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Car number plates at night

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alanbo1234
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My Arlo Ultra is very efficient at capturing number plates during the day time, but at night time it is impossible to read number plates - see attached pic.

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TomMac
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Prob to much reflection/ wash out from headlights.... surprised you can get plates in day, it is a hard thing to do.

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alanbo1234
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I can get plates in the day in the zone I need to get them in. I can also get them in 4K live and when saved on memory card in hub. This is the reason I bought the Ultra.

Mjbeuke
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@alanbo1234 wrote:

My Arlo Ultra is very efficient at capturing number plates during the day time, but at night time it is impossible to read number plates - see attached pic.


I personally think the "color night vision" with the spotlight is crap. My picture is horrible with that on - you might try leaving it off and let the IR diodes do their thing for the night vision.  The picture and detail is vastly more clear with the spotlight off! I can see license plate numbers 20-30' away with the color off.

alanbo1234
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OK many thanks, I'll try that.

jsturess
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This is with my Ultra camera but with an external IR light

https://my.arlo.com/hmsweb/users/library/share/link/D1F6F29430984483_201910

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