You're not comparing apples with apples by posting pics at that resolution. Here's the same pic posted again this time resized.


http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1403/dsc0002b.jpg

you're right it does look a lot better than the other pic - would you mind posting the first one with no ambient light other than what the vehicle might provide, in that size?

Here you go.

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8933/dsc0002wl.jpg

hmm yeah I take it back, that's a lot better than my X5 with no lighting
thanks for that

For what it's worth. The camera on the 7 looks identical to the E70. Clearly that in itself doesn't guarantee compatibility though.

I agree that the picture quality with lighting is better... but the picture quality without lighting is horrible. NO excuse for a car in this price range to have such shitty equipment. I've seen better quality on Mazdas...

I'd be happy if that is what our camera looked like. It is miles better than our POS camera.

Just as important, how fast does it appear when going in to reverse? That's the other shortcoming of the E70 camera.

Side note, I really wish that BMW would change PDC so that it is like the MB Parktronic system. Separate display that always illuminates when below a certain speed.

I agree. I was never happy with the E70 camera but perfectly happy with this one. BMW has certainly improved it as far as I'm concerned.

I'm pleased to say it's pretty much instant. Even when you've just started the car up for the first time.

I think the MB feature is pretty helpful that way, especially for forward movement.