DrekiTech
Active Member
- Joined
- Jun 14, 2015
- Messages
- 276
- Reaction score
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- Location
- Vancouver, BC
- Country
- Canada
- Dash Cam
- A129
Please note: Hawkeye provided this camera for review.
(The company is not related to the Hawkeye action cams)
I'm also doing some samples of their 4K U1 camera soon.
What I Liked:
- Overall decent plate readability even at speed, provided lighting is good
- The camera picks up a ton of details
- Night footage is competitive with major dashcam brands
- Overall basic dashcam functions worked
- Super capacitor
- Speaks out loud for power on, memory error, wifi, etc
What I Did Not Like:
- The camera creates a file with 30FPS metadata, but was only filming at 25FPS
- The front camera is a bit noisy/crunchy even in the day (could use some noise reduction)
- No adjustment for exposure, HDR mode or video quality adjustment
- Missing rear camera rotate setting
- No CPL filter to reduce glare
Conclusion: In my opinion this camera has potential, but it needs some firmware adjustment to fully take advantage of its sensor and hardware. The build quality is decent overall. I'm glad that it has a super capacitor, since the main market for this cam appears to be Thailand and the super capacitor should hold up better long term over a battery. It does the dashcam thing just fine, start and stops with the car and records video.
Front Camera:
Rear Camera (facing forwards):
More Front Camera: