Axis M43 Series User Manual

AXISM43PanoramicCameraSeries
Thedeviceinterface
Widedynamicrange
WDR:Turnontomakebothbrightanddarkareasoftheimagevisible.
Localcontrast
:Usetheslidertoadjustthecontrastoftheimage.Ahighervaluemakesthecontrasthigherbetween
darkandlightareas.
Tonemapping
:Usetheslidertoadjusttheamountoftonemappingthatisappliedtotheimage.Ifthevalueissetto
zeroonlythestandardgammacorrectionisapplied,whileahighervalueincreasesthevisibilityofthedarkestandbrightest
partsintheimage.
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.Thisisthe
recommendedsettingwhichcanbeusedinmostoutdoorsituations.
•Custom–indoors
:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallightotherthanuorescentlighting
andgoodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.
•Custom–outdoors
:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound
5500K.
•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.
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Axis M43 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Axis
Model	M43 Series
Category	Security Camera
Language	English