dashingthrusnow
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Lens looks out of focus. Get an exchange...
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dashingthrusnow said:Lens looks out of focus. Get an exchange...
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here, get one of these and tape it to ya window if ya worried about quality and number plates.keeprunning said:I seriously doubt unclear license plates will be accepted in court in case of the accident (and that's the only real reason we need that)
keeprunning said:I have recently installed DR500GW and have exactly same problem. I am wondering if somebody could post images of the *american* license plates 2-3 meters ahead. The video looks bright, but all license plates are out of focus and I seriously doubt about 1080p/30fps claimed by the company. iPhone and iPad had no issues to make crystal clear images of the same cars in front of me. So, there were few ideas in this thread:
- defective camera (does not look like one to me)
- bad firmware (I have english version of 5.005 which came with the camera)
- just what it is, i.e. bad design/quality despite high price tag
- settings issues (changed to normal compression, increase brightness, but did not help)
At this point to claim one point or another it would be really nice to see real images/videos of what it should be for high quality. Anybody out there can demonstrate advantage of dr500gw ? I seriously doubt unclear license plates will be accepted in court in case of the accident (and that's the only real reason we need that)
wozzzzza said:here, get one of these and tape it to ya window if ya worried about quality and number plates.keeprunning said:I seriously doubt unclear license plates will be accepted in court in case of the accident (and that's the only real reason we need that)
http://www.videoguys.com.au/Shop/p/2838 ... pAodl08AGw
this d00d seems to want cinema HD meg clear images so just pointing him to a camera that's going to do what he wants. sure other cameras will do the job as well.vbx said:wozzzzza said:here, get one of these and tape it to ya window if ya worried about quality and number plates.keeprunning said:I seriously doubt unclear license plates will be accepted in court in case of the accident (and that's the only real reason we need that)
http://www.videoguys.com.au/Shop/p/2838 ... pAodl08AGw
Uh, no. A simple 8mp compact camera or even an old smartphone can do the job. No need to spend 1k.
vbx said:dashuser said:Your dashcam is focused on your dashboard (^^). It must be focused to the street and not to your car.
Maybe the lens is not configured correctly. (thats also what jokiin said)
Ok, I'll adjust the camera up a little and see if that helps. Thanks
wozzzzza said:this d00d seems to want cinema HD meg clear images so just pointing him to a camera that's going to do what he wants. sure other cameras will do the job as well.
keeprunning said:Time for some images. I would appreciate if anybody can explain how 1080p/30fps camera can produce such a crappy images. Is it too much to ask to see license plate of a car 2-3 meters ahead of you?
If I knew what kind of crap this camera is, I would probably take some cheap chinese version with the same effect.
keeprunning said:Yeah, it's a huge difference. Seems to be quite a few of those cameras are defective with focus issues (due to fixed focus lens incorrectly installed ?)
I wish I bought directly from Blackvue, but I did not. Will keep you posted if astrobile.com will honor warranty.
Meanwhile, I found interesting reading about pixel density which does make sense to me (I wish I read it before) My apologies if you already read it:
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_10_17/6241 ... ml&page=79
(search for pixel density discussion)
Can you share a video with us please? My cam run good when the car is not moving but very bad when running.vbx said:Return it. Here is a snapshot of a video from my replacement cam. Much better than my first cam.
Firefox: Right click and view image. You can kinda makeout the plates.