I have this camera zoomed in all the way (tight). At night it is cloudier (not pixelated but blurrier) than my other cameras. Any suggestions?
919487
On the underside of the camera there are 2 screw adjustment slots (one for focus, one for zoom); please make sure your camera is in focus by adjusting both slots. If you still get blurriness problem, please use the button control on the camera to adjust the camera's color contrast and backlight setting (press on the button to bring out OSD menu, and then move up&down; for choosing between menus, left&right; for adjusting menus)
919488
On the underside of the camera there are 2 screw adjustment slots (one for focus, one for zoom); please make sure your camera is in focus by adjusting both slots. If you still get blurriness problem, please use the button control on the camera to adjust the camera's color contrast and backlight setting (press on the button to bring out OSD menu, and then move up&down for choosing between menus, left&right for adjusting menus)
1451826
I have the same experience. I believe it is caused by lossy compression. To claim that the video captured by the sensor is 1080p is a bit misleading, because this pixelization effectively reduces the resolution. It could potentially be fixed with better firmware, but I am not holding my breath waiting for BlackVue. There is a custom firmware produced by Russian dashcam enthusiasts that is intended to use better compression (I think), but I haven't tried it.
950344
Sorry man I have not used it yet. On my others camera it is a setting I can change. I'll look at the camera when I get home and see if I can help out. I have been out of town. I'll get back this weekend
1321784
I'm thinking it might be related to the dark corner issue. I noticed more than one reviewer complained about this and there are photos posted up in the customer photo section illustrating this issue. I was going to purchase this camera myself until I saw this potential problem. For example:http://www.amazon.com/review/R1HXQU9INW3I2T/ref=cm_aya_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN;=B005TGKX9S#wasThisHelpful
310550
i used mine this past weekend in a low light indoor situation, I wasn't happy at all with the results. I find this camera very hard to get crisp clear pictures. Not happy with my purchase, its very sensitive to blurring.
1285355
During daylight hours, it does so very well. When using the IR lighting, there is a lot of glare. I've tried several ways to eliminate it, but so far no luck. I have read where someone blacked out the lights on the camera and used IT illuminators outside, and that worked. I'll be giving that a try myself.
396243
There is probably either too much ambient light in the room or the IR Leds are reflecting off some nearby surface and fooling the light sensor into thinking there is plenty of light in the room (thus turning off the IR Leds). You could try placing a bit of tape or something semi-transparent over the light sensor and see if that helps. Or as a quick test, while it's flickering, place your finger over the sensor and see if the IR Leds stay on (night vision mode). If it's too close to some surface, move it further away. If those suggestions don't work, the camera may be defective.
2033048
I have a android version phone. i can focus in but the picture gets fuzzy the bigger you make.I have 2 swanndvr and 1 nightowldvr. I don't like the Nightowl.
2116416
We have no issues with night pics. Video worked great for awhile, but I'm am filing complaint today. Both cameras are good for pics only at this point. Not happy.
1325864
Honestly don't kno..but I can say I have my camera in my porch,aimed towards my driveway. My car is a very light blue and at night the picture is perfect..during the day ofcourse it's better..I have an extra camera and I'm going to use it to replace an old camera that seened better years..lol..good luck..just kno I don't have any complaints about this camera..
396242
Same problem. I just opened the unit and so far I love it, but on night vision there is no constant image. It keeps "blinking" from night vision image to black, back and forth. Is this normal? I was expecting uninterrupted image in night vision as when there is light on the room. By the way, when I turn lights on, the blinking desapears. Can anyone help us with this?
599672
They are both digital zooms, the "clear image" zoom is a 2x extension, the digital goes up to 160x. Basically the more you digital zoom the worse it gets. I would try to see one in action to see if the degradation is acceptable to you. There are some posts on youtube as well that may help. I would have thought with a 20mpix sensor, they could have "zoomed" in on the sensor with little degradation but there is some loss even in the "clear image" zoom. You'll have to look and see for yourself how much quality loss you are willing to give up.
250135
I'm having this issue, too. Camera seems to get confused and the whole frame becomes blurry rather than focusing on the one object. It takes several attempts to register what I'm trying to do, and then it's too late - opportunity has passed and subject has moved. Time to really study my manual I guess or maybe this is a shortcoming with this camera.
101125
Thank you for your response. I seem to do OK with close up but longer focal lengths give me a hard time. I may send it in just for them to check it out. I like the camera but I havent ever been so stymied before.
1480389
I've got a Red 6 I bought 6 weeks ago. Haven't really used it on game yet but did a fair amount of experimentation on day and night shooting and distances, motion, etc. A few of my night shots were very washed out. My yellow lab was maybe 8 feet away when he triggered the camera. Seems like subjects closer than 20 feet end up over exposed. Another test was of me in the yard at night 20 feet away and I showed up clear as well as my neighbor's house wall that was over 60 feet from the camera. While reading your note I thought of something you might try in case your camera is over exposing your night shots with too much infrared for the closer shots. Try using some black electrical tape cut in small pieces and placed in front of a few of the IR leds to block out a portion of the light they emit. Also try not to have a lot of dry light colored grass in the photos to cut down on the amount of IR reflection back to the camera. Good luck. One last thought, it could be that the software that must distinguish between Color Daylight exposure recording and switching the unit to exposing for IR black and white may be having a problem during that transition period when its switching prematurely (too early) to IR and the combination of IR and still existing twilight is overexposing the shot. I suspect that might be your case.
556376
You can use a night mode portarit, it will help you capture the real atmosphere of a low light environment. When using such modes you should be aware that camera has to be very still, if not you can get blurry photos. Best solution for this is using a tripod.
478485
Same problem. Thought I just got a defective camera. I exchanged it for the same model, same problem. I found that if I zoom even a little bit, the shadow goes away. Annoying, goodbye Lumix.