Don't tell the boss but I've spent all afternoon on this...
1. Moved the Dashcam underneath the rear view mirror.
2. Installed a hard wire kit (nothing to do with the issues, just something that has been sat on my desk waiting for me to sort it)
3. Aimed cam down a little more, this probably is as much of my dash i'd like to see in a video, it's name 'dash cam' shouldn't be taken literally
One thing i didn't do was install the sticky mount because a stone chip decided to turn into a full crack , so a new windscreen is gonna be needed - no point until that's done!
Well on the drive - firstly WOW! the MOUNT vibration wobble was appalling! I even stopped the car and tightened everything but i think the cause is the suction mount bit - its got way too much movement in the rubbery bits!
BUT...
GOOD NEWS The wobble in the video is gone! i snapped a clip every now and again on my 2 hours journey. Stopped at lights, moving, stopped at crossroads and there is no video wobble - it's as stable as a rock!
BUT...
The vibration wobble is terrible. This is where i throw a huge thanks to
@Paul Iddon and
@Andrew Clough for the blu-tack suggestion. As part of the test plan i took a lump of blu-tack with me- (well i have to be honest here, the only thing i had was PINK TACK!!!) and on the return journey stuck it exactly where suggested in between the mount ball and the top of the quick release part. IT WORKED A TREAT! no wobble - the return home videos are solid stable!!!! thanks guys! it'll do as a fix but
@NextBase Tiffany - this needs looking at! the mount from the 512 didn't suffer with this. Please can this be raised as an issue
pretty please!
I recorded different lighting conditions, different roads and over 2 hours (4pm-6pm) and these are some notes from reviewing the footage. Because of the vibration wobble, the first leg of the journey can't really be judged;
1. I either really need to mess with these settings, or the colour is completely washed out! Greens look blue tinged and the almost blue cloudy sky looks white and misted
2. The grain, even in the start of sunsetting light was visible. The video looks horrible! A clip i have snapped at 17:07 is so grainy it almost makes the number plate of the car in front too blurry to see!
3. IT DOESN'T LOOK 4K
It's bugging me, as i sit here I am double checking my memory. Did i put it in 4K? did i mess with the exposure? Yes, i've just checked. Everything is in 4K but it looks wrong! I need time to sit through it to put my finger on it, but there's something clearly not right.
@NextBase Tiffany - I'm going to go reset this tomorrow and try again. I don't think this upgrade has made it any better, if not it made it worse. The grain is still there. I will put together a compilation of the video again from RAW and upload it on my site where you can download it. Maybe i'm being picky i don't know, but this is why i think i need to try another day of it and see what the results bring before i say for sure.
Tomorrow's another day...
Kev