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Night Vision Cam

Night Vision Cam – For Secret Agent Wannabes

by Jay O. on Jan 6, 2012 11:45:04 PM — read 5,040 times

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Tested version: 1.04
Latest version: 1.06
Requires Android: from 1.5

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Summary

Wanting to take a photo and being confronted with a stubborn camera that won’t play along is nasty business. I have found smartphone cameras to be especially unwilling when it’s dark. Could Night Vision Cam be of any help in this department?

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Test device: Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Android version: 4.0.2
Mods: Root


In the words of the app’s developer: ‘Turn your android device into a color night vision device with picture camera and zoom.’—Sounds good, but will the app do as it promises?


After starting up Night Vision Cam and pointing it at something dark I couldn’t see a thing. Four buttons located on the side of the display allow you to make adjustments until you can make out what lies in front of you.


The button on the top is the most important one as it regulates the shutter speed—the longer the shutter remains open the more light is let in. It’s very important to remain as still as possible when leaving the shutter open for longer, otherwise the image turns out all blurry. (BTW, a photographer once told me a good trick for remaining as still as you can when taking a longer snapshot: hold the camera as close to your body/face as possible and stop breathing whilst taking the picture.)


Gain and luminosity can also be adjusted—my advice would be to try it out and find what works best for you as it really depends on your settings.


That’s all very nice, but it didn’t take me long to figure out that the application is missing one major function: the flash! This leads me to the conclusion that the app is not the cat’s whiskers when it comes to taking night vision pics… unless you’re a spy or creepy secret nighttime photographer (not that all nighttime photographers are creepy per se).


The results are pretty meh:

 

 

 


Bottom line:
Night Vision Cam looks like it could be lots of fun and useful to boot, but I found it to be gimmicky more than anything else. What it comes down to is that it doesn’t take very good pictures, so I think I will stick to shooting photos and then editing them in post-production if ever I find them to be too dark.
 

Screen & Controls

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Controls for Night Vision Cam feel somewhat chaotic. The buttons are located on the right and not always in the most favourable of places, making it a bit tricky to actually take a picture.

Speed & Stability

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Night Vision Cam performs very well. Both cores are used in the case of dual core smartphones, which is quite exceptional for a camera app.

Price/Performance Ratio

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Night Vision Cam is free of charge and comes with ad banners.

 

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Review "Night Vision Cam" from Feb 7, 2012 (Spanish)

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Review "Night Vision Cam" from Feb 3, 2012 (French)

Review "Night Vision Cam" from Jan 5, 2012 (German)

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wayne ramautar
Jan 7, 2012 2:02:42 AM

I. think a lot of kids wiil like it


wayne ramautar
Jan 7, 2012 2:02:43 AM

I. think a lot of kids wiil like it


Jay O.
Jan 7, 2012 11:06:26 AM

If you try it out, Wayne, please let us know what you think


Elis Ree
Jan 7, 2012 6:21:36 PM

Come on Jana,
A little more common sence please. Passive Night vision requires an external light source. The light source is normally INFRA RED (IR) and thus almost completely invisible in the dark except that this app will show the whole room that is in complete darkness. With a 70 dollar lightbulb the entrance of a garage or store can thus be made visible without the person knowing. It also works much better for hunting/studying animals in pitch dark trails as infra red flashlight will not scare off the prey. This app with its green filter works very very well... to test it just point it to a tv remote's ir led and press any button on the remote. You'll see a light through this app that would be otherwise invisible to naked eye!


VUKASIN VUKCEVIC
Jan 7, 2012 11:23:15 PM

no good

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Market Comments

Anonymous, Apr 22, 2012
Not worth it My phone's video camera is better in low light without this app. Droid X.
april, Apr 22, 2012
Nice
Matthew, Apr 22, 2012
NVG Anvis 6 The only way to truly have night vision is with a organism called phosphorus, which is green, that is actually part of the military anvis goggles. There is NO possible way to get that with a cell phone. So this is the next best thing...
Nick, Apr 21, 2012
Realistic Expectations = No Disappointment This is a free, fun app. It is very useful for determining whether or not a remote is working, and will even detect hidden cameras! No, it is not even CLOSE to the Gen6+ $30,000 nightvision "goggles" I use in Force Recon, or the Low-Light Rifle Optics I use on my AI AWM.338Lapua.... But this is a cell phone app! You will not get military grade night vision on your cell phone!
Isaiah, Apr 21, 2012
Big Good ,
thomas, Apr 20, 2012
Sucks Don't get it. This app only works with a little bit of light if its pitch black you still can't see.
Anonymous, Apr 19, 2012
Fake
Mone, Apr 19, 2012
Creepy Not only did i c a cat but i saw ghost.
Steven, Apr 18, 2012
Yeeeeah it really sucks lol. Obviously in pitch black it won't work. But dim light conditions I get better results with the factory camera...
Marcus, Apr 14, 2012
No Dont get it
Maya, Apr 14, 2012
Its ok Every thing is just changed to green
Ollie, Apr 13, 2012
Works phenomenal Together with my finger print reader app and the motion battery charger app I have all I need.
Mikey, Apr 11, 2012
awesome accou
Dan, Apr 10, 2012
I've tried loading this 4 times and it crashes. I'm hoping its because I have a Motorola I1.
Russ, Apr 9, 2012
Real fake! This a worthless app. All it does is turn what ever your original Cam app can photograph green. CrapApp! Uninstalled!
adam, Apr 9, 2012
Sucks balls wont even open
Brad, Apr 9, 2012
Works great 5 stars 4 sure
Chocoking, Apr 8, 2012
Really good Probably best night vision camera on the market.
Rasheada, Apr 8, 2012
Not okay This as tupid thing wont download!!!!!
Essam, Apr 7, 2012
Really bad :( Bad :(
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