r/mildlyinfuriating • u/violet_evergarden8 • 12h ago

Don't hug me I'm scared Neighbor across installed a camera on their railing pointed directly at my bedroom window

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u/aitorbk 11h ago

Some of them have 4k sensors that are actually quite good.

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u/MattTheRadarTechh 11h ago

A 4k…sensor?

What does a 4k sensor do?

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u/I_Love_Knotting 11h ago

A (modern) camera works by focusing light onto a sensor.

If the sensor is capable of capturing light in 4k, it‘s referred to as a 4k sensor.

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u/PtraGriffrn 11h ago

I prefer my light to be 5500k. Natural white.

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u/-Imthedude 10h ago

This guy shines 🌞

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u/stun_with_style 11h ago

It senses in 4k?

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u/aitorbk 11h ago

As another person has explained, digital cameras have a lens and the light reaches out an electronic sensor. The resolution of this sensor determines the maximum hw resolution of the images. These sensors normally are ccd or cmos. Tapo uses cmos, and most of these types of cameras do.

When ppl say "point a laser to it" they refer to the damage the laser does to the sensor ñ.