[VIDEO] Google Nexus 5 - Mounted to Windshield for Track Day

[chrisngrod]

So this weekend I had my second road course track event. In preparation for it, I wanted to see which device I had laying around would produce a good video when mounted to the windshield. Since I was going to use Trackmaster (Android App) to capture video and GPS data at the same time, that's why the phone came into play.

I figured with the optical image stabilization that the Nexus 5 would do really well. In the past the HTC One produced great video. With this application, it must be way too much vibration.

"normal" videos are okay though...

 

[uh60james]

That's a bit disappointing. The colors are much better on the N5 though.

 

[A_Str8]

In situations where OIS isn't fast enough to improve an image, it can actually make it worse. I'm wondering if the video would've been better if you had turned OIS off.

I haven't received my phone yet - can it be turned off?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

 

[sluflyer06]

In situations where OIS isn't fast enough to improve an image, it can actually make it worse. I'm wondering if the video would've been better if you had turned OIS off.

I haven't received my phone yet - can it be turned off?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

Don't think so, at least I've never seen the option.

 

[chrisngrod]

In situations where OIS isn't fast enough to improve an image, it can actually make it worse. I'm wondering if the video would've been better if you had turned OIS off.

I haven't received my phone yet - can it be turned off?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

Don't think so, at least I've never seen the option.

Yeah I didn't see it either. I don't think you can with the HTC One either.

Here's the HTC One / GS4 Video...

Here's the GS4 video that I captured over the weekend. I did bump up the saturation, but you'll see vs later in the video that the colors weren't as good as the GoPro Hero 3.