Rear View Mirror Volume Two

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.

Two mirror less cameras, three lenses, perfect.

I have used this Tiffen 812 filter from a DSLR to mirror less for a good part of Two decades. This is a great filter to have in the bag. This filter warms the entire scene.

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.

Two Play-5s in the basement stereo paired. Then I procured a Playbar. I like it. So I use the Play-5 pair as rear surrounds. Nice to have them there, but they play better as a legit stereo set up. If you want rear surround a pair of Play 3 would suffice. I have a third Play 5 in the kitchen. PLENTY of sound provided when I am cooking! Sound is CLEAN!

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!!!

Two separate inputs (for this price, that's a 5 star in itself). Good amps, Plenty of volume, easy access to jacks and controls (in front). Really, for the money I don't think you can find much better.

i connected these to the samsung hw-801s soundbar and they really completed the sound. the rear speakers are clear and more than loud enough. once i figured out to adjust the surrounds volume through the soundbar remote they were great. i actually had put the volume too high and turned down the volume a little. i recommend if you get these to read some of samsung’s responses to other low rated reviews, it helped me figure out how to adjust them. hopefully the next version of these can be made smaller though.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I had gotten the HW-Q800D to place in a room which I did not want to add separate rear surround speakers in, my master bedroom. The room is medium sized. This soundbar blew my last one out of the water. The separation of audio channels that I can hear is quite amazing in such a small and sleek package. Distortion or muffled dialog is not an issue at all. The clarity of sound from very low volume to quite high volume is very good. Also, the bass is smooth from the subwoofer and is easily scalable to personal needs/wants. For the look, it is quite compact and works perfect with my 65" TV. I also appreciate the small front facing LED display which shows needed information. Also, not distracting as it is dim and disappears. In the past, I have had issues with various manufacturers/models of soundbars regarding the wireless subwoofer cutting in and out due to the Orbi WiFI Mesh system we use at our home. This model has had zero issues regarding this and I'm very pleased with that. I would highly recommend trying this soundbar out for most sized areas where rear surrounds are not wanted or can not be used.