Re: IR Illuminators

["Sue" <sodom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I was just kidding.  :-)

"Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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.
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> 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.
>>
>> 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.
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>> "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
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>>>>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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