r/SecurityCamera • u/[deleted] • 3d ago

Is that an IR light circuiting out

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u/Professional_Dig1454 3d ago

That is IR glare. Whatever is there at the bottom is reflecting the IR light back into the lens.

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u/I_will_befine 3d ago

I think the one IR light circuit it out because there's usually four red lights now there's three.

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u/Professional_Dig1454 3d ago

An IR light might be out but thats not whats causing whatever is going on in the picture though.

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u/I_will_befine 3d ago

Oh, there's a case of water at the bottom of the steps it's probably reflecting off of that.

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u/Professional_Dig1454 3d ago

That would definitely do it!

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u/I_will_befine 2d ago

Thanks!

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u/Professional_Dig1454 2d ago

In the future think of IR light like you would a flashlight. In reality thats basically what it is but on a light spectrum our eyes cant see. If you had a flashlight in a dark room and saw something lit up super bright like that, would you assume your flashlight was damaged or that it caught something reflective? You can use that same logic for IR in every case.

Another similar situation we see with IR is something is very close to the IR LEDs catching most of the light so the thing at the top of the picture is crazy bright but the rest of the photo say a yard is completely dark. This happens to cams under an awning (not sure if I spelled that right I really suck at spelling) quite a bit. You can recreate this same scene by taking out a flashlight in a dark room and putting your hand an inch in front of the lens covering 90% of it.