Has anyone done it yet? Changing the OEM camera lens to a better lens?

 

Better in what way? Why deficiency do you see with the one it has?

 

of all the after market back up cams i seen, i dont think any of them compare to the ones we have.

 

its possible it might not be the lens itself that you have a problem with, but just the quality overall.

what year is your car and do you have navigation? reason I ask is because 07-09 models have older lower quality screens which can make even the best cameras look like ****, which might actually be the problem you're having

 

I have a 2010 g37s with the navi package. I want to upgrade the lens so the view is clearer. I was wondering if anyone has done it yet.

 

I'm pretty sure nobody has on the 2010. I think the 2008 model Nav has great resolution, and the 2010 you have is even better. I don't know how much more resolution you're looking for, but good luck upgrading with an aftermarket solution if you find one. Please post pics and a DIY.

 

It's something you look at for a few seconds to see if anything is in the way or going to be in the way.

I mean no offense here, but what would upgrading get you? Do you plan on using it to record movies from the perspective of a G37 backup camera?

 

You could put in the best video camera in the world and the video quality will not improve. Even you manage to slap on the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III on the trunk, the video still be the same as stock.

The reason is that the backup video system uses RCA video interface. The quality of the video is limited by the signal carried through this cable. It's like connecting your Blueray player to your 1080p TV using the RCA yellow video cable. The quality is still going to be crap.

 

Ohh. Thanks modme, you answered my question.

 

So it will be waste of money to upgrade to a better camera. No matter how good the camera is, the quality of the video its going be the same?

 

It's kind of like beating a dead horse because Modme explained it perfectly and even gave a great example. Would you buy a Blu Ray Player and HDMI cable to connect to a 20 year old CRT TV that only has 480 lines of resolution? Why would you do that if it doesn't even have the pixels to display half the picture information you're sending to it?

Would you buy $10,000 studio monitors to listen to old 78 RPM mono records that were poorly recorded?

 

Yes, and also even if you sprinkled fairy dust on it.

 

Since we're beating the dead horse, I'll provide some more info. The 2010+ screen is unique in that it has two video inputs. 1. GVIF (car equivalent of HDMI) 2. RCA (just like on old TVs).

The 2010+ screen has a 800x480 resolution. The GVIF is capable for supplying the video signal for the high resolution, and this is what the navigation system uses to supply its video signal. That's why the navigation interface looks so sharp and clear.

The back up camera uses RCA interface. This old type video signal is not capable for providing high resolution video. Thus, whatever camera you find, it'll still look the same.

 

Now a better question IMO might be can the RCA jack be swapped out on the reverse camera input to a GVIF one? If that's possible, would the camera's signal be then be viewable at 800x480 like the Nav's?

 

wow. why would infiniti use RCA cable instead of the GVIF?