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Unfortunately most dashcameras has no option to adjust colour settings ( brightness, contrast etc ).
However many CMOS sensors have much better performance than you are getting out of them with dashcamera factory original firmware. In many cases it is hard to get quick help ( firmware update ) from manufacturer.
In this case you can use Video Editing solfware to get some improvement for video playback.
Of course correct way would be if those adjustments would be done by original dashcamera firmware and video processed correct way before it will be saved to the memory card, so "DIY" fiddling with video is not most practical way and takes time to play with video editing software, but still it can help a little bit in many situations to get better video playback result.
I havn't tried yet same technique with other dashcameras which uses other type of CMOS sensor. I only played with videos from CF-100 ( Sony Exmor ), but I guess same technique should work with other dashcameras CMOS sensor as well.
If somebody have time to fiddle with their videos using same technique, you can do it and share your result here.
At the end of last year I was testing a BlackSys CF-100 and was not fully happy with Sony Exmor CMOS performance, or let's say with how firmware was tuned-up to get most out from it. So I did simple quick test using AVS Video Editor, just to show to manufacturer of BlackSys that Sony Exmor is capable of much more, so they should work on firmware improvement, which they did and improved a little bit ( I will be posting results soon in my other thread ).
Below is my test:
"DIY" 15 & 20% Brightness added, BlackSys CF-100 vs Original FW, vs Panorama II v 1.08.05
Here are my video:
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However many CMOS sensors have much better performance than you are getting out of them with dashcamera factory original firmware. In many cases it is hard to get quick help ( firmware update ) from manufacturer.
In this case you can use Video Editing solfware to get some improvement for video playback.
Of course correct way would be if those adjustments would be done by original dashcamera firmware and video processed correct way before it will be saved to the memory card, so "DIY" fiddling with video is not most practical way and takes time to play with video editing software, but still it can help a little bit in many situations to get better video playback result.
I havn't tried yet same technique with other dashcameras which uses other type of CMOS sensor. I only played with videos from CF-100 ( Sony Exmor ), but I guess same technique should work with other dashcameras CMOS sensor as well.
If somebody have time to fiddle with their videos using same technique, you can do it and share your result here.
At the end of last year I was testing a BlackSys CF-100 and was not fully happy with Sony Exmor CMOS performance, or let's say with how firmware was tuned-up to get most out from it. So I did simple quick test using AVS Video Editor, just to show to manufacturer of BlackSys that Sony Exmor is capable of much more, so they should work on firmware improvement, which they did and improved a little bit ( I will be posting results soon in my other thread ).
Below is my test:
"DIY" 15 & 20% Brightness added, BlackSys CF-100 vs Original FW, vs Panorama II v 1.08.05
Here are my video:
Added:
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