Thread: Hardware Review: License mount camera

EDIT: New Pictures.

You can see by the pictures it is a Rearview camera that mounts to your license plate holder.

I posted a picture of the packaging, so you can figure out what brand it is...I have no idea, I got it off Ebay for under $80.



Specs:
1/3" CMOS (I know they are supposed to be crap...what are you gonna do)
12V
NTSC
2.0 LUX



You get the camera, and about 30' of RCA cable.

The camera body itself can be tilted (by hand) to about +/- 10deg.

FOV is not listed, but you can look at the pictures...and it is a wider FOV than all my rear view mirrors combined (overhead and door).

It has a pretty good low light capability...and it has 8 IR LEDs to light up nearby stuff...and your reverse lights should light up everything else.

The photo of the screen shows the curb beside the truck, and where the concrete driveway changes to the asphalt street, then the curb and yard across the street.

It tries to auto balance the image, so sometimes light things get washed out so it can show the darker images clearer.

I have it wired to my Reverse lights, with the entire 30' video cable snaking to the front of my truck, into the cab and back to the computer (that is where the monitor video input is).
When I put it into reverse the camera powers on. In addition my monitor has an auto switching feature, so I wired that to the reverse light wiring at the front of the truck, so the monitor auto switches to the reverse camera, and the reverse camera automatically turns on when I put it into reverse.

I have had it for a week now. The video cable is pretty small...the turn signal creates a tiny interference on the screen.

But it works great!

I wish I had had this years ago...I can see so well out the back now...and it will make hooking up trailers a snap.








Ok...this picture didn't come out so good...but I will let the viewer decide.

This is the same view as the other screen photo looking across the street to the neighbors house.

I rolled the black trash can behind the truck...it is being illuminated by the reverse lights...so what looks like glare is actually the trash can itself.

The bottom line is...if there is nothing behind you...then the IR lights or your backup lights won't illuminate anything...and my backup lights suck...I got a better view with the brakes pressed.