Backup Cam doesn't adjust exposure for night?

[holmgang]

Does anyone actually have a model 3 hw3 with good back up camera quality?

It's definitely not the worst I've seen. The dynamic range is horrible and it clips highlights quickly, at night turning things into flashing halo blobs.

Overall I think its appropriate.

Suggestion for improvement would be better line projection - the ones it draws is useless for judging distance to neighboring car, and the angling the car within a rectangle is hopeless.

Good quality imaging sensors such as those used in cell phones are ridiculously cheap. They could buy a Sony IMX-whatever module for next to nothing.

 

[bstr]

I just got HW3 upgrade today and noticed this issue tonight. Hard to believe it hasn't been addressed or even acknowledged by Tesla. Our other Model 3 doesn't have HW3 and the backup camera is clearly brighter and better as others have experienced. Here's a shot from each car with fixed manual exposure.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/pw6mhpts2EKe515a6
https://photos.app.goo.gl/oPR8kECHuwuUsYY4A

 

[Az_Rael]

Same here, just had my HW3 upgrade and now my backup camera is super dark at night. Much worse than it was before I dropped it off.

 

[debuggr]

+1 just got upgraded from HW2.5 to HW3 and I’m having the same exact problem. I believe they’ll fix this eventually, but man is it annoying.

 

[RonFTW]

Sounds like something with how HW3 processes the video feed.

 

[mlkmade]

I had some other stuff worked on this week and I brought the backup camera up for a 3rd time and he just immediately said it was a firmware bug that is known, no matter how I explained it.

When I first got my car, my backup camera was great, it adjusted exposure at night like all the other cameras and yes I have HW3.

 

[quddous]

Were you able to figure out what was the issue with your camera?

I have the same issue with my Model X. It is basically unusable at night.

 

[CurtisVL]

It's strange that the camera issue seems to exist mainly on S/X vehicles but 3/Y are on the same firmware and don't have the same issue, I wonder if they use different cameras so have different control?

 

[bstr]

Well, it's been a year now and no change. I asked my local SC recently and got the run around, no credible information about any fix. I asked for their ticket number used to reference the exposure issue. If we all can reference the specific item by number, maybe it can move up the list.

 

[JCtx]

I've never seen a backup camera that is good at night. Even the great ones on daylight, are just okay at night. Nothing really wrong with that.

 

[TesMY]

Seeing this issue on my new MY, I was totally surprised to see the dark rear camera, surprisingly the side cameras are great so that helped, my Hyundai's rear camera was way better at night

 

[bstr]

I've never seen a backup camera that is good at night. Even the great ones on daylight, are just okay at night. Nothing really wrong with that.

Model 3 with version 2.5 computer exposes the rear view camera at night real well. My wife's Model 3 has this setup and it looks great. It's pretty trivial for a digital camera to adjust exposure at night and/or for a display to do the same, unless the software simply isn't written to do it. As @TesMY was saying, the side cameras do expose properly. They just aren't inspired to correct the rear camera exposure, apparently.