If you remember a few days ago, I reused e-waste to install a network camera in a tree facing our lake, so my wife who can’t go out easily can watch the birds and the nature.
And early this morning, she saw this.
This camera is fabulous: it’s so sensitive in the dark, it captured the northern lights in vibrant colors! That really made her day and mine.
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And if the northern lights this morning weren’t enough, the camera delivered this ice rainbow this afternoon at sunset:
This happens on clear days when there are ice particles in suspension in the air in the winter.
Today is one of those days!
It looks so quaint despite the poor quality. Like an oil painting
Love it!
My photos looked very similar and I was a bit disappointed, as the image does not look sharp, even though I calculated infinity focus.
Any idea why that is?
This is not dull!
Agreed. Have you notified moderators? /s
Beautiful shot, and honestly that little win made me smile. Stuff like this is exactly why I scavenge old gear instead of buying new, glad your wife got a front row seat to the show. Those cheap night-vision sensors surprise you when they actually get a chance to shine.
Also, can we please stop hoarding disposable electronics like they’re toilet paper? Someone tossed a working camera and now you both get the northern lights, proof that a tiny bit of effort beats throwing things away. Good on you for rescuing it, setting it up, and giving her a view she otherwise wouldn’t have.
Absolutely amazing, thank you for sharing. I’ve never actually seen this in person.
I’ve always wanted to see the aurora borealis or aurora Australis. but I’m too poor to afford a trip to somewhere where they are visible. but that’d be a dream come true.
What camera is it? I’m looking at setting something like this up at my mountain house for star gazing.
It’s one of these: MileSight AI Pro 5M 23x PTZ PoE+ bullet camera (exact model number MS-C5367-X23PE).
I chose the one with the 23x zoom because it lets us see more things further around the lake. But if you want one for stargazing, maybe you’d be better served with the 4 megapixel 16x zoom model (MS-C4467-X20RPE): the page says it only needs a minimum 0.002 lux at F1.6, while ours needs 0.008 lux at the same stops. I find ours’ performances in low-light conditions quite stunning, so the 4M model should be even better.
It’s not a cheap camera, but it’s really worth the money. The fabulous web interface alone makes it worth it: it’s actually useful, pleasant to use, it lets you define users with different rights, it doesn’t depend on some stupid proprietary Windows software, and it’s fully compatible with Firefox as well as Chromium. And of course it’s ONVIF-compatible and it outputs streams the usual way (RTSP and such) so you can connect it to anything that’s ONVIF- and RTSP-compatible.
It must be really expensive, because there isn’t even a price or a button to use to purchase it 🙁
Certain industries like to pretend they sell “special” devices and are heavy on subscription models for gullible customers, and customers who think that’s just the way things are done because things are never done any other way, because the whole industry is kind of a giant scam in which all the actors are in on the scam.
Locksmithing and physical security are two such industries. In scammy industries like that, manufacturers refrain from providing MSRPs and never sell directly to the customers, because the scam involves distributors setting their own prices - more often than not with outrageous markups - and bundling crappy subscriptions with the devices, that you often can’t buy without the subscription. The unwritten rule is that the manufacturers only quote the distributors and never undercuts them by selling direct.
This is a security camera. I don’t use it as such, but that’s what it is. I bought it from a security company at the price they quoted me, which may vary wildly from other resellers. I’ve seen those cameras sold for anything between $500 to over $1000, with the typical price being around $700.
If you want one, you’d better shop around to find the best deal.
Finland, or at least European Nordics?
