How good is the IR in complete darkness?
784904
Excellent. Can see deer clearly from 60+ yards in complete darkness. Even smaller animals including cats.
784905
Is not so good outdoors in a long distance but is ok indoors anyway IR in this camera a would rate like ok..
784906
It depends on the ground reflection, I have a cement driveway and a blacktop street.. I get about 10-20 feet with no light. With two 60 watt bulbs I get 30-40 feet. When there is snow on the ground and the lights are on I can see 50-60 feet. The less light the less detail in the picture.
784907
I can't answer your question. Every area we are using it in has at least low light even at night. I can tell you the picture is nice & clear and easy to make out in the low light
594386
Mine seems to be stuck on IR. All I see is a dull gray blob even in full light.
42290
when u use a ir illuminator on bell and howell camcorder built in infrared can u see more clearly to get around it the dark
1900801
Night Vision works the best when it's complete dark. If you install camera in half dark environment, the camera IR LED won't completely turn on, that's the worse situation for night vision camera.
148147
It has nv mode all it does is dim the dot so its not over powering at night. It's not actually nv with ir.
2117549
YES IR flash works okay at night a few of my pics I could not see very far into the field and couldn't see animal well
1831294
I own the IR200 but not the IR110 or the IR130. The IR200 is awesome, it is like shining an invisible floodlight down my sidewalk....it lights up the whole area. There is no way to walk into the yard without being illuminated. If it ever malfunctions, I will probably buy another one. This is in stark contrast to the IR illumination thrown out by the IR LEDs that surround the IR camera I have there (which is wimpy at best).
1646872
Yes, it does. I wouldn't say it would work in total darkness, but a little light or street lights would be sufficient to give you a decent picture.
1617227
I set one up this way when first testing new unit. It works OK in daylight, if there are no reflections from the glass. No good at all after dark, as the ir lights from the camera are always reflected and cannot illuminate the subject.
946327
Agreed, no visible sign the camera is running. To notice the ir lights it would have to be really really dark. From my yard at night on a new moon I still can't see the ir lights.
884276
It works ok at night. If you want to see clearly you may need to either buy a ptz camera that has IR illuminaters built in, or buy a IR spot to light up the area you need to see the most clearly at night.
2195397
I would think it to be ok, i have ised mine in hot humid ohio, and blistering hot new mexico, and had no problems, the only bad thing that o had happen os the IR (night vision) led's started dying after about 6 months, this can be verified by using a cam corder at night and i could see the ones that stopped working, i used mine for a front door monitor, so i initially just installed a floodlight for night recording, eventually i just built my own IR board with parts i ordered online, and that only cost aroumd 30, but i put much more IR's than the camera originally had, and angled the edge ones to get a bit more coverage, other that the nigjt time problem, camera is decent enough quality, i never had any issues with viewing or recording, it even put a good image to my phone, but i have an imdependent computer i use for security monitoring, recording, and broadcasting
370920
There is no light. You can think of Flirc as a universal IR receiver. It doesn't matter what signals your remote puts out, as you can teach Flirc to understand whatever you have.
727909
The camera light sensitivity is very good and in anything other than complete darkness, the image will be viewable. Be sure to change the camera from color/color to color/BW so you get better night time images. If you want to use an IR illuminator (many can be purchased cheaply) then the camera will be able to see the IR illuminated images. Why did the camera not come with IR illumination? Because it's a PTZ and illuminating isotropically is not practical. It can't be on the camera since the dome would reflect the IR back to the lens and you wouldn't see anything beyond the dome glare. It's not an oversight. If you need IR illumination, just add it in the locations you are interested in viewing. Very simple to do and much more effective than a far-souce IR illuminator.
1711582
you will need a light source as you would with any camera in the dark. it can be full spec or just IR or both it will see this type of light due to its modification
1804881
It is not that great. There is not that much reflection from the plastic dome when using IR, the camera + IR focus is weak.I have my car parked in the drive way and I cannot make out the license plate at all during the night with the IR.
113064
no you don't need total darkness you can leave the cover on and it works good with some lights around.the focus was the hardest part to figure out the front and rear lenses both move you need to adjust both.but once thats figured out it's a great unit, and well worth the price.