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Wyze Cam V3 2 month Nightly use - Me Like -

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Ive been using Wyze Cam V3 cams nightly for over 2 months -

Almost everywhere I have used V3 has been pretty dark sky -
have not used at all in a city
city lights will make difference


Overall I really like V3 cams - have had Lots of fun -
cam recorded 8 second meteor in CO - very WoW

WYze V3 cam costs $32

V3 cam has Night View Mode -
cam is Gain UP and has 1.8 Open lens ?
Cam is setup for Low Light use -
V3 sees amazingly well in dark -


Cam records - Satellites- Stars -meteorites-air planes - UFOs - night clouds

Daytime performance OK but Very Blown Out -

V3 records 2 files -
One file is Time Lapse ( TL ) - 24 frames Minute -

2nd file is 5 frm Second - its like Regular speed video but Bad choppy -
this file is low quality and just OK - not great - One Minute long = 60 per hour


I have three V3 cams i put out nightly -

Cams have likely recorded 1000+ small meteors -
have folder with 125 meteor clips that are One ish second long -

it surprised me how many meteors there are in sky - flying all over

Cam Records Satellite flyover GREAT - its Amazing -
Look Good

cam sees to Mag 5 ish satellites -
TL mode satellites fly across sky at good viewing speed ( #3 )
Looks really cool - ( have time on screen )

Satellite recording is the Best Use of this cam - works Great - easy - one file -
watch full night TL video 7 to 10 minutes - see many sats

V3 use for recording Meteors - Pretty Good to OK
and is WAY Better than Nothing - $32 cam

TL records at 24 frames Minute -
Only tiny bits of time recorded each minute -
so there is LOTS missing in TL video -

Meteors are going across sky so Brief Fast -
in TL mode meteor usually just Tiny flash on screen -

I look at One minute files to see meteor in Real Time ish

Cams have likely recorded 1000+ meteors -
have folder with 125 meteor clips that are One ish second long
it surprised me how many meteors there are in sky - flying all over -

But the One minute recorded files are Pretty low bit rate -


These files are Useable / watchable - just Not Great -
Lots of Noise -
much of noise can be filtered out - Usually -

Meteor video can look OK to maybe great -
Great if its Only cam that recorded meteor -

Just watching recording of Big Meteor is - Pretty WOW -
chill bumps -


used stock clips when making meteor reports to IMO - International Meteor Org -
IMO likes video Best - U can Look at IMO Reports -

V3 for recording Stars

Stars - Look Pretty GooD in Time Lapse. TL -
Star spins - Sky Pan - Look Good - Amazingly Good -
Cam sees Milkyway - Looks OK -
Stars with clouds wizzing by can look Pretty Good -

Easy to make - One file -
I record at Lowest TL speed setting #3 full night TL = One gig size -


I am using Mac laptop -

this is what I have to do to watch recording

To watch TL file I have to use VLC video player ?????
No clue why I have to do this but VLC works well -

I have to Convert TL file using VLC again -
VLC makes Mp4 video file -
Video file can edited - filtered - ect

Im not sure if its a Mac thing or Wyze cam is using
some different file - I dont know -

Converting Gig size file take 10 minutes -

Setting UP cam is Pretty Easy with Phone App -
App works Great - Easy Clear Simple -

app has easy timer to turn ON/Off Time Lapse recording - Great

U can See Live view of cam on phone - Its GREAT -
use to setup shot frame view -

app can change setting on cam at Any time -

BUT to SETUP cam to use AT ALL U have to have Internet -
this is-- Biggest Bummer. -- on this cam -

I have other wifi cameras that NO Internet needed -
I can see cam view on phone ???

with good internet app works Flawlessly for me -
have watched / controlled 5 cams on one phone -- app is Amazing -


Cam is designed as a Low Light Security Cam -
I have not used it for this but I bet it works well -
has IR illuminator if needed -

Lately I have been seeing more Meteor videos that were recorded
by security cams - Ring cams have good night vision too

I think that more people start using these cams for Night view -

maybe Hack Setting - write Filter software - lens -

V3 is the only cam I have owned that can See in the dark - Jay
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