Options for a reversing camera

[HPsauce]

Just a minor bit of trickery I forgot to mention.
The camera has identical wiring (but a different camera body) to that described in great detail by Steamship (Sean) in his thread, as pictured here:

You can see the thin cable I referred to and the junction "blob" too. The plugs/sockets (red and yellow) on the end of the camera cable are quite bulky so I trimmed them down with a Stanley knife so they fitted through a slightly smaller (10mm?) hole. Not least because I couldn't easily find anything bigger than a 10mm drill.

[HPsauce]

Angle of view from the "first fit" is looking good. Need to crack on with weatherproofing and trimming/refitting the surround.
The rubber diaphragm I intend to use behind the camera for weatherproofing is about 2.5mm thick so will allow for some fine adjustment.

Edit: diaphragm fitted, view just as good and minor adjustment possible by slackening screws. Also wired 12v supply into (N/S) reversing light - for reference brown is earth, blue/red +12v.
Tested fine, camera fires up and syncs within a second of selecting reverse. Now I need to start on the internal wiring to get the signal to the RNS-D.
But first, the surround, though it's just started raining here.

[HPsauce]

Been busy with the dremel; this is the final fit on the rear, though I may take it all off some time to clean up and improve sealing.
I half expected the lens to be slightly blocked by the plastic surround, but it's just clear - so no external trimming required, though I would probably have remounted the camera on thicker backing to avoid that.

Pictures of camera view, rear of car (spot the camera and admire LED reversing lights) and finally a close-up of camera from level behind (still see if you can spot it!).
Pretty pleased so far, "just" internal wiring to do now.

[HPsauce]

Originally Posted by HPsauce

Been busy with the dremel; this is the final fit on the rear, though I may take it all off some time to clean up and improve sealing.

It will have to come off at some stage, the hole I "dremelled" isn't quite ideal. I tried to make a cutout to be an exact fit to the camera but ended up having to keep adjusting it.
The end result is now actually almost a 30mm by 50mm rectangle and is still a bit tight in places and ragged in others so I'm going to rectify that at some point and enlarge it slightly.
I'm also missing the top-centre fixing of the backing plate so plan to rectify that too; not quite sure how yet.

[David's8]

Looks a neat job HP. Are the lines adjustable?

[HPsauce]

Not on that camera, other than physically moving it. I've deliberately chosen to keep it low to see the bumper.

[HPsauce]

Just tested it to see how it performs at night, seems fine. Near illumination is the LED reversing lights, distant is a street light.