Gamer56

I've just installed a new system at my house after a break in. I am having trouble with camera 2 which covers the driveway. I'm getting this halo ring in the shot/stream. I'm using a 100' shielded cable from the manufacturer of the system. I've swapped out the camera and no change I still get the Halo effect. I've tried moving the camera to shoot a different direction, no change. I've changed the channel on the DVR, no change. Daytime view is beautiful and clear. When the IR night time kicks in I get the Halo. I can try a new cable tonight, but with the daytime shot looking so good, I cannot see why the cable would be bad. I am running two cables from the garage to the DVR using the same wire staples, maybe they need to be separated? This would not make sense as the other cable is standard unshielded and it has no problem. The camera is a 600 line 100' range Q-See day/night indoor/outdoor. Motions sensor works fine too, just have this annoying halo. The only other light source is several hundred feet away across the street, it is a halogen street light. The original camera shot was sway from that light completely, the current shot is a little closer and nothing changed so I don't think it is affecting my camera. Any ideas?? Dave

OK, the answer was that although I thought I had the camera IR field not hitting anything, it was. It was hitting the very corner of the siding even though it was not showing in the view of the shot. When I moved the camera left about an inch, the Halo was gone. I also may have had the hood pulled too far forward. Now the hood is even with the back edge of the camera body and the extended part over the lens is about and inch and a half out, originally I had it pulled out about 3 inches to try to protect it from rain and snow. This was a bullet camera. Thanks Dave