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Hi all i installed a Vonnic VDC509WH camera in front of my house. http://www.vonnic.com/proddetail.asp?prod=VCD509WH Everything works perfect during the day but as soon as dawn hits and the IR lights turn on, it gets blurry. It almost appears as if the cover is severely scratched but it's not. I had the same camera located elsewhere and put that cover over the problematic camera and same issue. I see hairline scratches reflected. With the camera on, i rotated the cover and i saw the blurryness/scratches on the cover rotate with it. Does anyone have any advise? Please see the screenshot attached. http://postimg.org/image/8bhf7zx1t/ Thanks in advance!

Black foam shaped as a ring around the lens will be good enough? Yes. you can try rubber or anything easy. I first tested with electrical tape. I added the extra foam around the ring and its perfectly flush against the cover but i still get the IR reflection.

Black foam shaped as a ring around the lens will be good enough? Yes. you can try rubber or anything easy. I first tested with electrical tape. Thanks! i'll try it out this weekend and update this thread. If it works, hopefully it will help others in the future.

Black foam shaped as a ring around the lens will be good enough?

Thanks for the reply. I cleaned it yesterday but its still happening. As a test i swapped the cover of the problematic camera to another location camera (same model) and it was fine! I swap it back to it's original camera and blurriness/scratches appear. Of course, without the covers the picture is fine. Maybe it's the focus? Anyone else know an OSD option that might help this?

Daytime:

This is me in front of it. Looks fine up close, no blurriness. This is me rotating the cover. Notice how the hairline scratches move with it. I put this same cover on another camera and it's fine. L3y0M0UcA6I