This is definitely an insect. What happens is that (1) insects are great reflectors of IR light, and (2) they move fast across the frame during the time the shutter is open. During that time (something less than 1/10th second) there are many wing beats. Those show up as a bumpy blur. In this case, you can count approximately 11 wing beats during this frame. That’s well within the normal potential of 100 wing beats per second that insects do.
Not related to bugs but What is that object in the lower right of the frame? If you aim the camera more to the left or atleast move that object from frame, the rest of the image will get brighter. Being whatever that is is so bright with IR bounce back, it’s effecting the exposure if the rest if the picture.
Yes, try to eliminate any bright white objects, they will ruin your illumination range. Maybe you could throw a plastic tarp over it or something else that isn’t white in IR mode.
There is no porch light in one of the videos. And i tested every single porch light that i had and watched the other camera angles… Literally… Unexplainable
I was only able to see 4 of the videos. The three where you can see the structure on the left with the porch light I think is right on the threshold of switching to night vision mode. “Motion sensing” on the cameras is actually the cameras detecting pixel change, weither it’s actual motion, changes in light level like headlights of a car or clouds passing in a sunny day. Couldn’t tell you why the green motion tagging box was over the whole left 2/3rds but it did look like the camera I oy changing from day to night vision.
The one video of the door that I saw appeared to be a bug or insect crawling right along the camera front from top to bottom. Being so close to the camera and the IRs on it appeared to be life-size and glowing super right made it appear larger than life. The moving object also appeared out of focus, which on this cameras it needs to be fairly close because anything from a few inches away to infinity is in focus.
Agreed. The camera becomes much more light sensitive when switching to night mode, hence the initial bright ‘flash’ of any lights in sight (it is only the camera’s sensitivity that changed).
On the bottom two videos, I couldn’t run the bottom one, but the top one looks like a car’s headlights panning by. Maybe from someone driving out of their driveway, and turning down the street. What is on the other side of your driveway? Maybe a yard, followed by another driveway, street, or cul-de-sac?
The bright boom of light appears to be the camera switching exposure levels or white balance levels after switching to NV mode to best expose the picture.