albertson
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- Dash Cam
- Street Guardian SGZC12RC, and Panorama 2
Thanks Jokiin for your patience with everyone trying to give you product advice. Your diligence to establish quality will be far more meaningful than any specific feature. Best wishes for a breakthrough on the remaining issues. Now for my comments.
As much as I want the GT2S, I am grateful you have a dual channel version planned. It is nice that the GT2S is very small. I think the majority of the market will be happy with this concept. A rear camera is now important to me. Having lived with dual cameras, my opinion has evolved. Having both lens as remote is an improvement over mounting the GT2S on the windshield and only the rear is discrete. Fewer cables need to be dressed up to the windshield. My wife's Traverse has air bags in the A pillars and and other sensors mounted near the review mirrors. The trend seems to make the windshield area less attractive to add a camera. I would gladly pay more for both lens being very small and remote. Even more if both lens would be waterproof for outside mounting. If this is too expensive as standard offering, then could the waterproof lens and long cable be a separate option to order? My preference is to mount the front camera lens in the grill or attached to the license plate frame. Rear lens mount either on the license plate frame or drill a hole in the body or in third brake light mount. Provide enough cable length to reach to the dash for the DVR. I know water can distort the lens view, but I can use a little rainX to help. I already use it on my windshield and on my wife's Traverse back-up lens. Another advantage is the outside mount would not have to look through my tinted windshield at night.
I also like the GT2S reduced angle of the wide angle lens. It is more valuable to me, to see clearly what is ahead of the vehicle without so much distortion. The very wide angle lens make the cars that are about 2 car lengths away appear to be 5-6 car lengths away, and loose image detail (license plates, etc.) I think the very wide angle lens is mostly hype for first time buyers, sounds great on the marketing sheet, like the little infrared light on the camera. Very happy with what you have done with this design.
Well I feel better having dumped my opinions. Not so sure this actually helps you any. Best wishes.
As much as I want the GT2S, I am grateful you have a dual channel version planned. It is nice that the GT2S is very small. I think the majority of the market will be happy with this concept. A rear camera is now important to me. Having lived with dual cameras, my opinion has evolved. Having both lens as remote is an improvement over mounting the GT2S on the windshield and only the rear is discrete. Fewer cables need to be dressed up to the windshield. My wife's Traverse has air bags in the A pillars and and other sensors mounted near the review mirrors. The trend seems to make the windshield area less attractive to add a camera. I would gladly pay more for both lens being very small and remote. Even more if both lens would be waterproof for outside mounting. If this is too expensive as standard offering, then could the waterproof lens and long cable be a separate option to order? My preference is to mount the front camera lens in the grill or attached to the license plate frame. Rear lens mount either on the license plate frame or drill a hole in the body or in third brake light mount. Provide enough cable length to reach to the dash for the DVR. I know water can distort the lens view, but I can use a little rainX to help. I already use it on my windshield and on my wife's Traverse back-up lens. Another advantage is the outside mount would not have to look through my tinted windshield at night.
I also like the GT2S reduced angle of the wide angle lens. It is more valuable to me, to see clearly what is ahead of the vehicle without so much distortion. The very wide angle lens make the cars that are about 2 car lengths away appear to be 5-6 car lengths away, and loose image detail (license plates, etc.) I think the very wide angle lens is mostly hype for first time buyers, sounds great on the marketing sheet, like the little infrared light on the camera. Very happy with what you have done with this design.
Well I feel better having dumped my opinions. Not so sure this actually helps you any. Best wishes.