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[VXT Tim]

Thanks

[Kieran B]

Got mine today. will do a test tomorrow if its not raining..

[Duncan_F]

I ordered 2 of these cameras last Saturday and they turned up exactly a week later giving me chance to try them out on the Peak District run. You need to buy a micro SD card separately but I bought two 2GB cards from Transcend for £7.50 so all in for two cameras it cost me about £27. First thing I realised after watching the footage back is that the memory is full after about 25 minutes, great if you switch them on just before you go out on track or about to head down a great road but not so good if you wait around for about 5 minutes looking at a car park wall waiting for the run to get started. I lost 5 minutes recording looking at a wall, spent most of the time following slower traffic and the rest of the video getting lost and then waiting for someone else to take the lead and get us back on route, oh well, at least I know now. Here's a quick sample of what the quality is like when loaded up to youtube. I have to say though, when viewing the footage back on my pc the quality is a fair bit better but you get the idea. All in all I have to say I'm pretty pleased with them and they're very good value for money.

[Tail-end Charlie]

I ordered 2 of these cameras last Saturday and they turned up exactly a week later giving me chance to try them out on the Peak District run.

You need to buy a micro SD card separately but I bought two 2GB cards from Transcend for £7.50 so all in for two cameras it cost me about £27.

First thing I realised after watching the footage back is that the memory is full after about 25 minutes, great if you switch them on just before you go out on track or about to head down a great road but not so good if you wait around for about 5 minutes looking at a car park wall waiting for the run to get started.

I lost 5 minutes recording looking at a wall, spent most of the time following slower traffic and the rest of the video getting lost and then waiting for someone else to take the lead and get us back on route, oh well, at least I know now.

Here's a quick sample of what the quality is like when loaded up to youtube.



I have to say though, when viewing the footage back on my pc the quality is a fair bit better but you get the idea.

All in all I have to say I'm pretty pleased with them and they're very good value for money.

That's quite impressive. The stationary picture is very good. Did you get anything on the rear camera?

[smiley]

With the battery capacity being at about an hour, i think 4 gig cards are the way to go for these.

Edited by smiley, 22 March 2010 - 09:58 PM.

[Duncan_F]

That's quite impressive. The stationary picture is very good. Did you get anything on the rear camera?

Yeah, most of it was of some random Z4 that tagged along for the run but I also got some random footage of Ali walking behind my car throwing what look like a random dance move.

The rear camera worked just as well. I think I probably mounted it to far back towards the centre of the car because about the bottom 3rd of the shot is just of my bootlid.

[VXT Tim]

Quality seems a bit different to the op on sxoc.

[Duncan_F]

Quality seems a bit different to the op on sxoc.

After seeing that original video it's not quite as clear as I thought it was going to be but my original footage is quite a bit clearer than what I loaded up to youtube. I just cut the footage in windows movie maker and then loaded it up, maybe the guy on sxoc used different software and it kept a clearer image, who knows.

[VXT Tim]

[Judderman]

looks good to me, think the quality is improved by the yellow turbo you were followin

[Retset]

Still waiting for mine. Yesterday ordered a pair of 4GB cards for £16 so have invested £31 for 2 cameras with 50 mins capacity each that can be taped (almost) anywhere. Bargain!

[smiley]

You can refocus the lense if you're a brave man. http://chucklohr.com/808/#lens

[EdButler]

That's quite impressive. The stationary picture is very good. Did you get anything on the rear camera?

Yeah, most of it was of some random Z4 that tagged along for the run but I also got some random footage of Ali walking behind my car throwing what look like a random dance move.

The rear camera worked just as well. I think I probably mounted it to far back towards the centre of the car because about the bottom 3rd of the shot is just of my bootlid.

Duncan pleaseeee i wanna see

Excellent quality for their size anyway, im gonna get some!

Edited by EdButler, 23 March 2010 - 12:16 PM.

[forgotmepassword]

Here's a quick sample of what the quality is like when loaded up to youtube.

They look great. Any more footage from the day?

[Duncan_F]

They look great. Any more footage from the day?

I do actually.

I mounted another of these mini cameras on the boot lid. I had exactly the same issue with filming a wall for 5 minutes and then of getting stuck in slow traffic but I'll put a clip up tonight of it.

I also had a 3rd camera, one of these ---> http://www.goprocamera.com/ stuck to the windscreen. I'm not sure exactly which model it was (a mate lent it to me and the box is at home) but I've not looked to see what the footage from that camera is like yet because I accidentally ingested some petrol last night and I was feeling a bit queezy and couldn't be bothered.

[Seb.F]

I also had a 3rd camera, one of these ---> http://www.goprocamera.com/ stuck to the windscreen. I'm not sure exactly which model it was (a mate lent it to me and the box is at home) but I've not looked to see what the footage from that camera is like yet because I accidentally ingested some petrol last night and I was feeling a bit queezy and couldn't be bothered.

Waiting on mine still though, I'm guessing 4GB cards are the way then!

Will purchase one now...

[Harry0075]

I'm still waiting for mine, but I was thinkng I could centre mount it inbetween driver and passenger with the roof off... with regards to the amount of footage that can be stored, and the charge. Wouldn't it be possible to charge it off the cigarette lighter (using a usb extension) so that it can run constant and then just switch it on as an when you want to record. Anyway I don't have mine yet, so I'll have a play once I've got it. can't wait!

[Duncan_F]

because I accidentally ingested some petrol last night and I was feeling a bit queezy



Waiting on mine still though, I'm guessing 4GB cards are the way then!

Will purchase one now...

I filled up with petrol last night and when I got back in the car I could smell petrol all over my right hand, there must have been some spilled on the pump handle. Anyway, I went straight to get a kebab and ate that without washing my hands.

Shortly after I had a bit of a stomach ache so I'm putting it down to either licking my fingers after eating or possibly a sligtly dodgy kebab. I know I know, I'm a walking advert for best health and safety practices.

[2deano5]

I'm still waiting for mine, but I was thinkng I could centre mount it inbetween driver and passenger with the roof off...

with regards to the amount of footage that can be stored, and the charge. Wouldn't it be possible to charge it off the cigarette lighter (using a usb extension) so that it can run constant and then just switch it on as an when you want to record.

Anyway I don't have mine yet, so I'll have a play once I've got it.

can't wait!

That's just what I was planing to do. I've ordered 4GB cards to go in them so I can mouunt them to the car with a USB cable plugged in and set up the viewing angle via the Web Cam driver. Then when I want to use just plug the USB cable into a Lighter charger converter thing (Is that the technical name?) and press the record button. I can copy the files to the laptop via the USB without having to remove from the car.

[Kieran B]

Well here is mine from this morning.. i had strapped it on all nice and tight, but when i turned it on it froze! so i had to pull it off and hit the reset button. so the second time i put it on it wasnt as tight and u can see a lot of vibration on in the vid because of it... had a 1GB card in there and that wasnt anywhere near enough.. so stuck a 4GB one in there..

the file once chopped up was about 250MB and i didnt bother compressing it as the quality seems to be much worse as soon as you upload to the net.

anyway here it is..


MINI CAM TEST

Edited by Kieran B, 23 March 2010 - 03:19 PM.