The camera is full spectrum, do you need an additional light to see in the dark? Or can this camera see without anything else?
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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
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You really do need a ir light . I have two ir lights for mine and it is like daylight .
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There are small infrared lights for night time vision. It's not too bright but bright enough for the camera
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it has a low light option that kinda helps. one of the sony's has green night vision thing
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It's a subdued red glow you could miss it if just glancing. If there is other light in the area it's harder to see. I like people to see my cameras.
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Hi Rosie, This camera has a good low light capability. However, it still depends on the lens you are using. We recommend using lenses with large aperture opening. -Anthony
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Not well. The camera seems to be ideal for bright environments. I tried to capture some low-light under-water scenes and the camera recorded just black.
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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.
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Use a tripod and have multiple batteries it should work fine. There will be a slight color distortion is shot during the day, but at night as with all full spectrum cameras you really need good lights to use with it.
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There is no light that projects from the camera, but you can see at night. At night the picture is black and white due to not having the lights. During the day the picture is in color. There is a small green light to let you know the camera is on. I have three of the cameras in different areas and love them.
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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
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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.
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That depends - how dark a night are you filming in? Is there any other source of light on the subjects being filmed? How far away is the subject being filmed? This is not a camera designed for very low light situations - there are others (much more expensive) that do that if that is your primary need.
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No. This camera requires a low level of externally provided illumination. One remedy is to provide a motion detection activated light source or an external IR lamp that will illuminate the area of interest. This is appropiate for this type of camera because the intent is not to reveal the camera's location by having an internal light source that would point to it's location.
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My backup lights do not emit the amount of light at night to see. We were backing up the other night and nothing in the camera. I would advise the newer version with the IR lights.
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This is not a night vision camera therefore it requires some light source ie backup light. I have some Cree backup bulbs so it works well at night.
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Before I answered you I walked into my dark closet and took a shot. My camera could see better, and clearer, in low light than I could. I cannot say enough good things about this camera. Read the info online at Panasonic.com and you will learn much more than I can say in this reply.
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It's a little dark in bright light but seeing it hasn't been a problem for me, it is better than most camera's in bright light. The camera seems to be optimized to take pictures outside and in bright light. It takes very poor indoor pictures or pictures with dark lighting.