Viofo A139 Pro 4K Front + FHD Inside + FHD Rear

[runtohell121]

Looks like Viofo just released a new dash cam - the Viofo A139 Pro that records in 4K for the front camera, FHD for inside and rear.

VIOFO 4K HDR Dash Cam Front+Interior+Rear A139 PRO 3CH , STARVIS 2 IMX678 Sensor, Super Night Vision, Ultra HD 4K + 1080P + 1080

The First Real 4K With NEWEST Sony STARVIS 2 Sensor, being the first to deploy the newest Sony STARVIS 2 tech, A139 PRO 3CH is powerful enough to outfight most 4K dashcams on the market and support 3 channel 4K+1080P+1080P recording with highly upgraded image clarity and accuracy in license...

viofo.com

 

[Nath]

@viofo

 

[TonyM]

Nice to see they have 1CH, 2CH and 3CH variants

 

[Mtz]

The best news for dashcam world is that it is the first dashcam with a Starvis 2 sensor., the Sony IMX678 CMOS. This will be revolutionary. Wait and see.

 

[Dadi_T]

Hey, now it is official on sale. We want footage from testers!!

 

[Mtz]

All you need to know about this dashcam is included in attached picture which is zoomed at 5X. Everything else it is not so important just because it is a Viofo product and all we know what products are they producing.

This is the most revolutionary step made in dashcam world and Viofo are the first in the world who achieved this. This is the first ever dashcam snapshot which is showing an european car license plate read at a speed over 20 km/h. And not 25 or 30 km/h but 100 km/h. Some dashcams could not read license plates at 100 km/h during day.
The total speed was about 200Km/h!

 

[TonyM]

We want footage from testers!!

It will be interesting to see how video is shared by testers and received by consumers.

I don't think I have any devices that can play 4K HDR.

EDIT - can be watched on any device that plays 4K

 

[Mtz]

HDR on any dashcam doesn't means pure HDR. It is just how the image is created. We know that there is WDR and HDR. Previously Viofo dashcams used WDR to create a single frame from the video. Now it is using HDR to create that single frame. It will be not some HDR video to be watched on some special devices but a normal video created by the HDR processing which can be watched on any device.

 

[TonyM]

It will be not some HDR video to be watched on some special devices but a normal video created by the HDR processing which can be watched on any device.

OK, thanks for confirming that

 

[Nigel]

This is the most revolutionary step made in dashcam world and Viofo are the first in the world who achieved this.

That is not the best quality photograph, even if taking it was revolutionary!

Let's have some light, with a view that does have a High Dynamic Range ... squashed into an SDR jpg photo:

 

[TonyM]

1CH Pre-ordered

 

[Dadi_T]

That is not the best quality photograph, even if taking it was revolutionary!

Let's have some light, with a view that does have a High Dynamic Range ... squashed into an SDR jpg photo:

Come on, most of us are waiting readable license plates at any speed during night time footage for, I don't know, 15 years?
Don't ruin it.

 

[kamkar]

Regular photo.

HDR photo made up of 5 different ( EV ) photos.

No Photoshop, just 5 overlaid pictures mixed, in this case i felt a little darker feel was nice, i could also have made it brighter like EV0 photo and then just used the EV+2 sky to get the sun and colors back there.

 

[Nigel]

Come on, most of us are waiting readable license plates at any speed during night time footage for, I don't know, 15 years?
Don't ruin it.

And some of us have wanted nice fluffy white clouds in the sky instead of burned out overexposed skies

Not many license plates in my photo, but it does have the clouds

 

[Mtz]

When you will be surrounded by trees on both sides of the street there will be overexposed sky also for you.

kamkar, sorry man but that pictures are poor compared to Nigels snapshot.

Come on, most of us are waiting readable license plates at any speed during night time footage for, I don't know, 15 years?
Don't ruin it.

People needs to understand this, no matter the IMX678 or Starvis 2:
1. If eye cannot see the car license number, the dashcam will not see it too.
2. If the eye can see the car license number at the sunset or at the dawn with some effort, the dashcam will not see it.
3. If you want to increase the change to see the car license plates a little after the sunset open your car lights. The best advice is to turn on the lights when you are outside of the city.
4, Stay close on the incoming cars during night. If there are 2 more lanes between you and the opposite car, try do drive under 50 km/h to read the opposite car license number. You also have no reason to drive on last lane with 50 km/h, stay on first lane at that speed.
5. At total speed over 190 km/h even the opposite car is close to you, the chances to read the car license number are decreasing.
6. Move on a country with big car license numbers so you can read them at total speeds over 190 km/h. USA will be not so happy regarding this.

 

[Paul Iddon]

Class leading camera @viofo @VIOFO-Support

The Revolution begins....

Paul.

 

[Nigel]

When you will be surrounded by trees on both sides of the street there will be overexposed sky also for you.

Yes, hard for any camera to get both the shadows and sky perfect all of the time, but maybe it has?
It has a bit of motion blur close to the camera - do we need Starvis-3, or maybe just an improved firmware?
I suspect the firmware could be improved here:

 

[Lothar]

So I take it then that the mysterious A229 Pro is the same IMX678 front sensor (in an A229 shell) with the same rear 2K IMX335 sensor that the A229 has?

 

[Vortex Radar]

So I’ve been testing one out as well and have been testing multiple firmware versions as Viofo optimizes their HDR with this new sensor. It’s not ghost-free right now, but I still think this dashcam is extremely promising and I’ll be focusing on it more once I finish editing all the videos from SEMA.

 

[Mtz]

I hope you will test it with american license plates like I did in my previous snapshot on a dark road and incoming cars near you.

I am curious about the maximum total speed to read american license plates at night in the same conditions like mine, with nearly incoming cars. If the incoming car is not so close will be not the same.

For sure there is no actual dashcam which can read license plates at night like A139 Pro is doing.

I consider that a HDR image will be never ghost free. To judge a dashcam about motion blur the HDR must be turned off.
The only reason to have HDR enabled is to read license plates at night. If you want any other thing like brighter image or clear image or nice colors, turn the HDR off.
The dashcam HDR is not about beauty, it is about helping the owner to defeat himself in court if the dashcam proof is needed, is something just technical.

Also you should explain to the people what I said to TonyM about HDR. Of course if you agree with that. Even TonyM who is an experienced user believe that A139 Pro will create pure HDR videos.