hi all,

I did a search and found that several rearview cameras were mentioned but that some had been discontinued or didn't offer a back up scale. I am looking to mount on the rear license plate, with night vision and with a scale of some sort so I can calculate how far back things are.

Have any of you mentioned or found a camera that offers all of this? I will just be pressing the aux button to do the reverse...an in case it matters the forbidden mod was long ago completed on my 2007 G35 6MT.

I will be picking up power at the trunk reverse lights and running the cable in to the car for video.

One last thought...what is the difference in cmos and CCD?

Thanks to all...

 

i have the barcam and it is a great bargain, look for that thread and see the guidelines and everything.

 

"CCD sensors, as mentioned above, create high-quality, low-noise images. CMOS sensors, traditionally, are more susceptible to noise.
Because each pixel on a CMOS sensor has several transistors located next to it, the light sensitivity of a CMOS chip tends to be lower. Many of the photons hitting the chip hit the transistors instead of the photodiode.
CMOS traditionally consumes little power. Implementing a sensor in CMOS yields a low-power sensor.
CCDs use a process that consumes lots of power. CCDs consume as much as 100 times more power than an equivalent CMOS sensor.
CMOS chips can be fabricated on just about any standard silicon production line, so they tend to be extremely inexpensive compared to CCD sensors.
CCD sensors have been mass produced for a longer period of time, so they are more mature. They tend to have higher quality and more pixels.
Based on these differences, you can see that CCDs tend to be used in cameras that focus on high-quality images with lots of pixels and excellent light sensitivity. CMOS sensors traditionally have lower quality, lower resolution and lower sensitivity. CMOS sensors are just now improving to the point where they reach near parity with CCD devices in some applications. CMOS cameras are usually less expensive and have great battery life."


Source; what is the difference in cmos and CCD? Google