{"id":230,"date":"2015-06-18T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T11:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jmcsecure.co.uk\/blog\/?p=230"},"modified":"2015-06-18T12:08:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T11:08:36","slug":"demonstration-fingerprints-cause-ir-bounce-back-on-cctv-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jmcsecure.co.uk\/blog\/demonstration-fingerprints-cause-ir-bounce-back-on-cctv-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Demonstration fingerprints cause IR bounce back on CCTV Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all,<\/p>\n<p>\nI wanted to show you a quick demostration of how you can ruin a cameras night vision simply by getting your fingerprints all over the glass on a high definition dome camera. See below video:\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QXOhIjiHdd8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The above short video shows a 3.0 Megapixel camera in night vision mode, image quality is fine &#8211; then i walk in and simply rub my thumb on the glass dome directly in front of the lens and IR LEDs &#8211; I do this twice. Each time the night vision image quality gets progressively worse, to the point its practically useless.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, it would be an easy fix &#8211; simply clean the glass dome. But I wanted to make people aware the smallest of things, a fingerprint smudge, can cause issues with a CCTV cameras night vision, so be very careful when installing cameras.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if i was to scratch the glass dome &#8211; this would also cause IR bounce back, but would be unfixable!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all, I wanted to show you a quick demostration of how you can ruin a cameras night vision simply by getting your fingerprints all over the glass on a high definition dome camera. 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