Axis Q8741-E User Manual page 10

AXIS Q87 Bispectral PTZ Network Camera Series
Setup
• The shutter speed should be as slow as possible, which means you should set max shutter to the highest possible value.
How to select exposure mode
Note
The exposure modes are only available for the visual camera.
There are several exposure mode options in the camera that adjusts aperture, shutter speed, and gain to improve image quality for
specific surveillance scenes. Go to Settings > 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.
How to maximize details in an image
Important
If you maximize details in an image, bitrate increases and might lead to reduced frame rate.
• Set compression as low as possible.
• Select MJPEG streaming.
• Turn off the Zipstream functionality.
How to handle scenes with strong backlight
Use WDR to make both dark and bright areas of the image visible.
1. Go to Settings > Image.
2. Turn on WDR under Wide dynamic range.
Image without WDR.
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