ddbear

Thanks for confirming the effect of the IR illuminator with this camera. I wasn't sure what they meant by "electronic" day and night, if that was a fancy name for an electronically operated IR cut filter. With regard to Panasonic, I have installed more than 40 Panasonic i-Pro network cameras at my house and at my brother's business, and over the years none of them have ever failed, and the image quality of the MOS sensor is superior to all the other cameras. I also installed a Canon network camera at my brother's business and those kept failing. I installed Dahua cameras at my mom's business because she wanted to save money, and that system failed so I am replacing it with Panasonic.

The Panasonic WV‑SW175 has an "electronic day/night" feature. I think that means it does not have an IR cut filter? Is anyone familiar with how this camera series (WV-SW174W, WV-SW175) performs with an IR illuminator? Would an 850nm IR illuminator help a little bit, or not at all, for this camera series? I just need to brighten it up a little bit on pitch black night, I don't need to make everything glow. A white light may disturb the sleep of the animals at this ranch.

I have Panasonic WV-SC385 PTZ cameras. These have the newer Panasonic MOS sensor. Does anyone know how well these cameras perform under 940nm IR? The product spec sheet says they work with 850nm but I think they should "unofficially" work at higher wavelengths. Should I expect the sensitivity dropoff for 940nm compared to 850nm be around 50% dimmer for a given wattage illuminator?

I'm also wondering, besides the dimmer illumination, whether 940nm has any quality differences compared to 850nm? Let's say for example the relative dynamic range, hot spots, reflectivity from objects interfering with the quality, etc.. 850nm vs 940nm..

I use the Olympus ME-15 mic for my cameras and they sound great outdoors. If you want to separate certain noises your best bet might be to use a parabolic dish to point the mic at the source (cash register) or bring the mic close to the source (clipped to a pendant lamp fixture hanging right above the cash register).