Driving Without Rear View Mirror California

These radios are amazing. Installed in my Jeep above my rear view mirror and I am stoked about it. It’s small enough to not be in the way but is great for communicating with fellow Jeep’s. I used the ghost antenna so that it didn’t get wiped out by limbs on the trail. I’m thinking of purchasing the 6db antenna to help increase my range. I feel you can’t go wrong with this radio! Will be purchasing another for my sons Jeep.

I was driving through the Red Woods of Northern California. I nerve been in this area. I was so thankful I remembered to take my Garmin with me. Next time I will purchase a Garmin with speech recognition as it was hard to drive the curves and hills and enter information.

In these days of crime, uninsured drivers, and unlicensed illegal aliens driving in California, one must protect themselves. This camera is great for that purpose. It offers high quality video combined with GPS. It has solid build quality and it's easy to install in a vehicle.

Shipping took several weeks (to California), much longer than I anticipated, but the mirror ball arrived very well packed and padded, perfect condition. The mirror tiles are well placed and even. The mounting eye-bolt feels extremely sturdy. I do not have a motor, I’ve just hung the ball from a string, but I’m very pleased.

Without a Wireless remote for your Nikon DSLR you are just risking the quality and sharpness of your images. Using the timer is a good option, but the timer will not be a good option for all photo occasions. For example when shooting with long telephotos this is so important, and if you what to minimize vibration from the mirror by locking the mirror up. This is the device for Nikon DSLR users.

Purchased for my Arri MMB2 matte box as the useless Arri nuns nickers were driving me crazy. Fits perfectly into 114mm rear donut & although my 95mm primes are a bit tight it works. Perhaps they could make another size, say an 85mm rear..... Such a simple piece of kit yet so expensive for what it it. Please manufacture something like this, Small Rig, Tilta, Movecam & the likes....

In the mid-1980s I bought a Nikon 7.5mm f5.6 circular fisheye. Being an older design (1966) its rear elements protruded into the mirror box. Fortunately my F3 had a hard physical mirror lockup. The external viewfinder for this lens attached to the camera on the original Nikon F/F2’s proprietary flash shoe. I was able to buy an AS-3 flash adapter for the F3. With the F3s mirror locked up I also had to use an hand-held light meter. With amazing depth of foield focusing was never an issue. The old zoom lens had six filters on a wheel. One was a skylight and the other five were strongly colored for B&W film. While I liked the circular results, using the lens was a hassle. I often had my shoes or forehead in the picture. On a sunny day, my images suffered from solar flares. My new Nikon 8-15mm AF-S fisheye has none of those old problems. It fits on my DSLRs without any problem. It doesn’t need an external finder or separate light meter. At the 8mm setting (and lens hood off) I get a circular image very much like the vintage fisheye. The new lens is faster and focusable. Like my 14mm f2.8 Nikkor, this zoom uses gel filters inserted in the rear of the lens. I really don’t like this arrangement. This fisheye is similar in weight and size to the 14mm lens. I am also not fond of the electronic aperture control first seen on G lenses. Without an aperture ring one cannot use this zoom on older cameras. At the longer end of the zoom range (12-15mm) the image fills the (FX) frame and lens hood stays out of the way. This image is similar to my inexpensive Bower (Samyang?) 8mm fisheye with its fixed lens hood (and DX coverage). So far I haven’t used my new lens much but I think I will like it.

This works well as a head strap but it also works if you want to use it to wrap around something that may be easily scratched. This could mean the side view mirror of a car or maybe just to wrap around your pet. Over all, this product is one to have handy.

This rear cam is small enough to not interfere with your view out your back window. The picture quality is great!!!

This is my second dash camera from Garmin. I use it for a rear view. The size is phenomenal. It doesn't attract attention. Very good software. Voice commands are very well designed and functional. It syncs with the front camera and works very well with the parking cable. The image quality is pretty good.. Higher resolution would require a lot more disk space.