The camera looks foggy with night vision. I turned off the LED, then I get a picture, but don't I need LED. Also, can I zoom in during playback mode?
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The foggy look is probable do to lack of auto focus, check your settings. Also the greater the zoom at night less sharp the focus. You will not be able to zoom in are out during playback mode because the recording is already complete.
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Mine is ok at night because any motion that triggered the recording feature also triggered my motion light in the area of camera focus. I have mine set to the ultimate focus for the area it covers,but I don't believe you can alter the focus once it has been recorded.
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Night vision (infrared) is always black and white with cameras with the black being a bit less black than in daytime. It is perfectly normal. If you have bright outside lights you can most of the time just turn off the night vision and get good color video even at night. I have never tried to zoom during playback but if you get some video editing software you can cut individual frames from the video and blow them up as much as you want.
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Mine does not look foggy well with night vision is not as clear as with the sun out, you must like in a well lite area to get a picture at night without night vision. No zoom during playback.
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I have mine set as continuous loop, but when night driving the camera doesn't notice anything on dark highways, then stops recording only to start again when lights brighten the lens. I guess it thinks the vehicle isn't moving. I don't know. Just my observation, in which I don't care for. I would rather have the thing recording on the loop until I turn it off. So far I have not found that button.
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Thanks but what I'd like to understand is how it can be working perfectly one day, shut off while not in use, then the next time I turn it on, the image on the LCD screen is blurred, I haven't even pressed the shutter release yet, (and wouldn't due to the blurred and dark image). How can that happen? Why is there a need to adjust ISO settings when they haven't been touched?!
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I have never had a similar problem when shooting in normal mode, BUT i did notice when shooting in HDR mode it drained the battery quickly and processed pretty slowly. I suspect the same is true for Panorama mode. I suspect both of these modes use a lot of processing power. I ended up taking it off of HDR mode and didn't have any problems. I bought a second battery from a guy on craigslist and like having a back-up, but that is more for when we haven't charged it for a while. I'm not sure if I did a firmware update or not.
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yeah there is actually a setting that you can use for low light. i've used it in the dark and you can't even tell that you took it in the dark
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nope, its all blacked out.. sometimes i miss the standard housing, cause with the black housing i dont know if im recording or what im doing, so the only way to know if im recording, its view the lcd in my mirror...
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hi,dear friend, there's a manual for this camera. 1) Long press the "power" key to start, press the "power" key to save and stop recording. 2) The led is off(flashes 3 times then goes off) during recording.
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Try a different input on ur DVR that you know works correctly. If it still does not show color, u have a defective unit as the night/low light feature is automatic. These cameras are built very well and I have had no problems so far.
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Hi Mikieb: I'm sorry to tell you mine is the same during the daytime. I have not been able to adjust. It does show objects very well at night but during the daytime the only colors i can pick up are red, green and black. The other colors are distingueshed better than the black and white cameras, but not like watching tv. I havent been able to adjust for a clear color.
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There's a menu when you ping the camera 192.168.0.178 I think it's under advanced settings you can set the LED to off so it doesn't blink...
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Not trying to sound like a smart-ass but did you plug it in all the way? I had that issue one night while trying to get pix of the northern lights. After coming inside and seeing it in good light, I pushed it in further and problem was fixed. Pat's answer is great advice.
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Thomas, I have the same issue. The settings taken from CNET look god awful. Movie mode looks particularly heinous. It places a sort of grey/green film over the colors and the picture. Dynamic seemed to be a better mode for me. Contrast 100/ Brightness 45ish/ Sharpness 0/Color 46/ Tint 50-50/Color tone Cool 1
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I have been able to see nighttime shots but they are quite grainy as would be expected. IT does recognize movement and take video when there is no light, yes.
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Hi again. Just tried mine out while recording a video and zooming in and out just as you asked, and it's silent. Sorry -- it does seem that you've got a lemon.
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Not too sure why this happens. Never experience this. The only reason that I can think off is when it gets dark the images are displayed by the infra red, night vision properties of the camera.
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Hi Linda, do you see the only Button it has on top?Press On/off key for two seconds to start the device. the camara will go into standby mode, the green LED light will go on.then in the standby mode, press the on/off button for three seconds, the green LED flashes three times before recording begins, and that's it you all set, hope this help you? Happy Holly Days!
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I not sure but shooting it in the dark. In PS3 menu, go to videos-&gt;Memorystick option to see video files. You might be trying from Pictures-&gt;MemoryStick option. Please post a message if it works, I have purchased one of these cameras and waiting to receive it.