It's normal...

And yes, one thing better on the Q7 than the X5 is the backup camera... My demo Q7 had it and i was loving it... But my demo X5 didn't have it nor any at the dealer so I ordered it without seeing or trying it.

It is very bad in bad light but at day it is fit for its purpose: a parking AID... Also to backup into a trailer it is perfect.

and here it is on a full blast daylight at 1pm... :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...4/caf25591.jpg

^Almost as good as a computer webcam, and that's saying a lot!

Hope BMW will improve the camera quality. :confused:

lol, so true! a webcam from 1985 :rofl:

Compare this to the Around View Monitor:
http://image.trucktrend.com/f/miscel...-dasd-view.jpg

When I look at the technology package pricing, it is an awful lot of money for second rate components. If I was to order a car today knowing what I know, I would probably skip the tech package, order PDC, and just get a higher end Garmin.

I took the tech pkg anyway hoping to fit a new camera in at some point... thought it would be near impossible to do it from having nothing to begin with.

http://reviews.cnet.com/sc/32431953-2-300-DT1.gif

http://z.about.com/d/cars/1/0/S/j/ag...ckupcamera.jpg

comparing to lexus !

and this one what our x5's cameras should look like hahaha from bmw Photos !

http://blogs.cars.com/photos/uncategorized/x5camera.jpg

holy crap. what car was this from? it does make the E70 camera look like an old web cam.

I'm also thinking about skipping on the tech package on my next X5 lease if BWW does not make any improvement. Come to think of it, I paid so much money for something that I rarely use. Back up camera is useless and I can't rely on the PDC anyway.

The backup camera is not as good as it should be but I would not say it's useless. It serves its purpose when it needs to. I would definitely purchase it again.