What was the reason for choosing 27m?
Correct.I think that's the distance across the street.
Does this help with night videos at all? I have a slight tint and I can tell with my camera it's hard to read anything.Oops.
I was so excited to get testing I forgot to take photos of the telephoto cameras.
The cameras arrived in “bulk” packaging with no identifying box, user manual, part number, nothing, nada, zip.
I’m not sure if these are pre-production, or the final retail versions.
But I’m 99% sure these are the retail units that will be sold to customers.
We now have an LED light that reminds me of the premium units I’ve tested from Thinkware, and GNET.
Of course you will most likely want to disable the LED in the settings to conserve power in parking mode, and not attract unwanted attention.
Or not.
We get a new 60cm USB Type-C cable with 90° on both ends, (the previous rear camera had one 90° and one straight.
As far as size goes they are basically the same size as the previous rear camera, (only slightly larger by a few millimeters).
I reviewed some file sizes an they are identical to the previous rear camera.
I don’t have any proof but these appear to be the same regular rear camera with a slightly enlarged case, and of course the longer telephoto lens.
Oh yeah, each telephoto had a different firmware, good thing I checked, and updated the older one.
Keep in mind the A229 Pro & A229 Plus rear cameras have their own processor chipset built in the case.
The newest firmware in the telephoto is V1.0 240419
Can’t wait to see if the night time HDR has been improved.
We have yet another new “one off’ CPL Filter.
From 2016-2021 we had just two, (CPL-100 & CPL-200).
In the past 2 months Viofo has released 3 different CPL Filters, (CPL-300, CPL-400, and now this one CPL-500)?
It feels like they’re making Super Bowl XIV commemorative tumblers from McDonald's, gotta collect ‘em all. lol
What dash cam do you have?Does this help with night videos at all? I have a slight tint and I can tell with my camera it's hard to read anything.
Such a measurement is completely wrong and erroneous. The scale of the angles must be circular24.6° is what I measured the Horizontal FOV to be for the new Telephoto Remote cameras for the A229 Pro & A229 Plus.
For reference I measured the Horizontal FOV of the Front camera to be 112° FOV.
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Shooutout to @DAP for suggesting test patterns to check focus.
It looks like I’ll need to modify my testing jig to back off the camera a bit.
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The measurement is wrong, but he corrects it using a calculator, see post #611.Such a measurement is completely wrong and erroneous. The scale of the angles must be circular
Incorrect.Such a measurement is completely wrong and erroneous.
Yes, you're right, thank you for pointing that out.Such a measurement is completely wrong and erroneous. The scale of the angles must be circular
The measurement is wrong, but he corrects it using a calculator, see post #611.
Ideally, the distance should be enough for the lens to be in focus, but with a straight scale, more than 50cm is going to be somewhat impractical. Building an accurate circular scale is going to be rather time and space consuming.However, for wide-angle lenses, the distance to the scale should be more than 50 cm, when there is a strong optical distortion of the scale and a possible error in the reading of the detected value
Is there such a thing as “Standard EU license plate”?standard EU license plate
Most of them are the same size, with the same size characters, and the country letters or flag.Is there such a thing as “Standard EU license plate”?
If someone sent me one I would gladly add it to all my testing.
I have no idea where I could obtain a genuine “real” EU license plate.
eBay maybe?
wikipedia said:The vast majority of European countries issue registration plates that are:
This is one of the basic standard sizes worldwide.
- 520 by 110 mm (20.5 by 4.3 inches)
- 520 by 120 mm (20.5 by 4.7 inches)
Printing it out will not be the same. A lot depends on the cover of the license plate.You could choose one and print it out:
Delivery of a license plate from Germany to California when purchased on eBay = 37.50€I have no idea where I could obtain a genuine “real” EU license plate.
eBay maybe?
Might be cheaper than getting the EU Panzer Plate made locally in California:Delivery of a license plate from Germany to California when purchased on eBay = 37.50€
Excellent.Delivery of a license plate from Germany to California when purchased on eBay = 37.50€
I looked how much it would cost to send a license plate from me to you...Excellent.
I'm fresh out of Euros though.
I'm very poor.
I'll wait for someone to send me one. lol
I don't think any European governments are going to be as generous to you as Viofo has been.
What if we split it 4 ways to lower the cost?I looked how much it would cost to send a license plate from me to you...
I have a German license plate, but I’m not yet ready to pay 30€ to send it to California.