Dash cameras

krell · Sun Sep 28, 2014 10:06 pm

Your dashboard seems a bit reflective......You need this .. ..http://www.carid.com/dashmat-dash-cover ... 7Aod7GEAmg

SamirD · Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:18 am

krell wrote:Your dashboard seems a bit reflective......You need this .. ..http://www.carid.com/dashmat-dash-cover ... 7Aod7GEAmg

Ugh! I hate those things. They're almost as bad as the walmart steering wheel covers.

Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:25 am

The reflection from the dash looks a lot worse on video than it does in reality, but my dash is rather shiny. I use ArmorAll protectant which keeps it looking nice and clean, but can cause quite a bit of glare.

That road is my go-to road around my place for joy riding. I take it easy during the daytime as people like to go cycling on it as captured on video. At night, it is hardly used by anyone so it can be a fun place to drive through. In fact, the night before I filmed this, I tested out the acceleration of my new tires with the T/C off. I did a peel-out and the evidence is still there.

murcod · Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:37 am

SamirD wrote:
krell wrote:Your dashboard seems a bit reflective......You need this .. ..http://www.carid.com/dashmat-dash-cover ... 7Aod7GEAmg
Ugh! I hate those things. They're almost as bad as the walmart steering wheel covers.

+1 !!!

A polarising lense filter will cut the glare out almost completely. The only problem being it will need to be removed at night or your night footage will suffer.

Youtube does kill the video quality big time - to the point that you can't use it to evaluate how good a dash cam is. KuroNekko, do you get the "pixelation"/ blocking of the tree leaves (when driving under the tree canopies) in the original footage? My Mobius would do that on the medium quality video setting- only in those same conditions though (driving under tree canopies!)

Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:01 am

KuroNekko wrote:The reflection from the dash looks a lot worse on video than it does in reality, but my dash is rather shiny. I use ArmorAll protectant which keeps it looking nice and clean, but can cause quite a bit of glare.

Try Meguair's Quick Interior Detailer or Mother's VLR. They clean well without any shine. Keeps the interior looking like it just left the factory!

But back on topic. The dash cam footage looks great

Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:07 am

murcod wrote:
+1 !!!

A polarising lense filter will cut the glare out almost completely. The only problem being it will need to be removed at night or your night footage will suffer.

Youtube does kill the video quality big time - to the point that you can't use it to evaluate how good a dash cam is. KuroNekko, do you get the "pixelation"/ blocking of the tree leaves (when driving under the tree canopies) in the original footage? My Mobius would do that on the medium quality video setting- only in those same conditions though (driving under tree canopies!)

I agree with the polarized lenses. I don't have one for the camera, but even wearing polarized sun glasses cuts out a lot of dash glare you'd otherwise see.

The original footage is rather clear and there is no pixelation. The pixelation and blurriness is all the doing of the youtube conversion in the upload. However, the camera can have some difficultly recording from light to dark like those tree canopy shadows. In full darkness, the camera is not very good at capturing much unless it's the area directly in front of the car where the headlights aim. In a city environment, the ambient light from street lights, headlights, etc. help a lot so it's decent in recording city conditions at night. It also records rather well in fluorescent lighting as I've viewed the footage from when I'm driving in the underground garage at work.

There is now an Ojocam Pro 2 which supposedly offers better low light recording to address these issues. I got my Ojocam Pro dash cam on sale so I'm rather happy with it given the price I paid. About my only complaints are the poor full-darkness recording and the fact that the built-in battery now only lasts a few minutes. However, neither of these issues present a problem in the way the camera is used most of the time.

Woodie · Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:25 am

KuroNekko wrote:That road is my go-to road around my place for joy riding. I take it easy during the daytime as people like to go cycling on it as captured on video. At night, it is hardly used by anyone so it can be a fun place to drive through. In fact, the night before I filmed this, I tested out the acceleration of my new tires with the T/C off. I did a peel-out and the evidence is still there.

That was on the Farm right?

Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:46 pm

Woodie wrote:
That was on the Farm right?

Is that what it's called? It's down Beaver Dam Rd which goes through USDA property.

redmed · Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:38 am

Murcod, how does your "custom made mount" attach to the rear view mirror? It is not clear from the photo. Is that some kind of a clip? I also made a mount but use a tie wrap (zip tie) to attach the mount to the rear view mirror. My camera will travel from horizontal and tip to one side or the other. I have to move it back about every 1k miles. I also like the use of velcro to attach the camera to the mount. I think I may duplicate your mount if your camera is stable. Otherwise I'll rezip-tie my mount to the mirror mount with a piece or rubber between the tie & mirror mount.

Woodie · Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:52 am

KuroNekko wrote:
Woodie wrote:
That was on the Farm right?
Is that what it's called? It's down Beaver Dam Rd which goes through USDA property.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking, just couldn't come up with the road name at that moment. I've got some friends who work there (and it kinda surrounds us) so I just think of it as "the farm".