A119 Mini 2 Lens Check

[geokilla]

Didn't want to clutter @rcg530's thread so I decided to make a new thread for it.

How Can You Tell - If Your A119 Mini 2 Has The Updated Lens

I get this question frequently and so far I've not been able to identify a way to see if the A119 Mini 2 has the original lens or the updated lens. I no longer have the two A119 Mini 2 dash cameras with the original lens. VIOFO requested I send those two units back to them for their investigation on the heat defocusing issue. I took a good look at the two A119 Mini 2 dash cameras that now I have installed in my car. I looked very closely at the front lens area and I did in fact find a "difference". I compared the updated lens with the original lens (in my unboxing pics) and there is a noticeable difference. The ring/bezel around the lens glass appears to have a different shape between the original lens and the updated lens. The exposure level of level of my unboxing pic was a bit dark, so I asked @Panzer Platform to take a picture of his A119 Mini 2 with the original lens. His picture and my picture show the same shape to the ring/bezel around the lens glass.

My unboxing picture of the A119 Mini 2 with the original lens:

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Panzer Platform's picture of his A119 Mini 2 with the original lens:

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If you look closely at either of those two pictures of the original lens, you'll see a flat spot at the outer edge of the ring/bezel and then there is a very slight taper running down towards the lens glass. If you look at my picture of the A119 Mini 2 with the updated lens, you'll see a very thin outer ring and then the remaining portion of the ring/bezel has a far more angled taper as it goes towards the lens glass.

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My unofficial way to see of your A119 Mini 2 has the updated lens is:

• If you purchased/received your A119 Mini 2 before July 2023, then it will not have the updated lens.
  • VIOFO has stated the production change to the A119 Mini 2 lens took place in July 2023.
• Using the pictures to compare to your A119 Mini 2
  • Unless there was some other reason for VIOFO to vary the ring/bezel around the lens glass:
    • If your A119 Mini 2's lens has the ring/bezel I show in my picture of the unit with the updated lens, your A119 Mini 2 has the updated lens
    • If your A119 Mini 2's lens has the ring/bezel I show in my picture of the original lens, your A119 Mini 2 does not have the updated lens
• You could also contact VIOFO and submit a support ticket asking them if your A119 Mini 2 has the updated lens.

If you want to know what the ring/bezel around the lens glass of the previous generation A119 Mini (not the Mini 2) looks like, here's a picture of that one. Its ring/bezel is completely flat.

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I think I have the new lens as well? I bought both cameras on AliExpress in August.

 

[gse]

I think I have the new lens as well?

Yes, you have a new lens.

 

[rcg530]

I think I have the new lens as well?

Yes, it looks like that A119 Mini 2 has the updated lens.

 

[Nedla]

Can anyone please help me and tell me whether my mini2 already has the new lens

 

[ogzogz]

Can anyone please help me and tell me whether my mini2 already has the new lens

Both images are with renewed lenses.

 

[CaptureYourAction]

Can anyone please help me and tell me whether my mini2 already has the new lens

Yes, you appear to have the new lens.

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How Can You Tell - If Your A119 Mini 2 Has The Updated Lens I get this question frequently and so far I've not been able to identify a way to see if the A119 Mini 2 has the original lens or the updated lens. I no longer have the two A119 Mini 2 dash cameras with the original lens. VIOFO...

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