kamkar
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- Dash Cam
- 10 years, many dashcams
Okay so this are day one with this little thing.
First off i would like to say it feel like a sturdy little camera, just the same feeling i got when i got my hands on the SG9665XS.
The box are also nice and you have everything to get going right away, i picked mine up at the post office, drove across town to get my car washed and at the car wash i installed the camera in next to no time as i already had a power wire with a micro USB from the 0906 that sadly gave up on me.
So first i pulled off the base from the mini 0906 that was glued on, and you have to be careful here or you can totally destroy the GPS mount for the mini camera.
After that i put the SJDASH in its place ( i can do that as suction cup work just fine on the grid like shaded area i have on top of my windscreen )
And so i got the SJDASH to sit fairly high on my windscreen beside the SG9665GC, V3.
I had to tweak the mount a little as it is a few inches off dead center of my windscreen, but a little pice of wood sorted that out for me.
I then did the settings, and this was strait forward, no need to consult the manual for this dashead
After that i proceeded to Dl the app to my android phone as this camera also have wifi, and a big screen.
And when i had that up and running all there was left to do was run "the little red lightning" thru the car wash, and then get out there and capture some footage.
So after my little drive today i have this to offer up at the moment.
1. i am not a big fan of the kind of buttons used below the screen, and installed like i have it on the Right side of the vertical center-line i cant see much of the camera as the RVM block it so pressing the event button are not something i can do " Just like that"
This could be compensated from bu installing camera lower so it can be seen under RVM, or more towards the driver side of the mirror.
So in this case its just me wanting stealth ( many cameras in car ) so i had to put camera there.
2. The colors are a little over-saturated ( see footage to come )
3. The slot for the memory card are just a clean slot and the spring action are firm, so care have to be taken when inserting and removing memory card from the dashcam.
BUT ! the camera snap off its mount pretty easy, so you can take it out of there and have a more comfortable grip on it while messing with memory card.
4. The chrome bezel do make it stand out a bit, but people needing stealth will find out what to do, so its not really a big deal.
5. APP : i had no problem connecting the APP, but after a stop i could not get a connection unless i told my phone to forget the camera wifi and then set it up again.
APP function: seem to be fine, easy to navigate and what you need are there, only minus is you cant put the phone on its side and have a landscape view of a larger image.
APP look: the colors are unfortunate bright ones, it would seem better to use darker colors / backgrounds.
BUT ! i am not sure if the APP dim the phone screen as light fade in the car, but still the large surfaces of white do bother me a little.
PS. i have not yet fully explored the APP and camera interface, so not 100% sure if all things work as they are supposed to, but so far what i have messed with seem to work as intended.
you can even update camera firmware via the APP.
The footage / camera performance:
This seem to be fine at least in regard to the somewhat cloudy day we had again today, but there was no problems in the footage to capture stuff "just as good" as the SG9665GC.
I have made a split screen comparison of the 2 cameras, here you can see the rich colors, but if you pause in the right places or maybe playback at 0.25 speed via youtube it is more easy to pause in the right places.
Try looking for license plates on cars, the white roadside markers we have every 50 M and the numbers on them, and other little things, so far i have high hopes for the SJDASH ( camera )
I will off course add a link to DL of the head 2 head video, both cameras are 15 mbit i just split them up in post and then saved then with a 40 mbit bitrate.
https://mega.nz/#!fswCVILZ!2I-5rxrYF0I04vecjjIvLj7w5pu8kvVpBXDrnW0Vf1o
A few phone pictures.
First off i would like to say it feel like a sturdy little camera, just the same feeling i got when i got my hands on the SG9665XS.
The box are also nice and you have everything to get going right away, i picked mine up at the post office, drove across town to get my car washed and at the car wash i installed the camera in next to no time as i already had a power wire with a micro USB from the 0906 that sadly gave up on me.
So first i pulled off the base from the mini 0906 that was glued on, and you have to be careful here or you can totally destroy the GPS mount for the mini camera.
After that i put the SJDASH in its place ( i can do that as suction cup work just fine on the grid like shaded area i have on top of my windscreen )
And so i got the SJDASH to sit fairly high on my windscreen beside the SG9665GC, V3.
I had to tweak the mount a little as it is a few inches off dead center of my windscreen, but a little pice of wood sorted that out for me.
I then did the settings, and this was strait forward, no need to consult the manual for this dashead
After that i proceeded to Dl the app to my android phone as this camera also have wifi, and a big screen.
And when i had that up and running all there was left to do was run "the little red lightning" thru the car wash, and then get out there and capture some footage.
So after my little drive today i have this to offer up at the moment.
1. i am not a big fan of the kind of buttons used below the screen, and installed like i have it on the Right side of the vertical center-line i cant see much of the camera as the RVM block it so pressing the event button are not something i can do " Just like that"
This could be compensated from bu installing camera lower so it can be seen under RVM, or more towards the driver side of the mirror.
So in this case its just me wanting stealth ( many cameras in car ) so i had to put camera there.
2. The colors are a little over-saturated ( see footage to come )
3. The slot for the memory card are just a clean slot and the spring action are firm, so care have to be taken when inserting and removing memory card from the dashcam.
BUT ! the camera snap off its mount pretty easy, so you can take it out of there and have a more comfortable grip on it while messing with memory card.
4. The chrome bezel do make it stand out a bit, but people needing stealth will find out what to do, so its not really a big deal.
5. APP : i had no problem connecting the APP, but after a stop i could not get a connection unless i told my phone to forget the camera wifi and then set it up again.
APP function: seem to be fine, easy to navigate and what you need are there, only minus is you cant put the phone on its side and have a landscape view of a larger image.
APP look: the colors are unfortunate bright ones, it would seem better to use darker colors / backgrounds.
BUT ! i am not sure if the APP dim the phone screen as light fade in the car, but still the large surfaces of white do bother me a little.
PS. i have not yet fully explored the APP and camera interface, so not 100% sure if all things work as they are supposed to, but so far what i have messed with seem to work as intended.
you can even update camera firmware via the APP.
The footage / camera performance:
This seem to be fine at least in regard to the somewhat cloudy day we had again today, but there was no problems in the footage to capture stuff "just as good" as the SG9665GC.
I have made a split screen comparison of the 2 cameras, here you can see the rich colors, but if you pause in the right places or maybe playback at 0.25 speed via youtube it is more easy to pause in the right places.
Try looking for license plates on cars, the white roadside markers we have every 50 M and the numbers on them, and other little things, so far i have high hopes for the SJDASH ( camera )
I will off course add a link to DL of the head 2 head video, both cameras are 15 mbit i just split them up in post and then saved then with a 40 mbit bitrate.
https://mega.nz/#!fswCVILZ!2I-5rxrYF0I04vecjjIvLj7w5pu8kvVpBXDrnW0Vf1o
A few phone pictures.
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