A119M Pro focus quality

[SneekyB]

I had my A119M Pro installed last week and so far I feel the image quality I’m getting from it doesn’t match the quality I’ve seen in online reviews and posts here. Traffic travelling towards me are generally impossible to see any numberplate details day or night. Even cars in front of me are only readable when very close to them.

I’m running the camera in full 4K mode with high bitrate enabled. CP fitted.

 

[Cool Beans]

That doesn't look great. Maybe a poor quality polarizer.

 

[SneekyB]

I’ve tried it with and without the filter fitted and it doesn’t improve the clarity.

 

[Karagandinez]

I had my A119M Pro installed last week and so far I feel the image quality I’m getting from it doesn’t match the quality I’ve seen in online reviews and posts here. Traffic travelling towards me are generally impossible to see any numberplate details day or night. Even cars in front of me are only readable when very close to them.

I’m running the camera in full 4K mode with high bitrate enabled. CP fitted.

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It might be because your M Pro is set to capture clouds in the sky...
Try lowering the lens first.

And 4:40 PM is right at the HDR threshold, so it's not the best time to read oncoming license plates.
Take a look at the video taken before lunch. The results will be better.

 

[SneekyB]

It might be because your M Pro is set to capture clouds in the sky...
Try lowering the lens first.

And 4:40 PM is right at the HDR threshold, so it's not the best time to read oncoming license plates.
Take a look at the video taken before lunch. The results will be better.

Thanks for the advice. I will try lowering the lens to see if that helps with focus clarity. I’ve attached a couple of freeze frames from the video earlier in the day. The weather here has been very dull and gloomy recently.

 

[Karagandinez]

Thanks for the advice. I will try lowering the lens to see if that helps with focus clarity. I’ve attached a couple of freeze frames from the video earlier in the day. The weather here has been very dull and gloomy recently.
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Even though it's cloudy, the results are better.
If I lower the lens so the sky and land are 50/50, it should be even better.

 

[SneekyB]

Even though it's cloudy, the results are better.
If I lower the lens so the sky and land are 50/50, it should be even better.

I reset the camera to factory defaults and lowered the angle, I think the footage looks a little better but it was raining during the night footage so that reduces quality a little. I did also notice afterwards that the reset had shifted the bitrate from High to Normal.

 

[Cool Beans]

Looks better. Did you update to the latest firmware?

 

[SneekyB]

Looks better. Did you update to the latest firmware?

I was already running the latest firmware, maybe the factory reset helped and changing the angle to lessen the amount of sky shown in the frame.

 

[yellowtape]

I did also notice afterwards that the reset had shifted the bitrate from High to Normal

So based on your experience the normal bitrate option produced better video quality?
Really want to know cause i also feel mine isnt that sharp sometimes. If anyone got an idea about that please feel free to help 😁

 

[gse]

Really want to know cause i also feel mine isnt that sharp sometimes. If anyone got an idea about that please feel free to help 😁

We need to review your video (the original).
Cloudy, sunny, evening, etc.—all these factors affect video clarity.
Reducing the bitrate does not improve video clarity.

 

[SneekyB]

I think the biggest improvement was due to me lowering the angle of the camera and having less sky showing. Even at normal bitrate it looked better than previously but now I have it set back to high priority it is slightly improved again. Currently testing this angle but one step higher on the ratchet is also good.