# What is the deal with external lights viewed through camera **URL:** \ **Category:** Cameras\ **Tags:** cam-v3, iphone-ipad\ **Created:** [December 24, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288 "2024-12-24T20:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![roberttaylor04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@roberttaylor04](https://forums.wyze.com/u/roberttaylor04)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/1 "2024-12-24T20:40:20Z")
These lights are across the street, regular bulbs, and they look like they are fading in and out through the camera when they are static. Why? ---
**Author:** ![StevenA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/stevena/32/98871_2.png) [@StevenA](https://forums.wyze.com/u/StevenA)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/2 "2024-12-24T20:43:46Z")
Are your cameras mounted outside or are your cameras looking outward through a window? ---
**Author:** ![dave27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dave27](https://forums.wyze.com/u/dave27)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/3 "2024-12-24T21:03:16Z")
The camera is trying to adjust both to the cloudiness and the oncoming headlights/blinker. Just too many things it is trying to deal with at once. ---
**Author:** ![StevenA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/stevena/32/98871_2.png) [@StevenA](https://forums.wyze.com/u/StevenA)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/4 "2024-12-24T21:12:44Z")
It almost looks like the neighbor might have the lights on a dimmer control switch for effect. The tree line and grass brightness seems to stay the same as the lights dim. ---
**Author:** ![dave27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dave27](https://forums.wyze.com/u/dave27)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/5 "2024-12-24T21:18:30Z")
Yeah it definitely looks that way, and I wouldn’t have given it second thought, but since OP said they aren’t, assuming it must be the camera adjusting. Or maybe neighbor is messing with him 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![roberttaylor04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@roberttaylor04](https://forums.wyze.com/u/roberttaylor04)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/6 "2024-12-24T21:20:29Z")
The car happened to drive by as I did a recording. It is like this all the time, even with consistent weather/lighting conditions. The lights are static, no faders ---
**Author:** ![roberttaylor04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@roberttaylor04](https://forums.wyze.com/u/roberttaylor04)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/7 "2024-12-24T21:24:29Z")
Video from yesterday without rain. Same thing ---
**Author:** ![habib](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/habib/32/110070_2.png) [@habib](https://forums.wyze.com/u/habib)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/8 "2024-12-24T21:24:38Z")
If those are LED lights they will fade when viewed with any camera. It s a frequency thing. I have LED lights on my car and when viewed with the camera they constantly flicker. The flicker is not visible to the naked eye but camera picks it up, something to do with the frequency and frames per second on the cameras. ---
**Author:** ![roberttaylor04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@roberttaylor04](https://forums.wyze.com/u/roberttaylor04)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/9 "2024-12-24T21:28:10Z")
Thanks for the response. Yes, I also have leds on my car and have seen the flickering. Those lights are incandescent bulbs, and they look like they are slowly fading in and out, which I have never seen until through this camera ---
**Author:** ![dave27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dave27](https://forums.wyze.com/u/dave27)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/10 "2024-12-24T21:30:03Z")
Yeah I’ve never seen the “LED effect” do anything like that (not to say it isn’t possible). But in both your videos, there is heavy haze, is it looking through a window or just foggy out? Mine definitely are constantly adjusting when it is foggy especially when it is lower light. You can see the compression artifacts in the video coming and going at the same time the lights fade out which means the camera sensor is adjusting something. When I tried out a v3 I found it to have extremely obvious compression effects (blocking, ghosting, etc) especially when it rained, and I’d guess fog has similar effects on it. ---
**Author:** ![habib](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/habib/32/110070_2.png) [@habib](https://forums.wyze.com/u/habib)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/11 "2024-12-24T21:40:25Z")
> [@roberttaylor04](#): > > Those lights are incandescent bulbs, and they look like they are slowly fading in and out, which I have never seen until through this camera Again, could be a combination of light frequency and camera’s FPS. The camera lens and sensors are not even close to what the eye can see. ---
**Author:** ![StevenA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/stevena/32/98871_2.png) [@StevenA](https://forums.wyze.com/u/StevenA)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/12 "2024-12-24T23:09:47Z")
Another possibility is an electrical load issue or wiring problem. > **[What Causes My Lights to Dim and Then Brighten?](https://www.fusionkc.com/what-causes-my-lights-to-dim-and-then-brighten-kansas-city/)** > > Nowadays, lights can dim or flicker due to many different causes, but what could be causing your lights to dim and then brighten? When dimming or flickering ---
**Author:** ![ssummerlin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/ssummerlin/32/106815_2.png) [@ssummerlin](https://forums.wyze.com/u/ssummerlin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/13 "2024-12-25T00:14:09Z")
It’s too uniform across all lights. Looks normal to me but maybe the camera picks it up better? ---
**Author:** ![tjs1959](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@tjs1959](https://forums.wyze.com/u/tjs1959)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/14 "2025-01-01T16:00:16Z")
Which camera model? Do you have another camera you could try, either the same or different model? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forums.wyze.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-external-lights-viewed-through-camera/319288/15 "2025-04-01T16:00:40Z")
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