Need a recommendation for rear camera

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Topic: Need a recommendation for rear camera

Posted By: bhays
Subject: Need a recommendation for rear camera
Date Posted: April 06, 2004 at 8:52 PM

Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced rear view camera that they have personally seen work well. These are the features I'm interested in:

1) Color

2) Infrared or night vision

3) reverse image

Replies:

Posted By: Mikeyman1978
Date Posted: April 08, 2004 at 11:04 AM

SAVV makes good quality cameras

the lbm-s5000 is good and not to expensive heres a link to there website https://www.savv.com/products_LBMS5000.htm

Posted By: jaxman
Date Posted: April 09, 2004 at 7:00 AM

I am also looking for something like this.
Found anything good yet ?

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Posted By: bhays
Date Posted: April 09, 2004 at 8:42 AM

Someone recommended these:

https://www.digitalww.com/

I will probably order one and check it out.

Posted By: john Stead
Date Posted: April 14, 2004 at 7:44 PM

Hi,

I got my rear view system at www.rearviewcamera.net

So far, so good even in the mid of winter.

Posted By: jaxman
Date Posted: April 15, 2004 at 4:22 AM

But none of them is infrared.

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Posted By: rodent
Date Posted: April 20, 2004 at 9:00 PM

I have a savv its not bad, wide angle, not too bad at night either. i did see this one on the net

https://www.autotoys.com/x/catalog/CAMERA_NIGHT_VISION_WATERPROOF_COMPACT_COLOR_CAMERA_p_442.html

meets your 3 criterias above

1) Color

2) Infrared or night vision

3) reverse image

Posted By: Ishinc
Date Posted: April 27, 2004 at 6:35 PM

can someone explain reversed image? i can't get myself to understand why i would want one if i install a rear camera...hehe

Posted By: steph280
Date Posted: April 28, 2004 at 5:25 PM

Just like your rear view mirror, everything needs to be reversed. Otherwise object on the rear right will look like it's on the left in the screen.

Infared capable is not really critical. The Toyota/Lexus OEM camera as well as the Savv unit have very low lux rating which produces clear pictures just with the backup lights of the car.

I think the more important feature is the angle of view. A wide angled camera like the Savv can cover 150 degrees, which means you'll pretty much see from left to right.

Stephen