Pard themselves state photo resolution. How to take photos please. Cannot find any answer. If it cannot take photos why mention resokution?
Pard nv008 lrf
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I can extract still shots from the videos but I don't believe there is a still photo mode. Picture resolution is relevant to video and viewing screen.
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Bump...I'm trying to figure this also I'm using this on a Sidewinder .22. So far at night I've captured a raccoon eating nightcrawlers in the backyard. That was pretty cool, and last night I saw a small Owl fly down into the backyard and grab something and fly away. I love to be able to take a picture of it. When the owl flew in, it all happened so fast I didn't have time to click on the video before it flew away. I'm gonna connect it to my phone today via Wi-Fi and see if I can take pictures that way even though that won't be very practical tonight.
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I did some checking, connected the Pard vision app. It gives you the option to take a picture, but tells you you need to be recording first. At this point I see no value in the app. I was hoping I could connect the scope to the app and use the menu to show my reticule adjustments, and my 5 ballistic slots, then take a screen shot to back them up. But once the app is open I cant use the menu button:'(
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I’ve taken still photos (screen shots) from videos. In my “Those Dam Beavers” thread the still night vision photos are from a Pard NV008s.
You can see some on pg.5 of this thread https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/those-dam-beavers.1288980/page-5
You can see some on pg.5 of this thread https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/those-dam-beavers.1288980/page-5
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@SacShooter If the SD card is inserted the PARD will start recording when turned on. Which model do you have?
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Many digital cameras are also able to snap a picture, and do so while recording video.
Many dashcams for instance when you press the event button they will also snap a single picture
If you are connected to a camera with the APP, it is not uncommon that it then override all buttons on the camera
Also as most video cameras do not use the full sensor size / resolution, a picture is often snapped in that sensor native resolution, many / most image sensors are actually in the 4:3 aspect ratio and not the wide 16:9 we most often see.
As a result the 16:9 video you get is just grapped from the senter of the sensor leaving unused pixels.
That if you have A LOT of unused pixels is also what allow cameras to do EIS ( Electronic Image Stabilization )
To get a ( 16:9 aspect ratio ) video footage, you need at least.
2.1 megapixel to get 1080 p footage - 5 megapixel to get 1440p footage and 8 megapixel to be able to get 4K footage, so when you record 4K footage on your phones 50 megapixel sensor it have a lot of surplus pixels, this can be used for EIS and or pixel binning where you bundle 4 pixels up to act like one much more light sensitive pixel, for instance night topography.
My phone only take 12 megapixel night shots as it bin the pixels 4 to 1 on the 64 megapixel large sensor, to be able to be more light sensitive with 4 X larger pixel artificially generated.
It would amaze me if the pard cameras are not able to snap a picture while recording video, but it could be they use even lower grade hardware that do not allow, which then just confuse me even more on their rather high price VS action cameras and dashcams or for that matter phones.
You can always grab a frame grab from the video, i think all / most players support that, that should also allow you to go frame by frame until you have that just right frame to grab as a Jpeg.
Many dashcams for instance when you press the event button they will also snap a single picture
If you are connected to a camera with the APP, it is not uncommon that it then override all buttons on the camera
Also as most video cameras do not use the full sensor size / resolution, a picture is often snapped in that sensor native resolution, many / most image sensors are actually in the 4:3 aspect ratio and not the wide 16:9 we most often see.
As a result the 16:9 video you get is just grapped from the senter of the sensor leaving unused pixels.
That if you have A LOT of unused pixels is also what allow cameras to do EIS ( Electronic Image Stabilization )
To get a ( 16:9 aspect ratio ) video footage, you need at least.
2.1 megapixel to get 1080 p footage - 5 megapixel to get 1440p footage and 8 megapixel to be able to get 4K footage, so when you record 4K footage on your phones 50 megapixel sensor it have a lot of surplus pixels, this can be used for EIS and or pixel binning where you bundle 4 pixels up to act like one much more light sensitive pixel, for instance night topography.
My phone only take 12 megapixel night shots as it bin the pixels 4 to 1 on the 64 megapixel large sensor, to be able to be more light sensitive with 4 X larger pixel artificially generated.
It would amaze me if the pard cameras are not able to snap a picture while recording video, but it could be they use even lower grade hardware that do not allow, which then just confuse me even more on their rather high price VS action cameras and dashcams or for that matter phones.
You can always grab a frame grab from the video, i think all / most players support that, that should also allow you to go frame by frame until you have that just right frame to grab as a Jpeg.
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I would say that the pard ap is useless, but it works well for watching your phone as you adjust the red laser:')
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