Hi all,
I'm looking at changing my camera fleet from HiLook to Hikvision.
It's a home setup and I currently have 2 x IPC-T250H-MU 2.8mm cameras and 4 x IPC-T259H 2.8mm (ColorVu).
All used with Blue Iris.
I purchased the ColorVu cameras first based upon the fact that they are colour at night, however, it became apparent after installation that this was not such a great idea. These 4 cameras are mounted under my eves on the soffits, and due to my naivety (bad positioning), did not take into consideration 'light bounce' off of the house walls, so if I use the white light, I see a lovely picture of the brick work of the wall, but everything else (that I want to see is pitch black). I could probably tilt them away from the wall perhaps?
So currently, I have to disable the white light, and increase exposure, the night picture as actually quite good with the LED disbabled, but due to the increased exposure (I presume), motion detections are very hit and miss.
The 2 x IPC-T250H are traditional colour daytime and IR at night (unless floodlights activate), and work pretty well for alerts with Blue Iris, the only downside being that they are not colour at night.
I'm looking to unify my cameras to the same model, and have been looking at the Hikvision DS-2CD2386G2-IU (which will be positioned away from the wall this time!) as these cameras have LED and IR, so in theory should get colour recordings for the majority of the time.
But I'm kind of wondering if the upgrade is worth it, as these cameras have AcuSense built in, which I guess is useless due to Blue Iris dealing with the AI alerts, so I'm probably paying for something that I'll never use.
Are there any recommendations for alternative camera choice? Stick with what I've got? Perhaps move to Unifi Protect (I like the idea of being able to have cams and doorbells on the same system, but put off by pricing and less features than Blue Iris)?
Thank you in advance!
I'm looking at changing my camera fleet from HiLook to Hikvision.
It's a home setup and I currently have 2 x IPC-T250H-MU 2.8mm cameras and 4 x IPC-T259H 2.8mm (ColorVu).
All used with Blue Iris.
I purchased the ColorVu cameras first based upon the fact that they are colour at night, however, it became apparent after installation that this was not such a great idea. These 4 cameras are mounted under my eves on the soffits, and due to my naivety (bad positioning), did not take into consideration 'light bounce' off of the house walls, so if I use the white light, I see a lovely picture of the brick work of the wall, but everything else (that I want to see is pitch black). I could probably tilt them away from the wall perhaps?
So currently, I have to disable the white light, and increase exposure, the night picture as actually quite good with the LED disbabled, but due to the increased exposure (I presume), motion detections are very hit and miss.
The 2 x IPC-T250H are traditional colour daytime and IR at night (unless floodlights activate), and work pretty well for alerts with Blue Iris, the only downside being that they are not colour at night.
I'm looking to unify my cameras to the same model, and have been looking at the Hikvision DS-2CD2386G2-IU (which will be positioned away from the wall this time!) as these cameras have LED and IR, so in theory should get colour recordings for the majority of the time.
But I'm kind of wondering if the upgrade is worth it, as these cameras have AcuSense built in, which I guess is useless due to Blue Iris dealing with the AI alerts, so I'm probably paying for something that I'll never use.
Are there any recommendations for alternative camera choice? Stick with what I've got? Perhaps move to Unifi Protect (I like the idea of being able to have cams and doorbells on the same system, but put off by pricing and less features than Blue Iris)?
Thank you in advance!
