Dash cam recommendation
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I picked up an inexpensive 2 channel for my work car. I wanted one with a rear camera that did not reverse the rear camera, i.e., one that I could use as not a back-up camera.
Price is right! How well does it pick up plates at different distances?
Capturing plates on moving vehicles is all about controlling the shutter speed. The size of the image isn't always important. With the dash cam, I'm going close to the same speed as the other vehicle so the relative speed isn't too great. Even then, the shutter speed is a little slow. I've got surveillance cameras on my house set to read plates but I was able to speed up the shutter to 1/3000 during the day and 1/1000 at night. This $70 doesn't have that ability. My main purpose for getting the camera was to share videos of people who's driving habits change when they see my car may be one they don't want to drive stupid around. I don't have public plates and I don't have external markings or lights. But it does have tinted windows and a spotlight on the a-pillar. I believe it's the spotlight that does it. Anyway, here are some screenshots from a recent video. I took a screenshot in VLC then cropped the screenshot due to size. I could probably get a better image with my stuff at home but I'm at work and I can't install much on this laptop.
I got one of Amazon, not a name brand, but a good one none the less. It has a "IR night vison camera" supposedly and has dual cameras for recording inside and outside the vehicle consecutively. My truck has back up camera from the factory so I wasn't going to add another. I just got one for my wifes truck which doesn't have a factory camera so I got a dual channel one again, but this one just videos/records front & rear cameras . I won't leave home without one now. As stupid as some drivers are now days, I will be protected.
My car has a backup camera. I hunted down a dash cam that would record the 2nd channel rather than use the 2nd channel as a backup.
Both of mine record both channels simultaneously too. I like mine that records the interior too so if anything happens it shows you and your actions just in case.
Does your factory backup camera record?
No, just the aftermarket camera.
What cameras at your house capture plates well? I'm in the market for new cameras.
That's the same reason I went with the BlackVue as it does a good job recording from the rear.
They're not small cameras and they're more expensive than the Costco Swann bundles. I painted them and they do kinda blend in.
I have two EmpireTech IPC-B52IR-Z12E cameras. It's a rebranded Dahua. It's got a 5mm-60mm zoom lens. I've got it zoomed in quite a bit with a 1/2000 s shutter speed during the day and 1/500 at night. Those cameras were set up to capture plates. That's all they do. I have other cameras set up to get the rest. The distance from the camera to the cars is about 150-170 feet and the cars are going around 20-30mph on average.
They're big bot they're not really huge cameras. They just aren't the small ones that are mostly useless. Here's a composite video with footage from a good camera and a vivint camera. I saved a clip from each and put them together keeping their relative size difference. The big video exported in 4k. The small is 360p.
