Axis P14 Series User Manual page 9

AXIS P14 Network Camera Series
Setup
• For environments with certain artificial lighting, for example fluorescent lighting, select Flicker-free.
• For environments with certain artificial light and bright light, for example outdoors with fluorescent lighting at night and
sun during daytime, select Flicker-reduced.
• To lock the current exposure settings, select Hold current.
View area
A view area is a cropped part of the full view. You can stream and store view areas instead of the full view to minimize bandwidth
and storage needs. If you enable PTZ for a view area, you can pan, tilt and zoom within it. By using view areas you can remove parts
of the full view, for example, the sky.
When you set up a view area, we recommend you to set the video stream resolution to the same size as or smaller than the view area
size. If you set the video stream resolution larger than the view area size it implies digitally scaled up video after sensor capture,
which requires more bandwidth without adding image information.
Hide parts of the image with privacy masks
What is a privacy mask?
A privacy mask is a user-defined area that prevents users from viewing a part of the monitored area. In the video stream, privacy
masks appear as blocks of solid color.
You'll see the privacy mask on all snapshots, recorded video, and live streams.
You can use the VAPIX® application programming interface (API) to turn off the privacy masks.
Important
Using multiple privacy masks may affect the product's performance.
Create a privacy mask
To create a privacy mask, go to Settings > Privacy mask .
Adjust the focus
Remote focus and zoom
The remote focus and zoom functionality allows you to make focus and zoom adjustments to your camera from a computer. It is a
convenient way to ensure that the scene's focus, viewing angle and resolution are optimized without having to visit the camera's
installation location.
Left: no focus. Right: remote focus applied.
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