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I notice a distinct difference in picture quality between my backup cam and the mirror cam.
The mirror cam is focused and sharp, the backup cam is unfocused and blurry.
The backup camera lens isn't dirty and it doesn't have a protective plastic film on it.

Is the backup cam defective or is it just a cheap low resolution cam?
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The back up cam just sucks.
 

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I noticed the same thing, the rear camera has a very low resolution compared to the mirror camera.
 

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The inclusion of a backup cam may be a legal requirement, hence why it’s not so great. Whereas the quality mirrorcam is something Honda includes as a perk
 

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But what I've noticed on my 2019 civic is that the backup cam is much better at night time compare to the lane watch cam. Lane watch cam is terrible in dark environments.
 


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I noticed that too... Mexico made 2016 Honda Fit EX-L had higher quality backup cam. Now imagine Honda Sensing using that blurry mess for lane keeping... Cheap, cheap, save, save.
 

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But what I've noticed on my 2019 civic is that the backup cam is much better at night time compare to the lane watch cam. Lane watch cam is terrible in dark environments.
Seems like my 2016 civic's the opposite of yours. Mine has VHS quality at night time..lol
 

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No, adjust the "aspect ratio"...fancy name for 3 little buttons that change to wide view or normal view when the car is in reverse. Gosh you people complain about the tiniest stuff. Its not like were taking 4k scenery images with this cam. It does the job for me and always will by detecting oncoming cars or objects. Our 2018 Odyssey cam is like that also.
 

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My backup camera seems OK. It's probably better at night compared to the lane watch cam because the backup lamps & tail lamps help illuminate what's in back of the car.
 

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I noticed the same thing, the rear camera has a very low resolution compared to the mirror camera.
The resolution is limited by the display, so both have the same "resolution" as viewed to us.
 
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I own a 2019 Coupe and the back up cam is clear and crisp, no issues. The draw back of the cam for me is that it doesn't give the warning beeps as you back up like most other vehicles do.
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