Overview
Looks like a smoke alarm, but is actually a high resolution camera, ideal for hidden covert surveillance or where a camera would simply look out of place or ugly!
The XVCSA Covert Smoke Alarm Camera is designed for any premises requiring a great value high resolution camera offering good performance.The camera is designed for Indoor use only.
Main Features
Good quality 3.6mm Wide Angle lens for 78° viewing angle
Introduction:
Ideal for medium to high risk applications, the camera is built around a Sony 1/3" Super HAD High Resolution CCD image sensor which provides good recognition quality and standard identification quality images.The camera has a built in microphone for audio surveillance of the area being watched.
Resolution:
The camera is able to produce 480 TVL images. These are equivalent to Near DVD quality and suitable for recording at 704x576 (4CIF) or 720x576 (D1) resolutions.
Light Sensitivity:
The camera will provide bright images in any environment that has a light level above 0.1 lux.
Examples of environments that have a light level above 0.1 lux are:
Dawn and Dusk
A Residential Road with Street Lighting
A Bar or Nightclub
Lens:
The camera is fitted with a 3.6mm lens. This lens provides a fixed horizontal viewing angle of 78°.
DSP Features:
The camera features an Xvision IXC1 DSP (Digital Signal Processing) chip which offers the following functions to increase the image sensors performance:
Automatic Electronic Iris - This feature automatically adjusts the brightness of the camera image to match the amount of available light.
Automatic White Balance - This feature automatically adjusts the colour temperature of the camera image to match the type of light available, so that white and other colours appear as natural as possible.
Automatic Gain Control - This feature automatically increases the video output level of the camera in low light conditions. This has the effect of making the picture brighter.
Back Light Compensation - This feature makes objects in front of a bright scene (such as a window on a bright sunny day) clearer to see by increasing their brightness and making the background darker.
Low Smear - This feature helps to balance out the camera image when some areas of it may be looking at very bright or reflective objects.
Edge Enhancement - This feature sharpens the edges of objects and people in the camera image making the picture sharper and the resolution higher.
Mounting:
The camera is designed for Ceiling Mounting.
The camera is designed for Indoor use only.