Configure Your Device; Adjust The Image - Axis M30 Series User Manual

AXIS M30 Network Camera Series

Configure your device

Configure your device

Adjust the image

This section includes instructions about configuring your device. If you want to learn more about how certain features work, go
to Learn more on page 44.
Select exposure mode
To improve image quality for specific surveillance scenes, use exposure modes. Exposure modes lets you control aperture, shutter
speed, and gain. Go to Video > Image > Exposure and select between the following exposure modes:
• For most use cases, select Automatic exposure.
• For environments with certain artificial lighting, for example fluorescent lighting, select Flicker-free.
Select the same frequency as the power line frequency.
• For environments with certain artificial light and bright light, for example outdoors with fluorescent lighting at night and
sun during daytime, select Flicker-reduced.
Select the same frequency as the power line frequency.
• To lock the current exposure settings, select Hold current.
Benefit from IR light in low-light conditions by using night mode
Your camera uses visible light to deliver color images during the day. As the available light diminishes, you can set the camera to
automatically shift to night mode, in which the camera uses both visible light and near-infrared light to deliver black-and-white
images. Since the camera uses more of the available light, it can deliver brighter, more detailed images.
1. Go to Video > Image > Day-night mode, and make sure that the IR-cut filter is set to Auto.
2. To set the light level at which the camera will shift to night mode, move the Threshold slider toward Bright or Dark.
Note
If you set the shift to night mode to occur when it's brighter, the image remains sharper as there will be less low-light
noise. If you set the shift to occur when it's darker, the image colors are maintained for longer, but there will be more
image blur due to low-light noise.
Reduce noise in low-light conditions
To reduce noise in low-light conditions, you can adjust one or more of the following settings:
• Adjust the trade-off between noise and motion blur. Go to Video > Image > Exposure and move the Blur-noise trade-off
slider toward Low noise.
• Set the exposure mode to automatic.
Note
A high max shutter value can result in motion blur.
• To slow down the shutter speed, set max shutter to the highest possible value.
Note
When you reduce the max gain, the image can become darker.
• Set the max gain to a lower value.
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