Today I arrived home after work to see the Bocam Cobra HD camera sitting on the kitchen table. So it is time to start reviewing the product. I finish work at 11am tomorrow so I should be able to start producing some videos. First lets start with the basics.


The unboxing and appearance.


It comes packed with the camera and wires. Everything fits in the box firmly so nothing will move around in transport. There is two different ways to connect the camera. Either through USB or a straight connection the the Boscam vtx. This camera can run on 12volts so it is pretty much plug-in-play.



The thing I like about this camera so far is the lens. So far it looks to be shielded. It has little screws on the side for mounting in a pan tilt system and the back is flat for mounting on existing systems. The camera cable comes out the bottom so it could easily be hidden in foam. The camera unit comes in at 41grams without wires.



The base unit of the camera has 3 switches (all 2 way switches) and two buttons.



I will be comparing this camera with 2 others. Gopro Hero2 and the 808 #16. The cable you see from my #16 is because I took the battery out and run it directly by 5volts. In this picture you can see some size differences.



In the next few weeks I am going to put it through lots of different tests. If you have a test you would like preformed or have a question about the camera please ask.

Now off I go to play.

Spectrum scans - would be curious to see what frequencies' it's pumping out

I find this thread myself. Great!

Soon you can get the other gear.

I am going to leave the spectrum scans up to markus123456. He has a spectrum analyser that goes up to 8ghz. He will give the best coverage. I will run it against the 433mhz band to see any noise tonight.

Just made a walk outside in my socks video. I will upload it soon.

Boscam Cobra HD fpv Camera first test 720p (0 min 0 sec)

dinner time! It most likely is still processing.

OK,
And I will back to see this video.
I will keep coming to see if there any new thing test out. Even when I in HongKong and Beijing, I will try come here and get updated.

Interesting to see the WDR on that video...side to side screenshots with a CCD image would be interesting. Was the intention for this to be a 1 camera solution?

To me it looks that way. There is no battery and the plugs are ready for the boscam 5.8 and 2.4ghy vtx. It looks very easy just to plug in. I will be having side by side with the gopro and 808 #16. I will show what it looks like in sd compared to the pz0420 wdr camera. It also will be used on a few osd's to see if there are any timing issues.

Hmmm
Looks like it's a stripped down in car DVR recorder just like the Horyzon HD
It will most like have far too much noise in the UHF band without sheilding (just like the HHD used to have)

I saw the 720p video! And you can make a 1080p one. Can't wait to see you fly with 3 cams side by side.

@Mochaboy
One camera solution is good suggestion. Noticed.

@Dogdude
Leave the answer for testers and their spectrum scanner.
HHD is doing better now, and seem to have new version coming out.

I only have a class 4 microsdhc card right now as I only have class 10 for my gopro and dvr. they both use the larger style cards. My new micro should arrive by Monday. So I will test it with the class 4 this weekend but I think it might drop some frames until the class 10 arrives.

Only downside so far is the hissing/background noise on the audio. I am not sure if this is down to the card I am using or the camera. Testing to continue.

Here is some more testing. This is through the ezuhf toolset. Markus123456 has much better gear but here is something while we wait. This is done with a class 4 card that I use in my 808. This card isn't good enough for 60 frames a second I think. This might effect the results as people have tested and claimed that the type of SD card has an effect on how much noise is produced.

Everything is done through an 3s battery at 11.5volts. I will need to do a test on if the different voltages creates noise. Or markus can


Here is the first picture - baseline, nothing on apart from reciever and camera next to it (off).


Here is with the camera on. It is on top of the receiver. Not recording.


This time it is recording. Camera on top of receiver


Lastly, this test shows the difference when it is 55cm away from the receiver.

SD works. Just wired it up. Comes up with a full menu when not recording. When it is recording it disappears and is replaced by a pulsing red dot (in the corner).

here it is installed on the honey badger. It came with a vibration mount and I am going to see if it works for this little thing. I took some wires out of one of the cables as I don't transmit sound over SD.

Tomorrow I will be testing the sd camera .. and I will try recording but with my card class I don;t think it will be up to the standard that the camer can preform at.

Great job!

Originally Posted by whakahere

Here is some more testing. This is through the ezuhf toolset. Markus123456 has much better gear but here is something while we wait. This is done with a class 4 card that I use in my 808. This card isn't good enough for 60 frames a second I think. This might effect the results as people have tested and claimed that the type of SD card has an effect on how much noise is produced.

Everything is done through an 3s battery at 11.5volts. I will need to do a test on if the different voltages creates noise. Or markus can


Here is the first picture - baseline, nothing on apart from reciever and camera next to it (off).
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Here is with the camera on. It is on top of the receiver. Not recording.
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This time it is recording. Camera on top of receiver
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Lastly, this test shows the difference when it is 55cm away from the receiver.
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Looks like it's quite noisy on the UHF-band. Approx 10dB increased noise-floor even with 55cm seperation. That's for sure gonna take a good chunk of your range

Looking forward to see some recordings