heres a dumb question

[marvelusmarvcus 0]

so my search continues for an indoor camera that will stay in color mode

 

if all the lights are out, then i am not concerned about viewing it

 

i used a cheap GE truvision ir dome inside and something surprised me

 

the GE did ir and color at the same time. the close parts of the image were black and white with the ir, but the back of the shot was in color as there was light present

 

so heres the dumb question

 

what do you call this feature? and who has this in their cameras?

[zmxtech 0]

some are called color night cameras. but its really hard to find a good one.

Many of them slow the shutter right down to achieve this -very bogus.

 

oh Minitron have some good stuff

 

others have poor sensors they kill the colour and call em night cams -ARGHH

 

most of the name brands have some good cams that go down to 1 lux or so in color -bosch etc etc

[scorpion 0]

There are some cameras that can do that in the $600.00 retail price range.

 

You can buy one at demo prices if you need one.

[marvelusmarvcus 0]

well

this camera is about $100 and it has this feature

ge trusvision ir dome camera

color is not very good with this cam though

 

 

color is under-rated in this industry

thanks for the help guys

[scorpion 0]

I must apologize. I missunderstood. I thought you wanted a camera that can see in complete darkness, and give you color.

 

I did not realize that you wanted a $100 camera that gave B/W exept where there is low lighting.

Edited May 16, 2009 by Guest

[marvelusmarvcus 0]

i am willing to spend more than $100

was just referencing this cheapie camera i have with that feature

 

i am mainly looking at the nuvico line of cameras, but i dont think they have a cam with this feature

 

i might just have to try a color only camera with no ir and see how well it works

[dopalgangr 1]

check out the pm I sent you

[zmxtech 0]

$100 buys the lens cap !