Hi, I have 2 Outdoor Floodlights (v2) in my backyard. Both are up to date with firmware.
During the day, the video is clear and fine. However, recently, at night, it gets blurry or cloudy when the lights are off, and it’s fine if the lights are on. It isn’t rainy or cloudy, and no household vent could be causing this. The lens is clean and as I said, with the lights on, or during the day, the video is clear.
Please see the attached screenshot. Any thoughts or suggestions to clear this up?
Are you certain the lens is clean?
This looks similar to something I experienced with my FLPros and other cameras. I was getting some blurriness at night as well. So I went and wiped a soapy sponge and then a wet sponge on the worst one, and now the view looks AMAZING again. I highly recommend it.
Especially look at how unclear the left side was before and how much more clear it is after
Those are the same night, before and after cleaning the lens. I took the comparison at night when I cleaned it. I should’ve grabbed Daytime comparison images too, but forgot. But similar to yours, the lens just started to get kind of foggy, so I carefully cleaned it and suddenly it was really clear again.
Even if the lens LOOKS clean, it might have microscopic particles on it (especially baked onto it from the sun) that are affected more at night with the IR filter and IR light.
Note: Be careful how you clean the lens. It’s also possible that your fogginess could be caused by what substances you use and what material is used to wipe it. Some people have added permanent burns or microscratches or removed the top layer over the lens among many possible things that go wrong when they try to clean it, so it could also be that.
I don’t have any experience with the Cam Floodlights, but I frequently have one Bulb Cam give me good daylight images but then show me less than ideal pictures at night. Often I find bits of spiderweb or other things hanging down from its sconce and obscuring part of the view, so I have to be pretty diligent about keeping that wiped clean at certain times of the year.
If what you’re experiencing is related to moisture or humidity, then I wonder if using something like Rain-X water repellent (after thoroughly cleaning and drying) would help. I haven’t ever tried that on any Cams, but I’ve seen mentions of it here in the Forum, and I’ve also seen it suggested for things like car lane-change and back-up cameras. The images in your screenshot remind me of the view from one of these automotive cameras while driving on a rainy day.
Thank you, @carverofchoice, for sharing your experience here! 
Yup, ditto on my cams that are mounted near an outdoor light.
My OG Telephoto, one time a spider actually crawled inside the recessed lens and was hanging out in there.
@mdezrin definitely try giving it a wipe down and looking for anything that might be reflecting the IR lights, as that looks like a reflection of IR to me, so maybe a spider web or similar.
I’ll clean them again. Who knows. But I find it interesting that the daytime and nighttime (with the lights on) are 100% clear compared to the lights off. It reminds me of when I’ve seen cameras near dryer vents, or of a change in weather with fog/steam clouding them up. Thanks.
The pictures you posted appear to be with the IR lights on? If it is clear with those lights off, then it points to a reflection off something. If not spider webs or similar, maybe there is a reflective surface nearby? If my pan turns too far when the IR lights are on, it reflects off the window and can cause similar artifacts.
I was just about to say the same thing
We have also seen examples of people mounting cameras too close to the eaves of the roof and getting reflection that way.
With a floodlight Pro, it may make a difference on how the camera is angled and the lights themselves are angled. I would try as a test, pointing the lights in a completely opposite direction from the camera, and see if that affects the blurriness. For example, if the lights are above the camera point, the lights upward and outward instead of downward and inward. If that makes a difference, then we have a good starting point of how to resolve the blurriness.
