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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41575.0&return_msg=41575.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41575.1">1–4</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41575.1">camera hack</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41575_1_4_10"> <a name="a41575_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_41575_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: cynicoid<span class="message_time">25 Aug 2015 15:39</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 4</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41575.1">41575.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Would changing a digital lens (CCD, CMOS ??) improve the image quality on a camera ?<br /><br /> I have a cheap dashcam which has average image quality, you can see whats happening but you can't make out number plates if the vehicle is moving - even pulling up behind a car at traffic lights the plates are still difficult to make out.<br /><br /> I've got a couple of old digital cameras and wondered if I swap the lens with one of those (it's just two wires) whether the image would improve.<br /><br /> Is the lens irrelevant and the quality all to do with software and how the image is processed within the camera, is the lens on a 5 megapixel camera the same as one on a 1 megapixel one ?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41575.1&return_msg=41575.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41575.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41575_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_41575_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">25 Aug 2015 16:01</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: cynicoid <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 26 Aug 2015 17:35"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 4</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41575.2">41575.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41575.1#a41575_1" target="_self">41575.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> The lens isn't CMOS/CCD, that's the sensor.<br /><br /> The lens is important but the sensor is probably tiny on the dash which is causing the problem.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41575.2&return_msg=41575.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41575.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41575_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_41575_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: cynicoid<span class="message_time">26 Aug 2015 17:41</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 26 Aug 2015 18:11"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 4</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41575.3">41575.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41575.1#a41575_2" target="_self">41575.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Ah, the sensor, thats what I was thinking of.<br /> As I suspected if the sensor isn't up to the job changing the lens won't make a difference.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41575.3&return_msg=41575.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41575.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41575_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_41575_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)<span class="message_time"> 6 Sep 2015 19:43</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: cynicoid <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 7 Sep 2015 20:24"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 4</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41575.4">41575.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41575.1#a41575_3" target="_self">41575.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> No, you'd need to change the sensor. This is most easily achieved by buying a new camera.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41575.4&return_msg=41575.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41575.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>