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There are cases where you might need/want to focus ( re-focus ) a dashcamera lens.
NB!
Any DIY may void a warranty. Act on your own risks !
There are few different ways for dashcam lens focusing ( DIY ). Each enthusiast has his own tricks.
Below is how I usually do.
It is more convenient to re-focus those dashcams which have an HDMI output.
In this case you can do re-focusing even at home, by connecting dashcam via hdmi cable to your big screen FullHD TV and aiming camera to outside ( for example garden or driveway ), put "spare" car numberplate or any other object to a certain / needed distance and do quite easy and quick focusing.
More hassle is if your dashcam has no hdmi output or has only AV ( analogue ) video output.
Depending on a dashcamera main housing / body, your first step is to get to the lens holder part and "remove" a glue which holds lens in place.
There are two ways:
1. to melt a glue by using a hot-air gun, or hair drier. Hair-drier has big "nozzle" and you may risk melting other parts of dashcamera body or mainboard components.
2. use needle or any other sharp tool to remove ( scrape away ) a glue. In this case be careful not to damage a lens thread.
Rest steps are in my videos.
NB!
Any DIY may void a warranty. Act on your own risks !
There are few different ways for dashcam lens focusing ( DIY ). Each enthusiast has his own tricks.
Below is how I usually do.
It is more convenient to re-focus those dashcams which have an HDMI output.
In this case you can do re-focusing even at home, by connecting dashcam via hdmi cable to your big screen FullHD TV and aiming camera to outside ( for example garden or driveway ), put "spare" car numberplate or any other object to a certain / needed distance and do quite easy and quick focusing.
More hassle is if your dashcam has no hdmi output or has only AV ( analogue ) video output.
Depending on a dashcamera main housing / body, your first step is to get to the lens holder part and "remove" a glue which holds lens in place.
There are two ways:
1. to melt a glue by using a hot-air gun, or hair drier. Hair-drier has big "nozzle" and you may risk melting other parts of dashcamera body or mainboard components.
2. use needle or any other sharp tool to remove ( scrape away ) a glue. In this case be careful not to damage a lens thread.
Rest steps are in my videos.
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