Re: IR Illuminators

["Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx>]

If your hubby wanders around in the buff, then I'd scratch the idea about
occupancy sensors or any sort of illumination come to that.

Doug

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"Sue" <sodom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> That's a good idea, Doug.  I'm not forbidding her to stay out late, it's
> just that when tell her that coming in late like that wakes us up, she
> doesn't try to tell me that she went to bed at 10.  She's 22 years old, so
> I'm not trying to be a tyrant.
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> Also, it's not just her I'm trying to catch, it's anyone walking around in
> here at night, like hubby when he comes down to let the cat out in the
> buff. The light is probably the better idea.  The cats would probably
> appreciate being able to see their mice too.  :-)
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Could you use an occupancy sensor to turn a light on when on the errant
>> daughter returns.?
>>
>> Doug
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>> "Sue" <sodom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:46680b14$0$9958$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I now understand after doing some research that the IR Illuminators that
>>>work with cameras 1-1.5 lux, at least the ones Axis puts their name on,
>>>cost in the neighborhood of $500.  Yikes!  I shouldn't expect much from
>>>Hong Kong for $20.  At least I got a usable power supply.  :-)
>>>
>>> "Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:DgT9i.428592$115.176368@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Day/night doesn't mean day/pitch black and a day/night camera will
>>>> still need a certain amount of light to perform even when in the
>>>> "night" mode. Most inexpensive LED illuminators don't perform as
>>>> advertised, since a low light or day/night camera needs less light to
>>>> produce an image then a poor performing illuminator will yield the best
>>>> results on a camera that needs the least help. So the vendor is right
>>>> in a sense, but what he should have said "you need a low lux camera to
>>>> take advantage of the piss poor illuminator I've just sold you"
>>>>
>>>> Doug
>>>>
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>>>> "Sue" <sodom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:4667fc3d$0$19528$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Well, there you go.  Now I'm thoroughly confused.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have several day/night cameras, some really cheap, one is somewhat
>>>>> expensive.  They work great.  But I also have some very expensive high
>>>>> end cameras, such as the Sensormatic Speeddome Ultra VII, and the Axis
>>>>> 213 which are not day/night, at least not automatic day/night.  These
>>>>> are the ones I need the extra illumination for.  What would I need
>>>>> illumination for on cams that already have day/night?
>>>>>
>>>>> I bought an IR illuminator on ebay thinking that I could use it with
>>>>> the Speeddome Ultra VII inside my house so that my daughter could not
>>>>> sneak back to her room after being out half the night, but I can't see
>>>>> squat because it's so dark.  It has 48 LEDs, but doesn't illuminate
>>>>> worth a damn with that camera.  I tell the seller, he says "you need
>>>>> low lux camera to take advantage".  That's like giving Dolly Parton a
>>>>> boob job if you ask me.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:1181149844.346116.83250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> On Jun 6, 7:56?am, "Sue" <s...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> Easy question, does one need a very low lux camera to take advantage
>>>>>>> of an
>>>>>>> IR illuminator?  If so, how low?  Thanks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sue
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Actually the opposite is true. The more IR illumiators that you have,
>>>>>> the less low level light sensitivity the camera needs. ( assuming
>>>>>> it's
>>>>>> a color day/night switching camera)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are low light level cameras that don't need any illuminators.
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