Is there an option to disable the camera during certain times or based on ambient light? My goal is to capture night photos only.
581604
sorry to tell you that I purchased this camera because of the name BUSHNELL, ! All my trials, days and night, have been always very disappointing to say the least.
581605
No. There is no setting to disable the camera during certain times. Don't know why you would want to do that. There is plenty of room on the card to take thousands of pictures. And the batteries last forever. Had mine in the woods for over 6 months, still going strong.....
1914630
I don't have the same camera. My camera was purchased for HD night recording only and has to have an infrared light in order to use in the dark. The camera works with it in any setting it has. If your camera has a night vision mode that is what would probably work the best. I wish I could be more help to you.
551504
I turned mine off. It works but on mine it some times caused shimmer in play back, if you're moving the camera following action. If you're using telephoto and not moving camera or slowly moving camera, then ok. If you want to capture a frame to save a photo then you need it on.
556763
Why not? This camera is great at night shots...excellent in low light. We just got back from Tahiti with 500 or so wonderful pictures.
1477842
Have not driven under those conditions but overall the camera has excellent low light capability. At night the camera view is always much brighter than the actual light level. I am very happy with the low light recordings.
1751036
Try various settings/use a good tri-pod and take the photos at dusk when there is less contrast. worked for me on auto mode.
520464
It has no special light settings, but I used it on a dark overcast day and the images came out great. I have not used it at night, but I would guess that it would be equal to an average photo camera.
1197956
yes to both questions. you can take pictures with long exposure, for example at night time. great macro shot can be taking too. you may have to change some options on the camera depending on the exposure and light of the area. if you have more questions or comments please let me know.
1406092
There is an AF Illuminator which helps to focus in pitch dark before the camera takes the picture (this can be turned on or off). The AF Illuminator works good but keep in mind it takes a lot of battery energy and can drain the battery quickly. It's best to keep it off until you really need it.
1249327
The following is listed on the Foscam website. "The IR lights can be turned off manually from the software". I don't know if that means the night vision can stay on and the IR lights can be turned off at the same time.I hope this helps.
1278213
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.
1687851
Yes and no. You can set the SmartGuard to not light up during the day when the sensor detects movement but the camera will still record. I'm not sure if you can set the SmartGuard to only record at night without the light, which doesn't seem practical since there might not be enough light for the camera to capture a picture without the light at night.
1302721
Avoid extra digital zoom. The brighter the light the better. In lower light try evening setting. Do what you can to hold still. I can't remember if there is a setting for stabilization method you can check.
305753
Yes, you can disable GPS on this camera. Good thing since GPS uses up more battery.
860776
The little camera automatically goes the night vision But the main camera I cannot find out where to turn it off for night vision or in any of the other switches or seem not to work But maybe one day I can figure this out myself the instruction booklet was not too helpful
1290789
You could probably change the ISO/shutter/aperture settings to compensate for low lighting, but I usually set it to Auto mode, and I feel it's not bad. I can still see relatively well although it's rather noisy/fuzzy (it hardly bothers me, but I usually try to avoid low lighting anyways).
1114573
Nope, you can only use it in the day time as the light sensors wont allow it to properly attach to your camera at night