Latest update from RC Groups on the soon-to-be-released Step 2 Firmware:
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=36141288&postcount=671
2.00.03 is what i have.
I think i might be lost from the mailing list or something.
Last mail i got from Peter was on August 31.
Any comment on how the new WDR compares to the current dual-exposure WDR mode?
The current WDR works well and it is serviceable, hopefully with some improvements still in the wings. It is nowhere as effective or impressive as the previous approach to WDR. The fact that the dual exposure "HDR" technique didn't work out is a terrible loss for the M2 as it produced the most remarkable dynamic range handling I have ever seen in any dash or action camera. Unfortunately, reconciling the two simultaneous 30 fps high and low exposures derived from a 60 fps capture proved too difficult and image quality suffered too much, so that technique was abandoned. I'd love to see the Mobius team go back and see if they can get that working properly sometime in the future.
that's a shame as it would have been really good for interior use looking out, it's a format that works really well for still photography but I'd expect it would be way too resource hungry to work on this kind of hardware for video
I'd reasonably expect it would require more processing power than they have available
I must say in regard to Google i do like what they have managed to do with a single 12 mpix camera in their new phone
This xda article has a good explanation of different approaches to video WDR. It seems like the M2 was trying to do it the hard way with full frame double exposure. The new Sony IMX sensors with their hybrid approach might be a better compromise for fast-moving dashcam use.That image sensor would be great for a 4K dashcam, it is able to expose the bright and dark HDR frames simultaneously and so get no motion blur between the HDR exposures with fast moving objects!
http://www.xda-developers.com/sony-...of-the-google-pixels-sensor-and-its-features/
It seems like the M2 is trying to do it the hard way with full frame double exposure. .
Oops. I meant to say they were trying to do it the hard waythat was the plan but seems they've had to rethink that since unfortunately
mSetup is posted independently of the firmware and normally has nothing to do with when new firmware will be released.mSetup updated yesterday - but no new FW yet...............................