Camera and recording

[VMS]

I sell the GoPro cameras mentioned at the beginning of the thread. Good thing about them is they are waterproof and wireless, record to a 2MB memory card and operate on 2 AAA batteries. They have a 170 degree lens now at 5 megapixels, and are taking advance orders for a new HD camera

[racerman_27410]

Awesome Frank!  Thanks for the pics and video!  I love the ease of narration - the quality - the price - and the simple on and off.  Seems like it would work perfectly for my needs!  That is...when I don't have my Aussie videographer handy... 

Marsh,   


Klavdy can have his snake pit of wires and tapes and robot arms lmao....and his HOURS of fiddling with the cameras and recording gear.
after watching him futz around with his rig i decided my setup was gonna have to be simple.... because... well i'm just too damn lazy to spend that kind of time prepping for a ride..... i just wanna be free to ride and not be hassled by the man! 

KOokaloo!

Frank

[rktmanfj]

I was killing some time at Brookstone and found this... anyone here tried it?

http://tinyurl.com/yjkb3c7

I thought it was a good deal at their price of $99.95, but Amazon blows that away.          

Randy T
Indy

[VMS]

Keep in mind its only 2 megapixel, like the first digital cameras, so the picture "quality" may not be so much. I'd also wonder about how it handles wind noise and vibration. Its not meant to be strapped to a bike or helmet

[rktmanfj]

Keep in mind its only 2 megapixel, like the first digital cameras, so the picture "quality" may not be so much. I'd also wonder about how it handles wind noise and vibration. Its not meant to be strapped to a bike or helmet

The reviews looked pretty good:

>>"Purchased one of these and promptly rigged it up on the tiedown mount of an RV8 aircraft and flew it thru barrel rolls and high speed (200mph+) passes at airport. Camera did a very good job, only a slight pause for some unexplainable, reason (very slight). Handled the lighting variables in good shape. Excellent for the cost, and this is coming from a retired USAF Motion Picture Cameraman who has done several kinds of these applications on higher speed aircraft."<<

>>"I've bought 3 or 4 cameras of this type for use at work. I've bought 2 different helmet cameras that worked kind of okay, but this one knocks it out of the park. The case is built like a tank, it's very easy to use. The voice activated function is great. I'm using an 8gb chip in mine, so I can't talk about the quality problems I've heard about when using the 2gig chip that ships. I've used it the past couple days testing it by using the clip mount to clip it under my rear view mirror facing forward and I can tell you there are no police dashboard cameras that can beat the video. The camera focuses perfectly through the windshield and the angle of view is wide enough to capture a perfect scene. Low light is great, used it at a shooting range yesterday and once I figured out the proper placement the videos were great even in reduced lighting. If you need a tiny camera with great quality this is the one. My one complaint was when I installed the driver disk I began getting com errors and had to do a lot of googling before I could shut them off. I plugged the camera in another computer without installing the drivers and it worked fine. I suppose you will need the drivers if you are going to use this as a web camera, but thats a waste of a great piece of equipment. Audio is a weak point and wind noise will wipe the audio. If your going to use this as a cruiser cam not sure how you would get external audio, but it will pick up the video well. I highly recommend it."<<

Cheap as they are, I will probably get one just to try it out.

Randy T
Indy

[VMS]

Don't know until you try!
Let us know how it works.
Thanks,
Jim