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Viewing Live Video
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Control
Exposure level
Exposure mode
Gain control slider
Measurement Window
Advanced Settings
Note
Enable WDR
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Camera Settings (continued)
Click on the Advanced Settings title to access the control.
Description
Choose this option if you want to increase or decrease the
exposure level.
For example, if you want to add light to properly expose the
image, set the value to +2. If you want to underexpose the scene,
set value to -2.
Range is -2.0 through +2.0. Default is 0.
Options are
Auto (default)—Automatically sets the Exposure time. You
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can manually set the Gain control.
Shutter Priority—Allows you to manually set the Exposure
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time and Gain control. Choose longer exposures to create an
impression of motion. Choose shorter exposures to ensure
that the motion is effectively frozen in the resulting image.
Iris Priority—Allows you to manually set the Gain control
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and Iris adjustment to control the distance between the
nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably
sharp in an image.
Manual—Allows you to manually set the Exposure time,
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Gain control, and Iris adjustment. Selecting this option sets
the Switch Mode to Day on the Camera page.
Set the gain control.
Range is 6dB through 28dB.
Default is 22dB.
Changing gain control affects the Day to Night
Note
Threshold on the Camera page.
Options are
Full View—Exposure is calculated based on full view.
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Back light compensation (BLC)—This option adds a
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weighted region in the middle of the image view to give
necessary exposure compensation. The option is only
available when the Exposure mode is set to Auto.
For extremely light and dark areas, enable the wide dynamic
range (WDR) feature to ensure you can clearly view the objects
in the scene.
Options are
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Off (default)
Auto
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Manual
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Managing the Camera
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