Which one?

CCD? Yes or No - is it really worth it? Apx $120


Non-CCD Apx $30 - $70


Where to mount?

How would you mount it like this? How would it stay in the same place?


Or what about this? Looks too easy to steal though?


Just want to see what the masses think? And who has does it.

 

Waste of time and money IMHO for our cars.

It would be interesting to see you do it though.

 

What's the difference between the CCD and Non-CCD?

 

The two types of image sensors that are available for rear view (backup) camera systems are the CCD ("charge coupled device") and CMOS ("complementary metal oxide semiconductor"). The type of image sensor that your rear view camera system uses will be the most important factor in determining picture quality. Besides the overall resolution, a camera that utilizes a CCD image sensor will provide significantly better images under very low and very bright lighting conditions.

All except the lowest quality consumer digital photographic and video products utilize CCD image sensors. All professional digital photographic and video equipment utilize CCD image sensors. Although there are some reasonably high quality CMOS image sensors, no CMOS image sensor will deliver the quality image that a CCD image sensor will provide. Many lower priced (and some more expensive) systems use the less expensive and inferior CMOS image sensor.

 

i have one that looks somewhat similar to the last picture. it's horizontal on the top of my license plate. the picture quality great and it's a nice wide view. as for it being easy to steal, you can get locking screws, but you know if somewants something bad enough, they can get it.

 

#1 Or #3

 

I'd check out the 3G TL forum, I remember rear view camera additions being pretty popular over there.

 

I made a mount similar to the no drill one you listed above just by using some tinsnips on a piece of sheetmetal from home depot... I also used a camera similiar to the the first one you listed-- it works great, I posted some pictures a while back maybe you can find them if you search. If you mount on the top of the license plate there isnt enough clearance to get a full frame, so you have to turn it down a little bit which limits the field of view-- In any event, every time a new person gets in my car they're really impressed by it.

_Larry

 

https://www.supercircuits.com/index....OD&ProdID=5628

 

Good Find. That is a definite option, but I am not sure how well that will work with our license plate frame --- there does not seem to be enough clearance on the top and do we even have holes in the bottom?

 

I saw this in BJ's today for $99. Would love to see it actually installed cuz it seemed very interesting. Would be uber sex if that lil monitor for the picture had nav though.

 

This info from 2006 is amusing, even though it still holds true for backup camrea-sized-and-priced sensors, because the high end dSLRs went to CMOS sensors long ago.

In any case, I just finished a backup camera installation on my '01 CL-S yesterday:







$56.76 in parts from amazon: , , . I suppose I also used a few cents worth of solder, wire nuts, and spare wire lying about my electronics bag, and I will have to beef up the double sided tape mounting method of the monitor. Still under $57.

I spliced the camera's power into the left-rear driving light, although should have used the reverse light + lead, in retrospect. As the second photo above shows I decided to piggyback on the existing cigarette lighter USB charger for the monitor's leads. (It fit after a bit of filing down of the negative solder-ball.)

Best part: said driving light still works, the USB charger/iPhone charger still works despite being a bit misshapen now from heat transferred to the plastic shell during soldering, and the camera setup itself works, too, as seen in the third photo. Win.

 

Whoops, somehow the links ended up doubled. Not sure how that happened: vB being overly aggressive trying to identify and parse amazon links? Whatever.

 

Nice work. It would also be nice of it the camera could be integrated to a table.