Re: Outdoor IR Cameras in Housings?

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Thank you for the suggestion. These cameras have a gasket around the lens
preventing surounding IR lights around it from reflecting back into it. I'll
experiment with a gasket between the housing glass and the camera to see if
this works.
Dave

"Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I would like to put Outdoor IR cameras inside metal housing but was told
>>the IR Leds will reflect off the glass in the housing. The cameras are
>>designed to mount stand alone. Is there anyway to set these up without
>>removing the glass in the housings? They are being used in a very crime
>>ridden area and the highest they can be mounted under eve is around 14
>>feet off the ground. Thank you
>> Dave
>
> The problem is that some light will be reflected back and the camera will
> just see the inside of the glass lens.  Just like standing inside your
> house at night and looking out.  You just see a reflection.
>
> HOWEVER there are some package cameras built that eliminate this problem
> by having a rubber boot/gasket around that lens of the camera that rests
> flat against the inside of the glass.
>
> I have used domes built this way.  With domes its difficult to get
> everything adjusted and positioned correctly, but it can be done.  Just
> takes times.  There are also some complete packaged cameras and
> illuminators with a fixed focus that handle this nicely.
>
> I originally ran across this problem many years ago when trying to video
> tape out a window.  A piece of cardboard around the lens to block the
> reflection did the trick.
>
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