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I used the RAW function with 12 MP photos today, and the conversion tool would not recognise them. It did recognise the 16 MP ones. Am I missing something?
You need to tell the converter that the file is 12MP using the dropdown option box.I used the RAW function with 12 MP photos today, and the conversion tool would not recognise them. It did recognise the 16 MP ones. Am I missing something?
Thank you, I will try that.You need to tell the converter that the file is 12MP using the dropdown option box.
It's about which part of the image it uses for choosing the exposure. Centre means that it ignores everything other than a small area in the centre of the image, average means it uses the entire image, and dashcam means that it looks at the area normally occupied by the road when it is mounted on a car windscreen. You will find centre is quite sensitive to where you point the camera, have you got the centre above or below the horizon, while average is quite insensitive. Much easier to get a "correct" exposure with centre, but you do need to think about it and aim the camera to do so while average is more likely to be correct if you don't bother thinking about it and dashcam will ignore the sky so that cars are normally well exposed, but with overexposed sky above them.Am I correct in assuming that "meter" is about depth of field? I am currently using "center", but I am sometimes a bit bothered about blurred edges.
Thank you so much, Nigel. I will experiment a bit with the average setting then.It's about which part of the image it uses for choosing the exposure. Centre means that it ignores everything other than a small area in the centre of the image, average means it uses the entire image, and dashcam means that it looks at the area normally occupied by the road when it is mounted on a car windscreen. You will find centre is quite sensitive to where you point the camera, have you got the centre above or below the horizon, while average is quite insensitive. Much easier to get a "correct" exposure with centre, but you do need to think about it and aim the camera to do so while average is more likely to be correct if you don't bother thinking about it and dashcam will ignore the sky so that cars are normally well exposed, but with overexposed sky above them.
That's a problem with any camera or lens system that uses fixed focus - not everything will be in focus at the same time. Not much you can do about it. It you refocus so that distant objects are clear, stuff up close will be blurry. So they set it for a middle distance to cover the most useful situations for most users.
Date resetting sounds like a bad RTC battery. If it's still under warranty, try contacting the seller. If they don't help, then the manufacturer is here on the forum and you can try contacting them.
As for it not turning on - take both the battery and memory card out and try connecting to a phone charger in the house, then try the power button. If that doesn't work, again, contact the seller, or maybe @gitup or @viofo can help?
I think the doughnuts are probably due to vibration, try using a stiffer mount, unless they happen when you know there was no vibration? Since it is fixed focus, if it is in focus during the day then it will also be in focus at night.Thank you for the response.
I searched for the battery issue, and I found a number of Gitup users affected by that. However, now the problem is more serious.
I've tried everything including connecting to a charger, putting in a new freshly charged battery, and so forth, but the camera doesn't turn on.
I'm not sure if I got a lemon, I've contacted @gitup and hopefully I'll get assistance.
I'd bought this camera mainly for the excellent stabilization, however, night videos aren't a strong point, I found a LOT of white dots/noise and donut highlights which I've not seen in other videos (in the Git 2 video thread - there is a fireworks video, and those are all sharp points, not round blurry dots like I've been having).
Thank you @NigelI think the doughnuts are probably due to vibration, try using a stiffer mount, unless they happen when you know there was no vibration? Since it is fixed focus, if it is in focus during the day then it will also be in focus at night.
For the startup, you may have to reinstall the firmware, and may have to reinstall the loader before installing the firmware. There should be something about this in a thread somewhere. For assistance from Gitup you will probably have to wait until the end of the Chinese holidays.
I think there is a bit of motion blur in that last one. It is not a great camera in the dark, but few action cameras are, they are designed for bright sunny summer holidays. Many dashcams do much better in the dark....This screen grab is 'patchy' because of a low bitrate and high ISO at night, but you can still see how the highlights are all out of focus.
The camera isn't responding at all, as advised, I'll have to get assistance from Gitup.
I noticed that night videos had very bad distance shots and highlights were donut shaped. The lens was probably out of focus - as in this picture.
I think there is a bit of motion blur in that last one. It is not a great camera in the dark, but few action cameras are, they are designed for bright sunny summer holidays. Many dashcams do much better in the dark.
Not responding at all doesn't mean it is dead, just that the firmware isn't operating for some reason, there have been a few cases of this in the past, possibly related to loosing the time, although it is not common, they nearly always get fixed by a reload of the firmware.
I believe, the image has been heavily processed due to high ISO by noise reduction filters which caused excessive blur in distant dark areas, sharpening filter added rough edges and white dots, and donut shape of bright spots is caused by another filter, which sets pixel's color to average color of surrounding pixels if difference is too big - it treats it as hot or defective pixel of sensor. If your lens is in focus in daylight, it should be in focus at night too.
Possibly, better results could be obtained in low light/darkness with following settings: 1080p30, high bitrate, low sharpness, contrast normal, wb auto, EIS off.
Is there an anti-fisheye setting in the one with the 170° lens?