Axis M3007-P - Shutter, Gain, and Overlay Management

AXISM3007-PNetworkCamera
Video
Shutter&Gain
Theshutterandgainsettingsaffecttheamountofmotionblurandnoiseintheimage.Toadapttodifferentlighting,available
storagespaceandbandwidth,itisoftennecessarytoprioritizeeitherlowmotionblurorlownoise.TheAxisproductallowsdifferent
prioritizationinnormallightandinlowlight.
Shutterspeedisrelatedtotheamountoftimetheshutterisopenedandismeasuredinseconds(s).Aslowshutterspeedallows
morelighttoreachthesensorandcanhelpproduceabrighterimageinlowlightsituations.Ontheotherhand,aslowshutter
speedcancausemovingobjectstoappearblurry.
SetWideDynamicRangetoWDROffandsetShutterto
•Autotosettheshutterspeedautomatically.Ifrequired,useMaxshuttertolimittheshutterspeedtopreventtheframe
ratefrombeingreduced.
•Fixedtouseaxedshutterspeed.
Gain,measuredindecibel(dB),istheamountofamplicationappliedtotheimage.Ahighgainmayprovideabetterimageinlow
lightsituationsbutwillincreasetheamountofimagenoise.
SetGainto
•Autotosetthegainautomatically.Ifrequired,useMaxgaintolimittheappliedgain.
•Fixedtouseaxedgain.
Example
Ifstoragespaceorbandwidthislimited,tryusingalowergain.Thiswillreduceimagenoiseandproducesmallerimageles.
Viewareas
Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.ItistreatedasavideosourceinLiveViewandhasitsownvideostreamandPTZ
settings.SeePTZ(PanTiltZoom)onpage26.TosetupaviewareagotoVideo>ViewAreas.Hereyoucandenethenameand
resolutionforaviewarea,setupaHomepositionandlocktothispositionifdesired.
TodenethevideostreamsettingsforeachviewareaclickontherespectiveviewareafromSetup>Video>VideoStream.
Seepage16.
YoucanselectaviewareathatyouhavesetupfromtheSourcedrop-downlistintheLiveViewpage.UsethePan,Tilt,Zoom
sliders,orclickontheoverviewmapatthebottomrighttozeroinonanarea.Thecurrentpositionisindicatedintheoverview
mapbyagreencircle.
Aboutoverlays
Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.
Aboutoverlaytext
Anoverlaytextcanincludethecurrentdateandtime,oratextstring.Whenusingatextstring,so-calledmodierscanbeusedto
display,forexample,thecurrentbitrateorthecurrentframerate.
Youcanchoosebetweenthefollowingtextoverlaysizes:
Size
TextheightBackgroundheight
Small
10pixels20pixels
Medium16pixels28pixels
Large21pixels36pixels
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