User manual
AXISQ6045-EMkIIPTZDomeNetworkCamera
Video
ToselectadefaultstreamprolefortheLiveViewpage,gotoSetup>LiveViewCong.
CameraSettings
TheVideo>CameraSettingspageprovidesaccesstoadvancedimagesettingsfortheAxisproduct.
ImageAppearance
TochangeImageAppearancegotothemenusunderSetup>Video>CameraSettings.
IncreasingtheColorlevelincreasesthecolorsaturation.Thevalue100givesmaximumcolorsaturationandthevalue0gives
minimumcolorsaturation.
TheimageBrightnesscanbeadjustedintherange0–100,whereahighervalueproducesabrighterimage.
IncreasingtheSharpnesscanincreasebandwidthusage.Asharperimagemightincreaseimagenoiseespeciallyinlowlight
conditions.Alowersettingreducesimagenoise,butthewholeimagewillappearlesssharp.
WhiteBalance
TochangethissettinggotoSetup>Video>CameraSettings
Whitebalanceisusedtomakecolorsintheimageappearthesameregardlessofthecolortemperatureofthelightsource.TheAxis
productcanbesettoautomaticallyidentifythelightsourceandcompensateforitscolor.Alternatively,selectthetypeoflight
sourcefromthedrop-downlist.Foradescriptionofeachavailablesetting,seetheonlinehelp
.
WideDynamicRange
WideDynamicRange(WDR)processingbalancesthebrightestanddarkestsectionsofascenetoproduceanimagethatisbalanced
inlightingtoprovidemoredetail.Widedynamicrangecanimprovetheexposurewhenthereisaconsiderablecontrastbetweenlight
anddarkareasintheimage.TherearethreedifferentWDRmodes:
WDR1-contrast
WDR2-doubleexposure
WDR3-contrastanddoubleexposure
ThedifferentWDRsettingsadjustforvariousamountsofcontrastintheimage.UseahigherWDRnumberforahighercontrast.
EnableWDRinintensebacklightconditions.DisableWDRinlowlightconditionsforoptimalexposure.
ExposureSettings
Exposurecontrol-Thesesettingsisusedtoadapttotheamountoflightused.Automaticisthedefaultsettinganditcanbe
usedinmostsituations.Theshutterspeedisautomaticallysettoproduceoptimumimagequality.UseManualifyouhavespecial
requirementsfortheexposuresettingandwishtolockit.Selectthedesiredexposuretimefromthedrop-downlist.
Maxexposuretime-Selectthemaximumexposuretimefromthedrop-downlist.Increasingtheexposuretimewillimproveimage
quality,butdecreasetheframerate.Theremayalsobeanincreaseinmotionblur.
Allowslowshutter-SelectAllowslowshuttertoletthecameradecreasetheshutterspeedinlowlighttoimproveimagebrightness.
EnableBacklightcompensation-SelectEnableBacklightcompensationifabrightspotoflight,forexamplealightbulb,causes
otherareasintheimagetoappeartoodark.
HighlightCompensation-TheAxisproductwilldetectabrightlightfromasourcesuchasatorchorcarheadlightsandmaskthat
imagearea.Thissettingisusefulwhenthecameraoperatesinaverydarkareawhereabrightlightmayoverexposepartoftheimage
andpreventtheoperatorfromseeingotherpartsofthescene.
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