I'm looking to use this as a security camera. Is the red light really noticeable? Is it quiet! Thanks !
835689
It is noticeable, but not glaring - we have not detected any sound. Not sure if it needs to be seen or can be covered?
835690
The red light is noticeable if looking directly at the camera but that's all. It is not very bright so it does not draw attention. The camera is silent as far as I can tell. To test the camera before I set it up outside, I put it on my mantle at home. It snapped pictures for 2 days and no one even noticed it was there.
835691
The red light is really noticeable. But only if you are looking at it. The operations is quiet.
835692
While I have to admit that I never walked up on it in the dark, it looks tome like it would pretty un-noticable. The animals I got pictures of were feeding right in frontof the cameria and never noticed it. Yes, it is quiet. But I have to be honest, I'm not real sure this is the best security cam.
1441027
The brightest mode is the 1 double power LED at 70 lumens. The red light is very efficient for night vision in my opinion, but it is not dimmable.
2254096
Mine is not the one pictured here but that is the right middle number. Even when I have told people it has a camera they are not positive where it is located on it. All you see is a small hole that could be for anything. Low light it is possible to see but not good. It does not have night vision so you would need to set up lighting. I have a motion light in one area and for another I have night vision light in the other. As for recording. Any security dvr will work fine, you just need to keep it hidden where you know ppl are not going to look. Most dvrs require a monitor. But after it is setup you can remove monitor and just use a smart phone or computer terminal. Choose a dvr you can get answers on for setting up. They can be hard even for a techy
955970
It is a quiet unit. Noise has not been an issue. The only draw back I have with the unit is the darkness of the 3-D which I understand is not unusual in the industry. There may be some that allows more light. Regular 2-D imaging is real fine.
1256584
not bright red, or even as bright as most home security systems. if looking for a faint glow, you may find. It took my itch blak backyard and lit it up fpr my Q-See security cameras
727831
Hmmmm. Never really noticed. So I went and checked it out. The red led comes on when motion is detected. It blinks only when movement is detected. Otherwise it is out. Hope that solves your question. P'Cola Bob.
2003201
It's noticeable, but not loud.(except when it first powers up for about 60 secs). I keep mine in a seperate room, because my other gear is silent compared to it, but it's not nearly as loud as a hp or cisco server.
625017
It's quiet. No noise that I could hear. The only issue I've had is that I sometimes get blacked out images
1771165
No. It has a few red lights that come on. Very quickly. They won't see it unless looking directly at it. The video option makes the light come on longer. I wouldn't get this one for your purpose. Get a blackout one. More expensive but will work better for thieves. Or put it up high pointed down.
581985
I think that it is very quiet. I only use it to backup my system and it is not on all of the time. I have not noticed any noise.
1256585
My unit has the same dim red glow. I added a piece of florescent lighting diffuser panel (used in overhead lighting) the same size of the LED face. This widened and smoothed out the lighted image seen with the camera. This unit is still working, since 2008. Great product. You should buy the best camera you can then worry about the illumination after it is up and running. A high quality day/night camera with a very low lux rating (&lt;0.001) can produce amazing images in very low light. The better the camera you start out with the more effective the illuminators will be.
326197
I have used this for a couple weeks now. The forward facing camera records fine at night. It can see anywhere the headlights go, and better if there are street lights etc... The cabin facing infra-red lights/camera are not as good. The infra red lights light up the space about the size of a basketball... and you can clearly see everything in that small space, but not really anything else. Overall, I'm happy with the product though.
240996
It makes a slight noise... maybe if there was no TV/radio on and no one talking and you were sitting close to the camera you'd hear it.I've tried to get peoples attention in the past by moving panning the cam left and right- but they never notice it- so I guess it's pretty silent.
1739482
First off there is no light flash, it is a dull redish glow of infrared that takes a great night picture. Not many people noticed mine and it worked 40-50 feetaway, great security camera. I set it up to take 3 pix in 5 seconds for more security............hope this helps
1406544
You in fact do not have to be in a well lighted room for it to work, due to IR tech. The amount of movement required for response is extremely minimal, and can be adjusted in the setup software. I use mine for MSFSX, and the only problem I've encountered is when I have shiny stuff behind me in its field of view. Enjoy, this is a great product.
2000380
SecureCam (SHARX) is being VERY conservative when they tell you the IR range in total darkness is 45 ft. It's more like 45 meters. I have a few of them and they light up object easily over 100 feet away. In fact the IR is so strong I disabled one of them. I use a small $5 IR LED panel which lets me illuminate off axis from the camera. This actually gives me a better image as the shadows help you distinguish more features.
1165491
There is a red light that flashes near the front lens that let's you know it got the signal from the remote to turn on. Then the fan kicks on and you hear that upon start up, but the unit operates quietly. The clarity of picture and brightnest are outstanding !