I truly don’t understand how in 2023 with all the digitalization we have cars with backup cameras from at best a 2015 mid range smartphone. What’s preventing a manufacturer like bmw for an example from putting a high end sony sensor like the one on the iPhone 15 into their camera modules?
Tesla uses shitty cameras because of the energy they consume. High rez cameras use more power so they use low rez cameras. At least that’s what I read.
Side cameras are shitty. 720P 15 frames a second in my car, newer ones might be better since they redid cameras recently. backup camera is fine and probably best backup camera of any car.
Resolution and reduced framerate has to do with the processing of the image for their computer vision which is used to power self driving. Security feature which does the video processing burns 1% of the battery per hour which is a lot considering how big the battery is. You can get battery powered 2K security cams that can go months without a charge.