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| Stupid Allergy  |
Well I finally had my Thinkware F800 front and rear cameras installed today. Lots of settings to prepare for use. I have one question so far.. my rear window is tinted so the image is obviously dark. Has anyone cut a *tiny* hole in the tint for the lens to see through? Probably talking about the size of a dime. I’m hesitant to mess up my tint.. "Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway." Steve McQueen... | ||
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quarter MOA visionary |
I might be hesitant to do that to the tint. Can you relocate the cam say in the trunk or similar? | |||
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How about swapping the current rear facing camera for one mounted in a licence tag frame. Those seem quite popular. ----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter | |||
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| Stupid Allergy |
Relocating the rear camera isn’t really an option unfortunately. The cameras are a matched pair, they are wired together. I literally just picked up the car a couple of hours ago so I haven’t had a chance to mess with it much. I’m hoping in daylight it won’t be an issue, we’ll see. Thanks for the suggestions. "Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway." Steve McQueen... | |||
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For real? |
Does turning on the night setting help? I'm about to figure out the same today, I have another camera coming and will be moving my old dash cam to the rear. I guess I'll be happy if it records headlights through the tint during night time. Not minority enough! | |||
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| Gone but Together Again. Dad & Uncle  |
Personally, I would cut out the small spot for your camera lense. | |||
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| For real? |
Well, my cheap $20 camera didn't do too well with the tint. I have 35% ceramic tint. During daylight, it's fine.  I turned the lights off and closed the garage door and it's dark. Turned the night vision on the camera and can barely see.  Will have to drive around at night and record some footage to see how it handles. Not minority enough! | |||
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Not really from Vienna |
Maybe the tint guy could cut a nice hole for you. | |||
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| Stupid Allergy |
Good thought, Thanks "Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway." Steve McQueen... | |||
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The F800 is supposed to have a better auto dynamic range than the previous models. I’d be tempted to give Thinkware a call before putting holes in my window tint, assuming your tint isn’t super dark. ———- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for thou art crunchy and taste good with catsup. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
If a camera can't see through the tint, how do you see through it? | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
Better aperture and video processing cells.  Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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