Over Exposure

[hillale]

We used sun glass lenses over our camera(s) a couple years back, That might help what I think you guys are having problems with.

[ChaosX73]

My dad was thinking of doing something like that, and it might work

[Vikesrock]

Check out the last 2 pages of this thread for some tips and procedures for working with the camera.

[Greg McKaskle]

As mentioned in the other thread, look to adjust brightness as the primary way to reduce glare. Because of light being in the frame, it was also necessary to lower the minimum saturation threshold value a bit.

As for sunglasses, the vision term they'd use is called a neutral density filter, it just means an uncolored filter that blocks some light without tinting the result. I haven't tried it explicitly, but I believe this will simply cause the camera to increase the exposure time further, causing more blur and slower response while still having too much glare on the targets. Of course if you try one out and find a good way to use it, I'd be happy to hear about it.

Greg McKaskle

[A_Reed]

May I suggest a polarized lens. Buy a semi-cheap pair of polarized sunglasses, pop out the lens and fit it to your camera. Rotate the polarization to the angle best suited for eliminating the field glare.

[Greg McKaskle]

This was a good idea. I finally got around to trying it, but without the cheap sunglass part. I used a directional polarizer for still photography, and it pretty much cuts everything evenly. Unlike sunlight, the floodlights aren't polarized. It turns out that the surface effect producing the glare is still unpolarized. That means that the polarizing filter acts as a neutral density and once the camera adjusts to let in more light, you still have glare.

Greg McKaskle

[Al Skierkiewicz]

In addition to the neutral density filters you can also try a method called "barn dooring" simply add shields to prevent the glare from entering the camera. If you go to a good camera shop or online store, you can ND filter material in a sheet film form. Simply cut the sheet in small pieces and add them in layers to the front of the camera until you get the desired effect. Search for neutral density lighting gel.

[Team 135]

Try a polarized piece of plastic over it. You can get polarized sun glasses for fairly cheap if you do not care about style.