AXISQ1615NetworkCamera
VideoandAudio
ImageAppearance
IncreasingtheColorlevelincreasesthecolorsaturation.Thevalue100givesmaximumcolorsaturation.Thevalue0givesa
blackandwhiteimage.
TheimageBrightnesscanbeadjustedintherange0–100,whereahighervalueproducesabrighterimage.
IncreasingtheSharpnesscanincreasebandwidthusage.Asharperimagemightincreaseimagenoiseespeciallyinlowlight
conditions.Alowersettingreducesimagenoise,butthewholeimagewillappearlesssharp.
TheContrastchangestherelativedifferencebetweenlightanddark.Itcanbeadjustedusingtheslidebar.
LocalContrastappliescontrasttoaspecicareaoftheimage.Usetheslidertoadjustthecontrast,whereahighervalueproduces
animagewithhighcontrastbetweenthedarkandlightareas.
ImageCorrection
Imagecorrectionsettingscancompensatefordifferenttypesofimageissues.SelectElectronicimagestabilization(EIS)to
compensateforvibrationsorselectBarreldistortioncorrectiontocompensateforlenseffects.
Note
•ItisnotrecommendedtouseElectronicimagestabilization(EIS)togetherwithWideDynamicRange(WDR).
•Electronicimagestabilization(EIS)cannotbeusedtogetherwithBarreldistortioncorrection.
ElectronicImageStabilization
Whenmonitoringanenvironmentthatissubjecttovibrations,forexampleatrainstationoratrafccontrolpoint,imagesmay
appeartobeunsteady.
Toimproveimagestability,manuallyadjustfocusandzoomandnotetheapproximatefocallengthvalueasindicatedinthecamera
unitbelowthezoompuller.ChecktheElectronicimagestabilization(EIS)boxandadjustthefocallengthslidertomatchtheset
focallengthvalueonyourcameraunit.Toseetheeffectsofyouradjustments,opentheLiveviewpageinaseparatewindowand
observehowtheimagestabilizesafteradjustingthesliderandsaving.
BarrelDistortionCorrection
Barreldistortionisalenseffectthatcausesanimagetolookcurved.Theextentofdistortiondependsonthezoomlevel.
Toeditbarreldistortionsettings,clickEditfromVideo&Audio>CameraSettings>ImageCorrection.IntheBarrelDistortion
Correctionwindow,adjusttheslidertocorrectthedistortion,usingthegridforassistance.
WhiteBalance
Whitebalanceisusedtomakecolorsintheimageappearthesameregardlessofthecolortemperatureofthelightsource.TheAxis
productcanbesettoautomaticallyidentifythelightsourceandcompensateforitscolor.Alternatively,selectthetypeoflight
sourcefromthedrop-downlist.Foradescriptionofeachavailablesetting,seetheonlinehelp.
ThewhitebalancewindowisenabledfortheAutomaticandAutomaticoutdooroptionsthatappearintheWhitebalancedrop-down
list.Selectoneoftheoptionsfromthedrop-downlisttosetthewhitebalancewindowproperties.SelectAutomatictousethe
defaultsettingsfortheAutomaticandAutomaticoutdooroptions(intheWhitebalancedrop-downlist).SelectCustomtomanually
setareferencewindowforwhitebalanceintheviewarea.
WideDynamicRange
Widedynamicrangecanimprovetheexposurewhenthereisaconsiderablecontrastbetweenlightanddarkareasintheimage.
EnableWDRinintensebacklightconditions.DisableWDRinlowlightconditionsforoptimalexposure.
Important
UseWDRincombinationwithautomaticexposurecontrol.Otherexposuresettingscouldgiveundesirableresults.
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