Axis M30 Series - Wide Dynamic Range (WDR); White Balance Settings; Light Environment Options

AXISM30NetworkCameraSeries
Thedeviceinterface
Widedynamicrange
WDR:Turnontomakebothbrightanddarkareasoftheimagevisible.
Localcontrast:Usetheslidertoadjustthecontrastoftheimage.Ahighervaluemakesthecontrasthigherbetweendark
andlightareas.
Tonemapping:Usetheslidertoadjusttheamountoftonemappingthatisappliedtotheimage.Ifthevalueissettozeroonly
thestandardgammacorrectionisapplied,whileahighervalueincreasesthevisibilityintheimage.
Whitebalance
Whenthecameradetectsthecolortemperatureoftheincominglight,itcanadjusttheimagetomakethecolorslookmore
natural.Ifthisisnotsufcient,youcanselectasuitablelightsourcefromthelist.
Theautomaticwhitebalancesettingreducestheriskofcolorickerbyadaptingtochangesgradually.Ifthelightingchanges,or
whenthecameraisrststarted,itcantakeupto30secondstoadapttothenewlightsource.Ifthereismorethanonetype
oflightsourceinascene,thatistheydifferincolortemperature,thedominatinglightsourceactsasareferenceforthe
automaticwhitebalancealgorithm.Thisbehaviorcanbeoverriddenbychoosingaxedwhitebalancesettingthatmatches
thelightsourceyouwanttouseasareference.
Lightenvironment:
•Automatic:Automaticidenticationandcompensationforthelightsourcecolor.Thisistherecommendedsetting
whichcanbeusedinmostsituations.
•Automatic–outdoors:Automaticidenticationandcompensationforthelightsourcecolor.Thisistherecommended
settingwhichcanbeusedinmostoutdoorsituations.
•Custom–indoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallightotherthanuorescentlightingand
goodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.
•Custom–outdoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound5500K.
•Fixed–uorescent1:Fixedcoloradjustmentforuorescentlightingwithacolortemperaturearound4000K.
•Fixed–uorescent2:Fixedcoloradjustmentforuorescentlightingwithacolortemperaturearound3000K.
•Fixed–indoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallightotherthanuorescentlightingand
goodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.
•Fixed–outdoors1:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound5500K.
•Fixed–outdoors2:Fixedcoloradjustmentforcloudyweatherconditionwithacolortemperaturearound6500K.
•Streetlight–mercury
:Fixedcoloradjustmentforultravioletemissioninmercuryvaporlightscommon
instreetlighting.
•Streetlight–sodium
:Fixedcoloradjustmentthatcompensatesfortheyelloworangecolorofsodiumvapor
lightscommoninstreetlighting.
•Holdcurrent:Keepthecurrentsettingsanddonotcompensateforlightchanges.
•Manual:Fixthewhitebalancewiththehelpofawhiteobject.Dragthecircletoanobjectthatyouwantthe
cameratointerpretaswhiteintheliveviewimage.UsetheRedbalanceandBluebalancesliderstoadjustthe
whitebalancemanually.
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