I have had my SG9663DC for almost 2 months and since installing life has been very hectic and I haven't really had much chance to review the footage as much as I would like.
On reviewing the footage the front camera is superb, the rear is a different matter, hopefully we can achieve much better results with a bit of tinkering if someone can help let me know what I have done wrong. I have a 2014 Audi A6 Avant Black Edition which has quite a dark factory tint on the rear windows and rear screen, as do a lot of cars so I am sure there must still be a way to achieve good rear footage, the problem is that it seems to give all the rear footage a very dark / blue colour, it is just about acceptable in a daytime but at night it renders the rear camera almost useless.
I had tried upping the exposure which does help but also has negative effects with over exposure, The front camera has an EV of +1.0 and the rear has +4/3 I imagine I could improve the rear in some situations by raising the EV even more but this isn't going to get away from the blueness that the rear tint is giving the footage.
Please see attached footage, which are just 10 second clips shot at the same time but the difference in camera image between front and back is huge, is there a way to get the rear camera looking somewhere near as good as the front or is the problem always going to be there because of the factory rear tint?
Dull Morning Front:
Dull Morning Rear:
Just gone dark front:
Just gone dark rear:
Obviously as the night gets darker the rear camera becomes pretty much useless, on an unlit road it is just black, I assume this is probably normal if I parked up on an unlit road with no lights on the front camera would produce far superb video to the rear.
Thanks for any help and advice anyone can offer.
On reviewing the footage the front camera is superb, the rear is a different matter, hopefully we can achieve much better results with a bit of tinkering if someone can help let me know what I have done wrong. I have a 2014 Audi A6 Avant Black Edition which has quite a dark factory tint on the rear windows and rear screen, as do a lot of cars so I am sure there must still be a way to achieve good rear footage, the problem is that it seems to give all the rear footage a very dark / blue colour, it is just about acceptable in a daytime but at night it renders the rear camera almost useless.
I had tried upping the exposure which does help but also has negative effects with over exposure, The front camera has an EV of +1.0 and the rear has +4/3 I imagine I could improve the rear in some situations by raising the EV even more but this isn't going to get away from the blueness that the rear tint is giving the footage.
Please see attached footage, which are just 10 second clips shot at the same time but the difference in camera image between front and back is huge, is there a way to get the rear camera looking somewhere near as good as the front or is the problem always going to be there because of the factory rear tint?
Dull Morning Front:
Obviously as the night gets darker the rear camera becomes pretty much useless, on an unlit road it is just black, I assume this is probably normal if I parked up on an unlit road with no lights on the front camera would produce far superb video to the rear.
Thanks for any help and advice anyone can offer.