I only want to use this camera at night, is that possible?
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Yea it is fine to use at nite, just remember if anything happens to it after 366 days after you buy it ................................ there is no warantee of any kind and no customer service , these are THROW away cameras.................
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if its comes with infrared it will take pics at night[black and white photos]in the day time it will be color pics.read the instructions on screen before youbuy it.It will indicate if it has infrared.if it dose not ,don't buy it. tauz
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You can use it at night, but it is just a screen, you have to supply your own speakers and projector.
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Yes. Dusk to dawn is just one of the settings / functions. How it determines light availablity is that it takes a picture at a certain interval to sense light or dark. When it senses that conditions are right, it goes back to taking pics at its set interval. You can also set it to take a picture every 2 seconds or whatever your preference is 24/7. You can also set on and off times manual. Caution: I bought mine in August. I was trying to catch a thief. I set mine to take a pic at 2 sec. intervals. When I reviewed the "video," it stopped playing and froze...a glitch in the software. Luckily I kept the file. I called the company and found that my camera did not ship with the latest software version, 4.5 I think. Once I did the free update, the video played through and we caught our thief. E-mailed the stills to the state police and off they went.
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The answer is no to the set up. Cameras should be set up during day light hours. If camera has IR sensor then having the IR lights could be set up at night to give you a better results of where they are pointing along with having it set to the best lighting for your needs.
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It will not record through the window AT NIGHT. The lights on it shine off the window. It works just fine during the day through the window. Better without the screen, but still is fine with the screen. I love this camera in every other way.
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It is daytime only without any type of flash. I is constantly silently taking pictures during the time you have set up.
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I agree that the camera does not work well at all in the dark but is fine in daylight and hope that will be upgraded or improved in future versions. Other cameras might work better for night but mine does go off if senses motion.
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Dear Wolfgang,Please check and verify if the camera you are using is Analog camera. You can use it for night owl systems if the cameras are analog cameras. Thank you!
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Hi Nolan, this Sony HDRCX900/B has a Night Shot feature which emits infrared light to take images on a total darkness. -Ely
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Since this is a very good camera what you might want to do is some research on lighting that you can attach to it for night lighting. There is only so much that can be done at night as should be known. There are some really good lights now being produced such as LED.
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Yes you can. The setup is not easy, but not difficult as well. You can setup different users and passwords to give to various individuals. Careful, they can control the camera and move it around. You need to set those restrictions before hand. My wife works at night as an RN and checks on the baby periodically during the night. She also catches a glimpse of me sleeping.
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No,not as long as the camera isn't in plain view or easily seen.We have several of these and have taken many photos of animals,people riding buy on 4-wheelers,etc,both day and night time without knowing the camera was there or they had their photos taken.Day photos are in color and night photos are black and white.One of my friends purchased this same camera to put in a tree behind his business for security.Also will take video if that's what your more interested in but this mode will use up battery life at a faster rate.
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Yes, you can use it with different software enabling it to do anything. It will also record 24/7 with the original software.Be advised you will always see a light on, green during the day and many red ones during the night.Additionally, you can have it always on; but only recording for motion or alarm (external trigger) to conserve storage space.
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You will have to try different light etc. I do not know about low light or nights. During daylight it works just fine
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You will not be able to get any images during the highttime because the camera does not have any type of flash. It is designed to take daytime photos only/
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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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not exactly. The camera would have to be a digital type camera, like what you have in a webcam or a cell phone. you would also have to probably remove an IR filter that most digital day camera's have on them and then, yes this could assist in turning some types of day cameras into a night vision camera, but you'll have to do some digging around to make sure the day camera in question is compatible with this. But instead of doing this, I would search low lux CMOS camera and get one of those. You can find some for under 10 dollars but they wouldn't record on their own, you'd have to hook it up to something. That might have been a longer answer than you hoped for but there it is. not exactly. The camera would have to be a digital type camera, like what you have in a webcam or a cell phone. you would also have to probably remove an IR filter that most digital day camera's have on them and then, yes this could assist in turning some types of day cameras into a night vision camera, but you'll have to do some digging around to make sure the day camera in question is compatible with this. But instead of doing this, I would search low lux CMOS camera and get one of those. You can find some for under 10 dollars but they wouldn't record on their own, you'd have to hook it... » Read More not exactly. The camera would have to be a digital type camera, like what you have in a webcam or a cell phone. you would also have to probably remove an IR filter that most digital day camera's have on them and then, yes this could assist in turning some types of day cameras into a night vision camera, but you'll have to do some digging around to make sure the day camera in question is compatible with this. But instead of doing this, I would search low lux CMOS camera and get one of those. You can find some for under 10 dollars but they wouldn't record on their own, you'd have to hook it up to something. That might have been a longer answer than you hoped for but there it is. « Show Less