About The Camera - Swann Pro MWADCAM150514T Instruction Manual

About the Camera

Congratulations on your purchase of this PRO-CAM from Swann! You've chosen well; we
think this is one of the finest CCTV video cameras available. The PRO-CAM is great for
monitoring a wide open space whilst maintaining a high level of detail, even in low-light
situations.
Placement Guide
The PRO-CAM has a 3.6mm wide-angle lens built-in which allows it to see almost 75
degrees horizontally. What does this mean for you when placing it?
• You will be able to see a really wide area. If it's mounted
high up in a square corner, you'll probably be able to see
along both walls. You'll be able to monitor a large area
with only one camera.
• Things may look further away than they really are.
Anything further than a few meters (ten feet or so) from
the camera may appear to be too small for the level of
detail you require.
• Vertical and horizontal lines might appear curved when
they near the edge of the camera's view. This is normal, and it's the side effect of
cramming so much viewing area onto one screen.
The PRO-CAM is great for monitoring rooms or areas as wide as, or wider than, they are
long. For really wide areas, you may need a second camera.
Typically, it is best mounted in a corner looking across and down into the room, so that it
can look over intervening obstacles. The higher the ceiling the camera is mounted on, the
more it will be able to see and the harder it'll be for an intruder to access the camera or
interfere with it.
Tips & Tricks
• Try to aim the camera at an area which is evenly lit, as objects or people in shadows
near brightly lit objects are very hard to see.
• It's better to have the camera in the shade looking into the light than vice-versa.
• Avoid having bright light sources in your image. This includes the obvious (such as the
sun or an artificial light source) but also things such as reflections. Cars are notorious
for reflected light sources, as are buildings with a lot of windows, mirrors and so forth.
Some information on "Low Light" situations
Under artificial lights, the average room is illuminated to somewhere in the vicinity of 40 ~
60lx. If you've got bright lights and white walls, it may push over 100, whereas dim lights (or
energy saving lamps) and dark walls might put the value below 20lx. The PRO-CAM should
work in these conditions, but there's really no substitute for actually shining a light on
what you want to see, so position your camera or lights carefully to obtain the best lighting
conditions for the subject area of your camera's scene.
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