Originally Posted by
Bekologist
The video was very stable and if the camera was aimed with a little more angle, would easily capture license plates as they passed.
Did you link to the correct video? The one I'm seeing is probably the worst video I've seen for years - it looks like a copy of a copy of a copy of a VHS copy, super compressed by Youtube and the max available resolution is 360P here.
No matter what your resolution though, don't bet on being able to read license plates. I've tried 6 different HD cameras now, and none of them RELIABLY catch plate numbers. the speed and distance they're passing at and the angle of the light affects this greatly. I've had some cars pass me and the plates are just clear as day, then another car passes me at about the same speed but with the sun at a slightly different angle or they're a bit farther away from me, and the plate appears as just a solid rectangular grey blur. And everything in between.
Surprisingly, the RD32II that I just got a few days ago is more consistently able to produce readable plate numbers than any of my previous cameras including the GoPro Hero3 White. Not bad for a $125 camera. I can easily see individual stones in the asphalt 15 feet down the road at 25 MPH with this camera.