2013-Aug - Color comparison with 808 #16 keycam and with Mobius with firmware version 0.44.

Canon, GOAL resized from 4000x3000	#16 20203 Auto, Standard, +1 saturation	Mobius, WDR on, resized from 1920x1080
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2013-Jul - Measuring EMR emissions that may interfere with other devices (GPS most notibly), and sensitive people too.

device being measured	Acoustimeter at zero distance, and distance for audio to disappear	Zap Checker 180 at zero distance, and distance to get 5 at 10	Cornet at zero distance	GaussMeter at zero distance, and distance to get <= 0.2mG	GS meter
808 #16 Keychain Mini DVR	0.06 V/m 5 feet (152 cm)	80 at sensitivity 6 (bottom) 20 at sensitivity 5 (top) 6 inches (15 cm)	0.010 mW/m²	12 mG 2.5 inches (8 cm)	n/a
	Sound recording of Power On, Auto Record 10 sec. Shutter off. Power Off.
Mobius Action Cam DVR Causes RFI (interference) with GPS devices	0.38 V/m top 0.13 V/m bottom 9 feet (274 cm)	30 at sensitivity 6 (bottom) 50 at sensitivity 5 (top) 8 inches (20 cm)	0.032 mW/m²	9 mG 2 inches (5 cm)	n/a
	Sound recording of Power On, Auto Record 10 sec. Shutter off. Power Off.
Carcam HD Car DVR pre-IR night vision and HDMI	0.11 V/m 10 feet (304 cm)	100 at sensitivity 6 10 at sensitivity 5 8 inches (20 cm)	0.020 mW/m²	5 mG 5 inches (13 cm)	n/a
EZO Power USB 5200mAh Li-Ion battery	0.06 V/m 8 inches (20 cm) FM radio: 12 ft. (366 cm)	30 at sensitivity 4 6 inches (15 cm)	Below calibrated threshold, Test mode detects approx≅ 0.0015 mW/m²	0.6 mG 1 inches (2.5 cm)	n/a
	Using this battery as a power source to run the 808 camera does cause significant (40 ft.) interference with FM radios of passing vehicles. It is not recommended for stealthy surveilance. The USB cable acted like a broadcast antenna, although just the EZO alone caused significant EMR and RFI.
6000 T-Pocket Power 5000mAh Li-Lipo battery USB (4 blue leds)	0.23 V/m 49 inches (124 cm) FM radio: 12 ft. (366 cm)	40 at sensitivity 6 13 inches (33 cm)	Below calibrated threshold, Test mode detects approx≅ 0.0017 mW/m²	3.5 mG 2.5 inches (6.4 cm)	n/a
Solar Charger USB 2600mAh Li-Po battery	<0.02 V/m 1 inch (2.5 cm)	5 at sensitivity 10 0 inch (0 cm)	Below thresholds	4 mG 2 inches (5 cm)	n/a
	Using this battery as a power source to run the 808 camera does cause damage to the battery and charging circuit, as it is unable to deliver the needed 5.0V under load for more than 2 hours.
Just Mobile PP-08 Mobile Power Pack 4400mAh Li-Po battery	<0.02 V/m 0 inch (0 cm)	75 at sensitivity 7 3 ft. (91 cm)	Below thresholds	0.2 mG 0 inches	n/a
	Recommended: Using this battery as a power source to run the 808 camera. It does deliver 11 hours of run time.
Auto USB Charger N10117 Z528	<0.02 V/m 0 inch (0 cm)	10 at sensitivity 10 0 inch (0 cm)	Below thresholds	0.22 mG 0.1 inches (0.2 cm)	n/a
Mains AC Adapter USB Charger Model KY-758	0.76 V/m 10 inches (26 cm)	15 at sensitivity 10 5 inches (13 cm)	Below calibrated threshold, Test mode detects approx≅ 0.0012 mW/m²	10.5 mG 15 inches (38 cm)	113 gs
Mains AC Adapter USB Charger Model KY-02	0.65 V/m 7 inches (18 cm)	15 at sensitivity 10 2 inches (5 cm)	Below thresholds	>13 mG 12 inches (30 cm)	230 gs

2013-Mar - Color comparison of the 808 keycams with newest firmware versions

Canon, GOAL	#16 20202 Auto, Standard, Normal	24252 Florescent, Warm, Normal
#11b auto, normal	11b auto, low saturation	11d auto, normal	11d auto, low saturation
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Firmware startup time comparison

2013-Jan - Firmware updates

2012-Oct - Now testing 808.16 v2 with beta firmware for color settings:

Canon, GOAL	20202 Auto, Standard, Normal	24202 Florescent, Standard, Normal	24203 Florescent, Standard, +1 saturation	21202 Daylight, Standard, Normal
20252 Auto, Warm, Normal	20253 Auto, Warm, +1 saturation	20254 Auto, Warm, +2 saturation	24243 Florescent, Cool, +1 saturation	21201 Daylight, Standard, -1 saturation
20203 Auto, Standard, +1 saturation	20204 Auto, Standard, +2 saturation	808 #11 v2 JPG or mov frame
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Hard to beat image quality, the 808 key-cam

2012-Aug Newest versions side by side:

808 #11 v2 frame samples:
808 #16 v2 Lens A frame samples:
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Color comparison between 3 cameras

Real to life colors from Canon Powershot, taken at 4000x3000 pixels, resized to 1024x768
808 #11 v2 frame samples:
808 #16 v2 Lens A with firmware v0.36 frame samples:
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2012-Feb

808 #11 v1 frame samples:
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808 #16 v1 with firmware v0.17 frame samples:
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Also another test is how fast the vertical scan is. Vertical lines become slanted as they approach the edge, and pan faster. (right side frames)
Although being careful to compare at the same speed, with the angles admittedly not identical, I can't make a direct comparison. However I measure between 1 and 8 degree slant on the #11, and between 5 and 15 degrees slant on the #16.

Comparing distance focus, I see I may have to open the #16 and attempt to adjust the lens after all.

Does the v0.18 firmware fix the shutter speed in daylight?? No. Maybe a fraction better, but not really the change I'm looking for. Next I attempted to adjust the focus.

2012-Feb-22 Update:

2012-May Update:

Other neat snapshots:		Putting cam to good uses:
snow plow	ferry ramp at low water	bad dog                       dog attack                       I know it just looks like a barking dog, but when the neighborhood has a few bad apples labeled by the prosecutor as a "troublemaker," who keep dangerous dogs running loose, and watch out the window doing nothing. Then a good video clip will make things clear.	see robbery in progress          Thieves with stolen goods           A case when blurry pictures are of no use, is when I provided evidence of a new gang of thieves transporting goods in the back of their pickup, showed a picture to the victims, and heard them say "Yes! That's our stuff"
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Cantering Cowgirl 6 seconds H264 MOV 1280x720 7.5Mb

2013.Mar.04 Stewart riding Rowan 8 seconds MPEG4 AVI 720x480 3.0Mb

All videos and story-line related to the dog attack and reckless driving endangering and threatening me on my horse have been moved to their own page.

Comparing the 808 to the CarCam HD Driving Recorder

I have tried one Carcam HD Car DVR, but find it falls short of the advertised specs here The frame rate is not 30 fps, but more like 11. It skips every other frame, which would be 15 fps, but also has longer skips of null frames. I have tried different SDHC cards, class 6 which tests at a write speed of 5.5 Mb/sec elsewhere, but in this device only writes at 0.5 Mb/sec. This write test is likely limited by the USB port, as read speed is also slow, at 0.99 Mb/sec. During a 13.6 sec. recording of 397 frames, there are only 175 unique frames. The rest are null or duplicates of the previous frame. It is not Night Vision as advertised. Turning on two white LEDs does not count! which are not that bright or useful, as it actually creates a reflection in the glass, and makes it hard to see out. Real night vision would use IR and switch the video accordingly. It is not a Low noise sensor (as advertised), but is very grainy in low light. Compared to the 808, the frames are blurry. I can not flip the cam lcd side up, as the up button only changes the video orientation, not the added date stamp. It can only be mounted with the lcd side hanging down. I don't see how the lens rotates 180 degrees, which might be the solution to #5. It has the same USB vendor/id sequence as the Syntek gum cam, which was also of poor video quality. Not to be confused with Sunplus gum cam, which was of excellent video quality. The AVI files are un-editable. ffmpeg and avidemux both fail to handle the encoding. The RF EMR emissions are too strong, radiating outward 10 feet. Either this cam is a poor copy of better car-cams, or it is of poor design, replaced now by newer versions with 5MP 1080p and real night vision.

808 #11	CarCam
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