Lumenier QAV250 Setup

FPV pilot camera

• CMQ-1993 600TVL camera with IR filter - vibrant colors
• 2.8 mm lens - nice balance between narrow and wide-angle view

The CMQ-1993 600TVL camera provides an excellent picture for a reasonable price (45USD). There are only a few settings needed to be changed to improve the picture quality. It renders colors great and it quickly adapts to changing light conditions. A detachable configuration/menu board is included.

Do a rest to defaults before setting the following options, mainly the brightness, contrast, sharpness and color levels using this setup guide pt1 and pt2, this guide or this.

Settings - value in (value) is the defaults:

• Exposure:
  • Shutter speed: Auto (Auto)
  • Brightness: 065 (042)
  • AGC: Off (Middle)
  • DWDR: On (Off) - Most important
    • Level: 063 (063)
• White balance: ATW1 (ATW1)
• Day and night: Color (Auto)
• Image adjust:
  • Lens Shade: On (Off)
    • Level: 80 (22)
  • Contrast: 110 (149)
  • Sharpness: 025 (026)
  • Display: LCD (CRT)
    • Gamma: 0.45 (LCD 0.45 CRT -)
    • Ped level: 023 (LCD 017 CRT 016)
    • Color gain: 200 (LCD 176 CRT 160)

This should give excellent piloting picture in any goggle or display. Perform fine-tuning at the flight location to lock-in the image quality even further.

Mobius HD camera

The Mobius is an amazing value, the picture quality is something which is comparable to GoPro HD Hero cameras but at a very reasonable price.

Essential settings:

• Power-on recording: On - less buttons to press
• WDR: On
• Video data rate: High - 18MBit/s less artifacts
• Video clip length: Max. (4GB)
• Image settings:
  • Sharpness: -12
  • Exposure: 1 - makes a huge difference, only a single step
  • Contrast: -4
  • Saturation: 22