No, it has a new case and both cameras have the sensor from the A119S with a new improved lens.Is the front camera the same body as the A119 series? Any pictures of the rear camera available?
There are a few front camera prototype photos in this thread: https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threads/a119-pro.32398/post-386081Is the front camera the same body as the A119 series? Any pictures of the rear camera available?
Thanks both, front camera looks like it will be a very similar wedge shape.
Any idea when this will come out?
Will this have Parking Mode?
Expect it to cost a bit more than the 0906. The 0906 is a decent camera but it is built to be cheap, the A129 has better lenses and the rear camera is as good as the front while the 0906 only has an IMX323 sensor at the back.I was thinking of getting the Mini 0906 for my new car soon but this one is interesting. Any idea when this will come out?
Expect it to cost a bit more than the 0906. The 0906 is a decent camera but it is built to be cheap, the A129 has better lenses and the rear camera is as good as the front while the 0906 only has an IMX323 sensor at the back.
Do you have a tinted rear screen? My A129 front camera can see better at night without headlights than my A129 rear camera, but I have a fairly dark screen tint which probably cuts out at least two stops of light.Expect it to cost a bit more than the 0906. The 0906 is a decent camera but it is built to be cheap, the A129 has better lenses and the rear camera is as good as the front while the 0906 only has an IMX323 sensor at the back.
Not having headlights at the back, that is often where you want the Starvis sensor, although it still cant see in full darkness, my tail lights don't give out enough light for it, needs the brake lights before it can see.
This was tail lights only under cloudy skies and trees, time is GMT, no daylight savings, the end of speed restriction signs are reflective and illuminated by the tail lights only:
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Maybe it needs some IR lamps on the back of the car to actually see in the dark...
It is factory standard glass with not much difference between front and rear but it is still thermally reflective, not clear glass.Do you have a tinted rear screen? My A129 front camera can see better at night without headlights than my A129 rear camera, but I have a fairly dark screen tint which probably cuts out at least two stops of light.
To be honest I've not actually measured the light loss - I'll do that one day. I suppose it's closer to one stop now that I think about it. Two stops is half the light.It is factory standard glass with not much difference between front and rear but it is still thermally reflective, not clear glass.
I have also lost 1 stop by having a CPL fitted, but I have that on both cameras.
Two stops is quite a lot when you are near the limit, that is three quarters of the light gone.
Changing by one stop either halves or doubles the light.To be honest I've not actually measured the light loss - I'll do that one day. I suppose it's closer to one stop now that I think about it. Two stops is half the light.
You know I've been a keen photographer for many years, but I'm obviously out of practice. I think I was getting confused with aperture multiplication by root 2 and got it all wrongChanging by one stop either halves or doubles the light.
Some cameras adjust in half stops, and our dashcams normally adjust EV in 1/3 stop intervals.
A CPL removes a little over half the light so is a 1 stop reduction.