Axis P14 Series User Manual page 12

AXIS P14 Network Camera Series
Setup
Handle scenes with strong backlight
Dynamic range is the difference in light levels in an image. In some cases the difference between the darkest and the brightest
areas can be significant. The result is often an image where either the dark or the bright areas are visible. Wide dynamic range
(WDR) makes both dark and bright areas of the image visible.
1. Go to Settings > Image.
2. If required, turn on WDR under Wide dynamic range.
Image without WDR.
Image with WDR.
Note
WDR may cause artifacts in the image.
Find out more about WDR and how to use it at axis.com/web-articles/wdr
Benefit from IR light in low-light conditions 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 Settings > Image > Day and night, and make sure that the IR cut filter is set to Auto.
2. To determine at what light level you want the camera to shift to night mode, move the Threshold slider toward Bright
or Dark.
3. Enable Allow IR illumination and Synchronize IR illumination to use the camera's IR light when night mode is activated.
Note
If you set the shift 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.
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