial image? If so, is this difficult or expensive to do?
Thanks,
Johnboy
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itsokrelax
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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1. Yes it will damage the sensor, but I've gotten away with it.
2. The lower the compression the better you will be able to zoom. You won't be able to zoom a whole heck of a lot either way though.
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timhillone
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1, Yes, sunlight will reflect on your camera, so you can not view anything in your camera! you can adjuest the angle of your camera.
2, we think 207mw have not this function.
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Johnboy,
Regarding #2,
The short answer is that you cant enhance an image to a higher resolution than what was recorded.
what you're describing is usually solved by Digital PTZ functionality.
With many megapixel cameras, you typically view the image at a smaller resolution that what is actually captured, in order to see the whole scene all at once. One can then "digitally" zoom in on the image, looking at just a part of it at full resolution.
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qwazr
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I have a camera facing the ocean dead east out my window. In the morning when the sun is shining on the camera I obviously get a washed out picture but later in the day the picture is fine. So far (2 years) it has not damaged anything.
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40th Floor
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| qwazr wrote: | | ...So far (2 years) it has not damaged anything. |
From what I remember, a CCD sensor is what has, at least the older-tech ones did, the problem of burn-in when capturing a bright light. Most netcams have a CMOS sensor. The 207 lines has CMOS.
The 207MW has great image quality (color balance is good). The extra pixels go to area, though, not detail. 1280x pixels across is what you get, but the area covered by that is close to double what a typical 640x camera would cover, so no more detail in any particular area.
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