I figured I'd start up a new thread to discuss these different cameras available.
I did some scientific-like type tests in my garage, but right off the bat since it impossible to get a direct camera feed, we have to settle for hires images from my iPhone 6S taken right off the Model S touchscreen (P85D). So as you'll see, the results are interesting, but not scientific by any stretch.
I used four different cameras for this test, labeled as such:
Original: The front cam I've been running since I installed @artsci front camera kit earlier this year
Hires: This is the new $87 hi-res camera from Tesla
Amazon: This is the Tesla camera available at Amazon for $39: https://www.amazon.com/Tesla-1006773-00-F-Rear-View-Camera-Harness/
Broken: A previous "original" camera I had installed on my P85+ which was intermittent, I believe due to water incursion. But it's working now, and should perform pretty much the same as "Original"
Here are the part numbers for each:
Original:
Hires:
Amazon (from the amazon listing, I forgot to take a pic before installing it).
Broken:
In the following posts, I'll be posting the results of each comparison test I did with side-by-side images. So stay tuned while I get those loaded.
And before I do that, let me just say the $39 Amazon camera seems to work perfectly. In fact, I tested that one last, and left it installed in my car for a "long term" test, which is why I didn't get a photo of the part number tag. So it appears if @artsci gets a second run of the front camera switch produced, this is a great $39 option for the camera. I see the Amazon listing now has 20 left in stock. I think it was at 40 a couple of days ago. So if you are at all interested in the front camera kit, you might want to get one of these as a little insurance before they disappear altogether, since we don't know what the source is for these. It's also very surprising to note that Tesla was charging over $350 for this exact same part when we all bought into the first run of the camera kit. What did Elon say about service (and parts I assume) not being a profit center?
I did some scientific-like type tests in my garage, but right off the bat since it impossible to get a direct camera feed, we have to settle for hires images from my iPhone 6S taken right off the Model S touchscreen (P85D). So as you'll see, the results are interesting, but not scientific by any stretch.
I used four different cameras for this test, labeled as such:
Original: The front cam I've been running since I installed @artsci front camera kit earlier this year
Hires: This is the new $87 hi-res camera from Tesla
Amazon: This is the Tesla camera available at Amazon for $39: https://www.amazon.com/Tesla-1006773-00-F-Rear-View-Camera-Harness/
Broken: A previous "original" camera I had installed on my P85+ which was intermittent, I believe due to water incursion. But it's working now, and should perform pretty much the same as "Original"
Here are the part numbers for each:
Original:
Hires:
Amazon (from the amazon listing, I forgot to take a pic before installing it).
Broken:
In the following posts, I'll be posting the results of each comparison test I did with side-by-side images. So stay tuned while I get those loaded.
And before I do that, let me just say the $39 Amazon camera seems to work perfectly. In fact, I tested that one last, and left it installed in my car for a "long term" test, which is why I didn't get a photo of the part number tag. So it appears if @artsci gets a second run of the front camera switch produced, this is a great $39 option for the camera. I see the Amazon listing now has 20 left in stock. I think it was at 40 a couple of days ago. So if you are at all interested in the front camera kit, you might want to get one of these as a little insurance before they disappear altogether, since we don't know what the source is for these. It's also very surprising to note that Tesla was charging over $350 for this exact same part when we all bought into the first run of the camera kit. What did Elon say about service (and parts I assume) not being a profit center?
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