Axis M4216-LV User Manual page 7

AXIS M4216-LV Dome Camera
Configure your device
1. Go to Video > Image > Day-night mode.
2. Turn on Allow illumination.
3. Click
4. Adjust the intensity.
Benefit from IR light in low-light conditions by using night mode
Your camera uses visible light to deliver color images during the day. But as the visible light diminishes, color images become less
bright and clear. If you switch to night mode when this happens, the camera uses both visible and near-infrared light to deliver bright
and detailed black-and-white images instead. You can set the camera to switch to night mode automatically.
1. Go to Video > Image > Day-night mode, and make sure that the IR-cut filter is set to Auto.
2. To set at what light level you want the camera to switch to night mode, move the Threshold slider toward Bright or Dark.
3. To use the built-in IR light when the camera is in night mode, turn on Allow illumination and Synchronize illumination.
Note
If you set the switch to night mode to occur when it's brighter, the image remains sharper as there is less low-light noise. If
you set the switch to occur when it's darker, the image colors are maintained for longer, but there is more image blur due
to low-light noise.
Reduce motion blur in low-light conditions
To reduce motion blur in low-light conditions, adjust one or more of the following settings in Video > Image > Exposure:
• Move the Blur-noise trade-off slider toward Low motion blur.
Note
When you increase the gain, image noise also increases.
• Set Max shutter to a shorter time, and Max gain to a higher value.
If you still have problems with motion blur:
• Increase the light level in the scene.
• Mount the camera so that objects move toward it or away from it rather than sideways.
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.
in the live view and select Manual.
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