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Old 02-21-2011, 02:50 AM
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2011 G37S reverse camera fuzzy at night normal??

I just purchased a 2011 G37S sedan and notice every time at night the reverse camera is so blurry/fuzzy looking, day time is okay but still the resolution is not the greatest. Are anyone else experiencing this? Normal or not? Thanks Guys! Debating if i should bring it in for this.
Old 02-21-2011, 08:51 PM
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Yes that's normal. The camera is designed to capture as much light as possible at night to make things easier to see. However, a side effect of that is images can appear grainy at night.
Old 02-22-2011, 04:09 AM
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Thats really strange. My 07 fx35 is not fuzzy at all at night. Is there a way to make the G camera more clear at night?
Old 02-22-2011, 04:26 AM
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LEDs to improve lighting. It might also help to have a higher def camera, if that's even possible. I don't know the software in the cars navi could handle it
Old 02-22-2011, 08:14 AM
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Its very similar to how your digital still camera works: the "speed" of the recording is adjusted to allow more light in (during darker periods) and so the image gets grainier.

I imagine the suggestion about better LEDs back there would be the biggest help....and now that I think of it Ive never seen any other rear view cameras *at night* so I cant compare.
Old 02-22-2011, 08:40 AM
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Mine at night looks fine. But this is all very subjective as to what is s good/bad picture for the backup camera so it's hard to judge.
Old 02-24-2011, 02:08 AM
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I just replaced reverse lights with some smt LEDs from autolumination.com and the image is still poor. Very unacceptable to me.
Old 02-24-2011, 02:57 AM
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i replaced my license plate lights with the brightest ones v-leds sells, and it lights of te camera nicely when i back up. but i did notice a slight fuzz before that
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Its called gain. Cameras do the same thing. When in low light they increase the iso but doing so increases the noise.
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Looks exactly like every other backup camera I've ever used. When you use a small digital sensor that all backup cameras use, there is no way you will ever have a non-grainy night video. Maybe one day when the tech gets better, the video will also, but it's really not necessary now, is it?
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Plus when it's cold a layer of haze sits on the camera lens, and when it rains there's no way I can see outa the camera
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