Night Vision Quality

[jkabush]

Hello,

What setting would you recommend to improve the quality of the image, especially at night? I work for a home builder company and we have recently purchased some Arlo Go for some of our communities that are under construction due to theft. Anyway, the quality at night is poor, I can see a car in the video but can't make out the type and I'm wondering if there is a way to improve the quality.

Example of a vehicle in one of our subdivisions late last night.

Here are my settings.

Brightness is at 50%. I tried to increase it but all I would see is a bright light.

Motion is at 100%

Video Quality - Set to high

Now, the above camera is close to the ground, hoping to catch license plates. However, after watching the video last night, I would be lucky to get a description of the car.

Any recommendations that anyone could provide? Should be located the camera underneath a street light for better coverage? I know the local police department has had success with these cameras and I'm just wondering how we can have the same success.

Thank you.

James

[TomMac]

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But, most issues tend to be on the side of lighting.  The cameras night vision ( led IR ) is limited to what it can deliver as to range ( old inverse sq law ), max distance is prob 30 ft or so.

So you can add lighting if possible to solve your issues be it overt ( reg floods lights ) or covert ( 850nm IR lighting ).

Try some out to see how good it works in a test location.

(BTW, license plates prob are not going to happen as not enough rez due to compression )

[jkabush]

Would something like this improve my video quality at night?

https://www.amazon.com/Brinno-APL200-Activated-Infrared-Illuminator/dp/B010888STS

I need something that is portable as no power is available.

Yeah, I figured getting a clear picture of the licenses plate on video probably won't happen but at least a description of the vehicle would be helpful to the police.

[jguerdat]

The light you posted should be fine. There are many others, too.

The picture you posted appears to have moisture on the lens, blurring the view. A quick, careful wipe of the lens with a cloth that has a drop or two of something like RainX may help if the camera can't be angled down to help keep rain off the lens.

[TomMac]

Agree... now seeing the pic, it appears the IR is reflecting/bouncing off and washing out the pic a bit thereby limiting view.

raindrops, condensation etc.