Axis P14 Series - Backlight Handling and Night Mode

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AXISP14NetworkCameraSeries

Conﬁgureyourdevice

Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight

Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest

areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange

(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.

ImagewithoutWDR.

ImagewithWDR.

Note

•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.

•WDRmaynotbeavailableforallcapturemodes.

1.GotoVideo>Image>Widedynamicrange.

2.TurnonWDR.

3.Ifyoustillhaveproblems,gotoExposureandadjusttheExposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.

FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.

BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsbyusingnightmode

Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Butasthevisiblelightdiminishes,colorimagesbecomeless

brightandclear.Ifyouswitchtonightmodewhenthishappens,thecamerausesbothvisibleandnear-infraredlighttodeliverbright

anddetailedblack-and-whiteimagesinstead.Youcansetthecameratoswitchtonightmodeautomatically.

1.GotoVideo>Image>Day-nightmode,andmakesurethattheIR-cutlterissettoAuto.

2.Tosetatwhatlightlevelyouwantthecameratoswitchtonightmode,movetheThresholdslidertowardBrightorDark.

3.Tousethebuilt-inIRlightwhenthecameraisinnightmode,turnonAllowilluminationandSynchronizeillumination.

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