Hey everone, I wrote this test up on another site but thought I would copy and post it here as it might be useful for some one

On another note I have also added my own polarizing filter.

It was a total pikey job and I used one of the lenses from a pair of 3D glasses they give out in the cinema. I found the right way and angle to put the filter on the camera by looking through it myself and twisting until the reflections seemed to go away.

Below is a comparison of the difference, while not as dramatic as some other examples it’s defiantly improved and didn’t really cost me anything. I have loads of the 3D glasses at home so won’t miss one pair.

http://imageshack.us...89/27869030.jpg

Here is a picture of it attached to the camera with electrical tape:

http://imageshack.us...21118152131.jpg

A view from the outside:

http://imageshack.us...21118152707.jpg

As you can see it’s much less conspicuous and probably wouldn’t notice it if you wasn’t looking for it. I’m hoping that the addition of the tape won’t cause a heating problem. Most of my trips are under 30 minutes long and I am not planning on using the parking mode either.

Here is a link to a clip recorded using the filter. Had the brightness set a bit high but have reduced that in the settings now. Does anyone think the focus seems a bit off? Don’t really want to try dismantling the camera unless I could get a drastic improvement.

http://youtu.be/DnYoazH0Uio

I’ll go out later on and get a clip of it recording in the dark to see how much the filter has affected its night time abilities. I’m currently recording with a bit rate of 10000000 set in the avserver.sh file so double the standard bit rate of the 1.010E firmware.

Cheers

James

Okay just taken a quick night time video and I think that it is way too dark to be able to justify the improvements the filter makes during the day

http://youtu.be/N28uuCg8HL0

What's your opinion? I think ill leave it on for a day or two and see how it goes but it will probably be coming off. The brightness in the above video was set to 3/5 in the Blackvue setting.

Ive bumped it up to 4/5 for now but think this is going to be too high for day time recording

EDIT: I have decided to remove the filter, the improvements in daytime recording just don't justify the lack of night time visibility

A side by side comparison (filter left, no filter right) can be seen here

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5013/3dnight.jpg

While you can see more reflections on the right the image is much brighter

Here is the video with the filter removed:

http://youtu.be/rZO_yE4cZ4g

Cheers

James

There we go

What are your opinions on this? Dont forget to switch to 1080p on the youtube!

James

That reply got me worried for a second then! Ive had a look through and none of the videos show speeding, the faster road is a 60mph limit that goes down to a 50mph and the estate at the begining is a 30mph limit.

You have to put your foot down when turning right as there is a corner just before and people come flying around there risking the chance of being rear ended, it happens frequently!

That will teach me to view it on here (looked like a 40)

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Not overly impressed TBH as it is IMO still too dark at night,

nice idea though.

It's okay, im glad you mentioned it just incase it was a 40 zone!

I quite liked the addition of the filter in the day but as you said it was no good at night, the camera without the filter just being bright enough. I don't do much night driving but still don't fancy taking the risk of something not showing up.