I have the V1 cameras and they work well, but recently bought some V3 cameras to upgrade. However, it now seems like a downgrade because they don’t seem to work any better and have a strange halo in the picture. Shown in the screenshot is the V1 above and V3 below. Both cameras filming at same time. Clearly picture quality is much better in the V1.
Is this a settings issue? Can it be solved or is it just the lens they are using for the cameras that do this?
The cameras are behind glass looking out a window. The V3 because of its higher resolution, will pick up the reflections from the window, especially when the Sun is shining into it. Show a side by side with the Sun overhead or behind the cameras.
Welcome to the Forum, @Aliikane! 
I agree with @Resist that it’d be interesting to see side-by-side comparisons under different lighting conditions.
No, it’s hardware (physics, optics).
Yes, it can be mitigated to some degree, depending on how you set the camera and where it’s aimed in relation to where the sun’s position is likely to be (so it’s kind of a moving target). The white part with the slight curve in the Backyard Right Cam view is part of the camera body’s face, and the camera’s picture is showing that because it’s reflecting off the glass of the window in front of the camera and being picked up by the lens. Some users have darkened that using things like paint or Plasti Dip, and you can do other things to minimize the reflection from the window that the camera picks up:
I have been very happy with the Window mount that Crease mentioned.
That’s good to know. I’ve never actually used one but have been curious about it, and I’ve also seen many freely-downloadable 3D model designs online for achieving different angles.
Sometime I really need to read through some of @victormaletic’s posts, like this one (relevant to @Aliikane, perhaps):
I used black electrical tape, wrapped around the front and partial sides of one of my V3’s. I think a black version of the camera would be best, but Wyze only sells a few of their camera models in gloss black and black matte would be better. You can also find on Amazon black matte silicone skins for Wyze cameras, two of my V3’s have them because I needed the entire camera to look black and Wyze wasn’t selling them in black yet.
Semi-related in case OP is also planning to use IR for night vision:
I have a Panv3 that originally was mounted upside down but I learned that water gets in that way. Now that it is right side up, the base reflects the IR lights when it looks “down”. I did put a stripe of matte black paint and it helped a lot, but when the base actually comes into the picture, it still reflects bright white heavily. The challenge with the IR spectrum is that what you’d think would be non-reflective or dark actually isn’t.
In some parts of the IR spectrum, a black plastic bag is completely transparent while a clear glass window is solid black. Common sense goes out the window (or in this case, reflects off the window).
@Aliikane do you have the option of mounting it on the outside of a window and running the wire through the closed window? That basically solves these problems both day and night. That’s how I have all mine (obviously these are open-able double hung windows, wouldn’t work for a picture window or the like). The flat wire allows my windows to close and even lock, the weather stripping along the bottom protects the wire from damage. Just leave a small drip loop outside the window so water does not follow the wire inside.
That’s a good point, too, and I’ve read that even using Wyze’s Window Mount the IR can completely wash out any potential image capture, so that’s something to keep in mind depending on @Aliikane’s goals.
The Cam v4s that I have are behind windows and looking out, and all have Night Vision Mode set to Off because otherwise the IR destroys the image. I also have ample exterior lighting to support the starlight sensor, and I prefer the “color night vision”, anyway.
I’m guessing the slight angle of the window mount is to attempt to minimize that (and/or they assume your windows will be above what you want to see) but if the windows are coated (which most are these days) it is going to reflect no matter what, the coating is there to reflect IR and UV, that’s its entire purpose.
I didn’t even consider mounting any of mine inside windows but understood that is the only option for some scenarios.
Before black cams were a thing I was a plasti-dipper. Also used some vinyl sticker sheets to wrap some cams. Some were forr novelty rather than function. 
That second one makes me think that I should’ve gotten one of the actual “Limited Edition Blue” Cam v3s earlier this year when Wyze drastically cut those prices to clear out inventory.
The second one looks way faster than the others. I bet it added like 10 horsepower 
Here is another thread discussing the reflection when a camera is aimed through glass.
@StevenA, thanks for linking that. I knew I’d read the black T-shirt suggestion somewhere. 
