VIOFO A119 V3

Yep, I did activate the HDR timer. I was referring about the EV -1/3 if it's fine to use during day as well.

@Agie I can't see any licence plate at night, except for the ones in front of me or to the right of the windshield.
 
mihai21roo said:
Yep, I did activate the HDR timer. I was referring about the EV -1/3 if it's fine to use during day as well.

@Agie I can't see any licence plate at night, except for the ones in front of me or to the right of the windshield.
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I always use -1/3 EV on both of my V3s and get better results than when I had it set to 0 EV. Many other V3 users do the same.
 
mihai21roo said:
Yep, I did activate the HDR timer. I was referring about the EV -1/3 if it's fine to use during day as well.

@Agie I can't see any licence plate at night, except for the ones in front of me or to the right of the windshield.
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That's the one! Had the order jumbled around , doesn't help when I'm bleary eyed at 2am answering! haha
 
Agie said:
HDR shouldn't be used at night, there should be a HDR timer so you can turn it off. HDR is most beneficial during the day time
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Is this a joke?
 
Ok, I understand the opposite theme. It's a rule of these days. Everything it's upside down.😳
 
Dadi_T said:
Ok, I understand the opposite theme. It's a rule of these days. Everything it's upside down.😳
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Dadi_T said:
Ok, I understand the opposite theme. It's a rule of these days. Everything it's upside down.😳
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Better than Europe though
Dadi_T said:
Ok, I understand the opposite theme. It's a rule of these days. Everything it's upside down.😳
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Except the lifestyle. Australia is still pretty good haha
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mihai21roo said:
Attaching a few screenshots. I tried both HDR on and off, I don't see any difference to be honest. The darker it gets outside the worse it is: in the third picture you can see the license plate clearly enough, but when it gets fully dark all of them look like the other pictures.
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These are not night shots, but late evening, twilight, at which time not a single registrar will read the number.
Try to drive when it is completely dark, after 22-00 and see.
HDR has a negative effect in daytime and twilight scenes, but is very positive in night videos.
Install HDR auto.
 
@gse I did drive in completely dark as well, same result. It's even worse, in late evening I can see a few numbers but when it's completely dark I can only see the numbers from the cars in front of me (and they have to be close, 3-4m)
 
From the screenshots I've seen here the position of the dashcam seems to make a difference.

I have mine on the passenger side which seems worse than those who have theirs on the driver's side which is nearer to the oncoming cars.

I'm not prepared to move mine as it would hinder my view due to a very large centre pod behind the rearview mirror.
 
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mihai21roo said:
@gse I did drive in completely dark as well, same result. It's even worse, in late evening I can see a few numbers but when it's completely dark I can only see the numbers from the cars in front of me (and they have to be close, 3-4m)
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Can you give the original video to watch after 22-00?
 
Kremmen said:
From the screenshots I've seen here the position of the dashcam seems to make a difference.

I have mine on the passenger side which seems worse than those who have theirs on the driver's side which is nearer to the oncoming cars.

I'm not prepared to move mine as it would hinder my view due to a very large centre pod behind the rearview mirror.
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I also thought about this. Mine is also on the passenger side. I'll try moving it to the center and see if there are any changes.

gse said:
Can you give the original video to watch after 22-00?
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I didn't save it unfortunately. I'll try to record a new one as soon as possible.
 
mihai21roo said:
I also thought about this. Mine is also on the passenger side. I'll try moving it to the center and see if there are any changes.
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My V3 is installed slightly to the left of the interior mirror mount.
Screenshots from my videos can be viewed on the previous page.
 
I have a new problem after installing a CPL filter. I can sometimes no longer see license plates coming from the other side of the road even during daytime. I could see all of them at any moment when pausing the videos. What is happening? The image looks worse (and I'm not talking about the lower brightness), the image stabilization looks bad. I also moved the camera closer to the center of the windshield, can this be the issue? I'll try to move it back and see if there are any improvements.

Video with CPL:
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Video without CPL:
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Try pausing both videos and look at the license plates of the vehicles coming from the left side. The location is exactly the same. You can clearly see the difference between the blurriness with CPL on and the details with CPL off.
 
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Have you removed the protective film from the CPL filter? Check out if it has one.
It is lined up correctly? I don't know if there are signs on A119V3 for correctly install or if you need to adjust like in the video below.
 
gse said:
Can you give the original video to watch after 22-00?
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HDR ON:
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HDR OFF:
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Dadi_T said:
Have you removed the protective film from the CPL filter? Check out if it has one.
It is lined up correctly? I don't know if there are signs on A119V3 for correctly install or if you need to adjust like in the video below.
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I did remove the protective films from both sides and also aligned it correctly, I've watched this exact video before installing it.
 
mihai21roo said:
Try pausing both videos and look at the license plates of the vehicles coming from the left side. The location is exactly the same. You can clearly see the difference between the blurriness with CPL on and the details with CPL off.
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Ok, now you have posted those video samples.
The comparation it's not fair. At 17:25 it is 45 minutes before sunset. Very hard condition, especially with CPL.
 
Dadi_T said:
Ok, now you have posted those video samples.
The comparation it's not fair. At 17:25 it is 45 minutes before sunset. Very hard condition, especially with CPL.
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Yeah you're right. I thought the condition is decent at that hour but it doesn't seem to be the case. I checked footage from earlier and it looks good indeed.

I still have the night time problem though. HDR off seems to be better than on during the night, but it should've been the opposite from what I read. Here are the videos:

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HDR ON:
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HDR OFF:
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