Re: Dash cams

Cameo <[email protected]> Tue, 23 Feb 2021 20:13:55 +0100
Newsgroups alt.autos.subaru
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2/23/2021 7:42 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:
> On 2/22/21 5:34 PM, Cameo wrote:
>> On 2/22/2021 9:28 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
>>> Cameo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/14/2021 1:43 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
>>>>> Cameo <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> <SNIP>
>>
>> Smartphones don't have the video looping feature dash cams have. On 
>> the other hand, it seems that even the oldest phones can record better 
>> videos, especially in the dark, than most dash cams I've seen. I never 
>> figured why a dash cam costing a couple hundred $s can't be made with 
>> better lenses. The incremental cost couldn't be that much.
>>
> I don't think the lens is the problem- it's the sensor/processor.

Still, the incremental cost of a better sensor shouldn't be such a 
hinderance.