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Jaybone56 t1_iqx1ret wrote

Reply to comment by LlamaTaboot_ in Police release photos of alleged York Street hate crime assailants by dc0049

Then what good are they? Perhaps they need an upgrade? Now I'm no cameraologist but I can see my own house from space using Google, what good are these cameras if they can't see across the street?

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LlamaTaboot_ t1_iqx40cp wrote

I’m a “cameraologist”. It’s impossible to get 4k video coverage of every square foot of New Haven streets. You have to pick your spots and your configuration. Cameras are configured for best “all purpose” use. For instance, you can optimize for moving cars and license plates by increasing shutter speed to reduce motion blur, but increased shutter speed means less light is hitting the sensor, which leads to darker, fuzzier video at night.

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Jaybone56 t1_iqx4p7p wrote

Oh I see, so lighting played a roll in the quality of footage? Any idea of why it has taken more than a month to "sift" through the footage before releasing to public

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LlamaTaboot_ t1_iqxs90w wrote

Just a guess. Cops are slow. Could be that white on Hispanic crimes are lower priority than vice-versa? 🤷‍♂️

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