Camera picture looks dark

[jkmail]

I have a camera placed on my front porch and I have a awning. My problem is in the daytime it makes people images look dark once they get on the porch. Is there any settings to correct this ? Also how far away should the subject be for a clear picture too. Thanks for any help.

[jguerdat]

The darkness is likely due to the camera seeing both bright and darker areas with the bright part having too much influence. Rotate the camera to get mostly the shared area in the view. That may help the clear picture issue, too, since the nature of wide angle lenses means you have to be close to get details.

[steve_t]

Yep. Try position the camera so it sees only the light area or the dark area. Having both with lead to your problem as the auto brightness has to be pulled down to not have washout of the bright areas but then the dark areas are too dark