In my very first post to this thread I spoke of how the severe exposure problems, especially blown-out bright areas and transitions in and out of bright scenes we see with the SG9665GC do not occur to such a degree with any other of the numerous dash cams I've owned and I provided many simultaneously captured photographic examples. I would recommend anyone coming to this thread for the first time to
go back to the beginning and have a look.
Recently, I've been testing out the newly released Mobius 2 camera. While the Mobius 2 needs a tremendous amount of firmware development going forward and has certain other flaws that will need to be resolved before it is quite ready for prime time I have been so impressed with the camera's ability to properly handle wide dynamic range scenarios that I want to show the difference between this new camera and the SG9665GC because it so clearly illustrates the GC's major flaw I have been trying to address for these long sixteen months.
Yesterday, I was simply out testing the new Mobius and happened to have it mounted near my SG9665GC. My intention was not to compare the two cameras but when I saw yesterday's footage and how it did compare with the identical footage from the recent beta 22 firmware from the GC my jaw dropped.
As far as dynamic range performance is concerned, even this flawed freshman firmware release from the Mobius 2 is everything the two year old SG9665GC with its numerous firmware fix-its is not.
SG9665GC
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Mobius 2 - note the overall superb tonal range along with good detail on the car compared with the GC. (30 fps high data rate)
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I have focused much attention on the blown-out upper tonal range issue with the SG9665GC but the other side of the coin here is the completely blocked up shadow detail. This is what dynamic range is all about.
Notice that along with the blown-out upper tonal range in the sky and on the road you cannot even tell that there is a mailbox hidden in the shadows on the left side of the road. This is still Beta 22, of course.
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Mobius 2 This is the way a dash cam "should" handle a challenging wide dynamic range lighting scenario.
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