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Old 01-14-2011, 09:30 AM   #351 (permalink)
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Hello,

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Originally Posted by G2TDI View Post
That is a pretty nice system! It looks like the screens are mounted inside a mirror? If there were three screens, or the two side screens were on either side of the rear view mirror, then they would be more ergonomic.

Those cameras look to be pretty good, they have some barrel distortion, but that *could* be optically corrected, and they seem to have decent 'F-stops' -- the night shots seem to be pretty good. Remember how bright headlights are in optical mirrors. You can see the cars, which is key.

My experience is that a larger screen is better, all else being equal. And the author mentions the difficulty focusing on the screens vs the optical mirror -- this is probably worth avoiding this aspect. Just have two (or three) screens, and have optical mirrors.

The BMW system is for "seeing around corners"; not regular side view mirrors.

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