I was bored the other day and was browsing ebay and came across a few different helmet-cams. I love to waste money so I went ahead and bought one, I wanted something for in-car videos and my digi-cam wasn't cutting it. I paid $180 shipped for this little thing and I'm very happy with it. I haven't quite figured out where to mount it in the car yet, mainly because the microphone on it is very sensitive.
I made a few driving vids to show how quiet my exhaust is and how loud the whine of the supercharger is. For part of the video, I had a cameraman in the passenger seat and for most of the video the camera was mounted to the dash, right in front of the steering wheel. You can tell when I come to a stop because the camera shakes violently, due to my rksport lower mount and the turbotech upper mount. Its kind of amusing actually. You can tell how sensitive the microphone is because it picks up all the rattling noise. You can also tell how the vibrations go away as soon as you get on the gas. The camera seems to pick up sound better when its mounted in a solid location, so if anyone has any ideas where to mount it, I'm open to suggestions. My editing skills with windows movie maker suck, so thats why everything is sort of one after another.
I'm gonna play around with some other mounting locations for the camera tomorrow and see if I find a good spot for it.
here's a pic of the camera
Here's the link to the video. The sound isn't the best, but if you listen carefully, you'll hear the whine of the charger.
clicky for vid
Sweet camera!!
I heard the SC on the last one pretty good! Love the ride!!!
Eh...old man with a Corvette now...it was bound to happen sooner rather than later right?
nice camera i just bought one after i saw your post, im gonna put it on my fire helmet should make for some interesting video...
can that camera take weather?
I make some videos of locals, and would love to use something like that as a chase cam, outside the car.
here's what I am using:
It works pretty good... Heres video from it:
http://nkyunderground.com/media/exhuast.mpg
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camera is 100 bucks plus 2gb sd card for 20 bucks i cant for mine to come in
Full Cav Effect (stenger) wrote:can that camera take weather?
I make some videos of locals, and would love to use something like that as a chase cam, outside the car.
it seems like the camera would be fine in the weather. the camera is actually water resistant and has rubber on it just about everywhere in case you drop it. On the packaging, it says that the camera works well for mountain biking, hang gliding, sailing, motocross, etc. Its pretty well protected. I was tempted to mount it somewhere outside my car, but in order to make the camera record/stop recording you have to physically push a button on the camera. There's no remote way to activate it. Thats why I'm looking for somewhere close to the driver seat area to mount it.
I like where your camera is mounted, how is it mounted there?
DrPaul84 wrote:camera is 100 bucks plus 2gb sd card for 20 bucks i cant for mine to come in
awesome deal. i probably should have shopped around a little more, but my impulse buying just got the best of me
yea i got the cam on ebay 100 bux 10 bux shippin an then i got the 2gb sd card on buy.com for 20 bux....i think it might have been less actually lol im anoyyed though i bought the camera from a seller in PA, but then i found one that was less then 5 minutes away from me, i shoulda looked a little more also lol i coulda had the cam already! oh well ill wait till tuesday hehe, i hope this thing can handle a little heat....
alias1429 wrote:I like where your camera is mounted, how is it mounted there?
I had taken my mini tripod apart, and kept the base of it. Then all I had to do was put the screw that would typically mount the legs of the tripod to the base threw a hole I drilled in the defrost vent. Then just screw mount the camera. I have to keep something underneath the back of the camera so that it doesn't shake to violently. All in all, works really well. And it would only cost you about $10-15 to make your self. It will also hold a Digital camera.
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does this camera has film? or does it record straight to the memory card? if it is digital, how many magapixals is it rated at?
