Introducing QVIA Z970 Zoom!

[CountryBumkin]

I've been reading about this camera and wondering - how easy (and fast) is it to get to the zoom button on a typical "behind the mirror" camera mount? Say someone does a hit and run on you - can you get to the zoom button fast enough to zoom in for a license plate shot? Also, it might be a little distracting trying to work the zoom feature while your driving.
It would be better, IMO, if there was a remote button (wired/connected to camera is okay, but wireless better) so that you could have it sitting on the seat or center console next to you, and control the zoom with a rocker or in/out button.

 

[kamkar]

I think its for the most ment to do the zoom thing automatic judging by speed, the manuall zoom i recon Lukas advise you dont work it while driving.

Anyway it is allso just a 3X zoom, so its not a lot you can zoom in, and when you zoom in you loose stuff at the side due to the then lesser FOV.
Thats why i still would prefer a second camera with a fixed "zoom" lens like the 8 mm i am trying out in my windscreen at the moment.

Now if a camera was able to Pan Tilt and Zoom on its own and do so on licenceplates and then store those, now that would be extremelig cool.
I know high end CCTV cameras can do so on moving things, but then we are allso in a whole pther price bracket and camera size too.

 

[Sundancer268]

Does this camera come with the GPS built in or do you have to purchase an additional module? Thanks, Ed

 

[Calgary Dash Camera - Robert]

We only sell this camera with GPS because the GPS is needed for the Auto Zoom function to work.

 

[Karl St-Amant]

which is your favorite zooming setting AF+ or AF- ? I tried both and still don't know which one I prefer. I like AF+ for the wide angle when I'm parked at red light but I like AF- also for zooming in when I slow down.