Axis Communications, Chelmsford, Mass., announced that Chicago-area Stratford Square Mall relied on Axis network cameras to protect public safety and minimize shoplifting during the 2014holiday shopping season, which was a heavy one.

The DarkFighter DS-2DF8223I-AEL PTZ camera is designed to capture sharp color and monochrome images in low-light conditions.

 Tyco Security Products, Boca Raton, Fla., part of Tyco, the world’s largest pure-play fire protection and security company, will showcase a new slate of innovative technology introductions at the upcoming ASIS International 60^th Annual Seminar and Exhibits, Sept. 29 to Oct. 1.  

Another trend in the lighting space is to maintain a low-noise color image in low light rather than switching to black-and-white or changing to an IR illuminator setting. One way this is made possible is with better sensors, specifically larger sensors with more pixels.

Speco Technologies announced the availability of its Intensifier IP® cameras. Each of these new cameras were engineered and designed specifically for a wide range of applications and offer a cost-effective solution with color images in low-light resolution challenges.

With intelligent Dynamic Noise Reduction, the camera selects only what is deemed necessary and blocks outside noise, saving bandwidth.

For convenient installation, all OpenEye IP cameras are detected automatically by current model OpenEye recorders and are ONVIF compliant, allowing integration with many other IP recording solutions on the market.

The cameras include dual H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10) and MJPEG encoders, privacy masking, extended motion detection with 1,024 zones per channel, and pixel binning for increased sensitivity in low light applications.

It is also vandal-resistant with an IK10 rating, and it has sensor in/out capabilities that allow it to integrate easily with other security systems such as alarms or infrared devices.

The AXIS P39-R Series includes AXIS P3904-R network camera with HDTV 720p resolution, AXIS P3905-R with HDTV 1080p resolution and AXIS P3915-R with HDTV 1080p resolution as well as audio-in and I/O capabilities.