I was lucky enough to be selected by the people from FPVModel.com to receive and review the new FOXEER Arrow FPV camera. other than just communicating with them through the forum, I'm in no other way associated with them so I will try to be completely bias and honest about the review. so let's get to it.
Camera specs and features are:
Model HS1190 600tvl Camera / 1/3" Sony Super HAD II
2.8mm / PAL / IR Block
DC 5-35V
Built in OSD which can display, Name or Call Sign, battery voltage and cell count (which requires only one extra wire to be soldered to a positive pad on the PDB), and flight time (which starts from the time you plug in the battery).
My first impressions upon opening the box is that it looks very well put together. it comes with two housings. one with the double mounting points, one screw on each side in the middle of the housing. and also a 4 point mount, two screws on each side. it also comes with two different types of mounting brackets. a metal "U" bracket which screws to the side of the housing. and a plastic "O" bracket which holds the camera by the lens. it also includes all mounting screws for which ever mounting option you decide to go with. last but not least it comes with a OSD push button type controller.
I really like how the housing use metal mounting holes instead of just having holes in the plastic. I have broke several different housings during crashes where it would knock the screws clean off causing the plastic to break.
so I decided to test the camera with a Foxeer Switchable VTX because the vtx is capable of transmitting audio also, and wouldn't you know it the Foxeer Arrow has a built it in mic.
the camera comes with a 7 wire connector which now includes a little pigtail for the push button OSD controller. this now makes it a lot easier to adjust your camera settings without having to pull your quad apart to have to plug in the controller. the pigtail is just long enough so that you can access it, but also short enough where you can tuck it away when you're not using it.
so once I installed it and powered it up, I had to focuse the lens a little bit because I had switched the housings. but that's easy enough to do. it took me a few minutes to figure out how use the built in OSD, like how to change the name, and move the voltage and time display around to where I wanted them. you can also select what you want or don't want displayed on the screen. I also adjusted the picture settings indoors in low light just to see what kind of picture quality and detail I can get.
as you can see the picture is nice and sharp. and you could even see the tattoos on my arm.
so far I am very impressed with this camera. i really like the built in OSD. it displays exactly what you would need for FPV, call sign / battery voltage / and powered up time.
I've had problems using the micro minum OSD, but this camera takes care of that, not to mention that there's no extra hardware or components to mount.
I will post some flight video tomorrow. I am going to test the camera in the field, going from shadowed areas to well lit areas, and vice versa.
Camera specs and features are:
Model HS1190 600tvl Camera / 1/3" Sony Super HAD II
2.8mm / PAL / IR Block
DC 5-35V
Built in OSD which can display, Name or Call Sign, battery voltage and cell count (which requires only one extra wire to be soldered to a positive pad on the PDB), and flight time (which starts from the time you plug in the battery).
My first impressions upon opening the box is that it looks very well put together. it comes with two housings. one with the double mounting points, one screw on each side in the middle of the housing. and also a 4 point mount, two screws on each side. it also comes with two different types of mounting brackets. a metal "U" bracket which screws to the side of the housing. and a plastic "O" bracket which holds the camera by the lens. it also includes all mounting screws for which ever mounting option you decide to go with. last but not least it comes with a OSD push button type controller.
I really like how the housing use metal mounting holes instead of just having holes in the plastic. I have broke several different housings during crashes where it would knock the screws clean off causing the plastic to break.
so I decided to test the camera with a Foxeer Switchable VTX because the vtx is capable of transmitting audio also, and wouldn't you know it the Foxeer Arrow has a built it in mic.
the camera comes with a 7 wire connector which now includes a little pigtail for the push button OSD controller. this now makes it a lot easier to adjust your camera settings without having to pull your quad apart to have to plug in the controller. the pigtail is just long enough so that you can access it, but also short enough where you can tuck it away when you're not using it.
so once I installed it and powered it up, I had to focuse the lens a little bit because I had switched the housings. but that's easy enough to do. it took me a few minutes to figure out how use the built in OSD, like how to change the name, and move the voltage and time display around to where I wanted them. you can also select what you want or don't want displayed on the screen. I also adjusted the picture settings indoors in low light just to see what kind of picture quality and detail I can get.
as you can see the picture is nice and sharp. and you could even see the tattoos on my arm.
so far I am very impressed with this camera. i really like the built in OSD. it displays exactly what you would need for FPV, call sign / battery voltage / and powered up time.
I've had problems using the micro minum OSD, but this camera takes care of that, not to mention that there's no extra hardware or components to mount.
I will post some flight video tomorrow. I am going to test the camera in the field, going from shadowed areas to well lit areas, and vice versa.