I added this little dashboard camera to an order just to see what sort of quality it was, since it was only about £11.
In use the sound was very muffled and the image was good during the day, but very dark at night. The colour of the recorded footage suggested that it had an IR filter in the camera which would give better daylight image colour, but poor night sensitivity.
So I took it to bits and discovered that there is indeed an IR filter (removable) on the back of the lens. And when the case is removed the microphone records good quality sound too, owing to the fact that there isn't actually a hole in the case for it!
So here's a complete disassembly guide to save you from messing your camera up by trying to go in from the wrong side.
Here's the ebay listing where I bought the camera. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131341304120
In use the sound was very muffled and the image was good during the day, but very dark at night. The colour of the recorded footage suggested that it had an IR filter in the camera which would give better daylight image colour, but poor night sensitivity.
So I took it to bits and discovered that there is indeed an IR filter (removable) on the back of the lens. And when the case is removed the microphone records good quality sound too, owing to the fact that there isn't actually a hole in the case for it!
So here's a complete disassembly guide to save you from messing your camera up by trying to go in from the wrong side.
Here's the ebay listing where I bought the camera. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131341304120
Great video. What is the model number of the camera? Looks worth buying.
it is nice to see how complex the “inside” is for the camera. w/o having to take it apart my self.
it is so nice to learn about what works well and not so, great learnings in you presentations !
This looks the Kitvision I just bought, the sound recording is very out of sync with with film footage and like you say the night footage is not good, very grainy.
i got one but the battery was bad and expanded does anyone know where i can find this extact battery
becuase there is no writeing on it and most battries ive seen like phone batteries say that its compatisity and voltage mfg date and all that
but this one doesnt which is disapointing i got it for free from my dads good mate and i never asked whats wrong with it
and i wanted to use it as a video camera
here in 2022, look how clean and new clives table was 8 years ago!!!
I had the same problem with the sound on my little security camera. So I opened it up and noticed the hole for the mic was on the side but the mic was dead center on the circuit board. I made a little hole was dead center on the plastic casing and it sounds better
Hey clive I have a dash came I unplugged the screen to see if I can rotate it so the power supply goes in the bottom of tr cam instead of the top and now when I've plugged it bag in there it a dark spot in the top right corner do you know any way of getting the dead pixels back or where I could buy a replacement screen? thanks
Does anyone know where to find a replacement battery for this thing?
is it have av-in function?
Hello i have same camera but not holding any charge unless is powered in any suggestions ?
wait wtf!??!?? is that a micro hdmi port????? i bought that same exact model but the cheap fucks left it out lol
nooo man dont use somethin like that, the absolute best thing i can think of u using, and honestly it seems like a pretty dam good idea i cant think of any negatives…but jus buy a cheap used phone off ebay, definitely a galaxy s7 or up or anything with n equivalent cam, idk if id get the samsung, i would personally, but if ur only using for the camera then its possible another phone might have a better camera n more options,
those "night vision" leds r a complete joke i simply cut a shape out of black duct tape n covered them up u can see a whole lot better n u dont see the 6 (in my case) little dots around the screen of ur recording from the direct led reflection