Was thinking of getting a car camera set up, maybe mounted somewhere on the front bumper or on the dash for recording track days and road trips etc. Anyone done this before??? im sure there are a few of you who have.
Found this on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Car-Vechicle-Rear-Back-View-IR-Color-Camera-CAM-PAL_W0QQitemZ140081919658QQihZ004QQcategoryZ66738QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Would this do the job hooked up to a laptop?? i guess would prob be pretty poor quality for that price
cheers :Thumbsup!
try Actioncameras.co.uk for a good selection. Then you can tell if the ebay one is worth the risk...
I got purchased one before xmas, and have found it good, will dig out the links for you.
I bought a MP4 recorder to record the footage as well which uses a SD card to save the video on, then just plug that in the pc and hay presto no converting etc...
Works well just the mic position i am still trying to figure out where is best.
Max has a bullet cam in his front grill opening and it works well. I now have the Sony camcorder with AV in/out so will be setting up a bullet cam in the FD later in the spring.
yeh i have got a bullet camera purchased it from ireland iam having it installed in my keyhole in boot of car you get great footage from them
i have one also
dont put the mic in the negine bay sounds horific.
just put it in the car somewere.
hotstepper - hehe to see the look on peoples faces when you pull away from them :D
CraigN - You wouldnt happen to know a guy called Scott with a silver impreza running bout 400bhp, he works in scooby garage in Bristol????
I have a old laptop at home that i dont use very much so the oplan was to have a camera in the front bumper with a cable going up into the car and connected to the laptop then have some software on the laptop for recording the footage. Anyone else tried that route??
thats what i do :)
i had an issue tho as the laptop would allways stop recording sound after about 4 mins.
dont know why didnt try another laptop tho.
Yes i know Scott, i just broke up with his sister :cry:
:2eek o dear soz to hear that, i was with him the other day and he said his sisters bf had a rx7 and was called Craig so i assumed it was you, you heard hes just blown his engine? havent heard if its a piston or the head or what yet, i was there when he did it, smoke everywhere
What camera did you use with your laptop???
Didn\'t know that ! he was trying to get me to go down Weston on sunday night lol.
I have a sony bullet cam a colour one i bought from some website. Came with mic and battery pack.
i have a USB device that has the inputs in it from the camera.
I took it out of my cosworth and have not fitted it in my rex yet so i will check it out for you.
wikid sounds just like what i want! is it good quality??? would be good to find out where you got it all from
found a video of me at the nurburgring using the cam
http://www.craignelson.co.uk/files/craignnurburgring1.wmv
Quote from: CraigNI have a sony bullet cam a colour one i bought from some website. Came with mic and battery pack.
Any chance of finding the link mate.
Looks good not bad quality, im not looking for summit thats gonna cost lots of money, just summit to have a bit of fun wit
this is the place where i bought my sony bullet camera from and iirc it is definitely more reasonable to purchase the kit ie :- camera, battery pack and carry case they were fairly efficient aswell ok and had the camera sometime now so pleased with it but that is probably a testiment to sony products rather than rf concepts anyway here is the link hope this helps
http://www.rfconcepts.co.uk/cameras.htm
yup thats the place i got mine
recognise the website.
got my camera from the same place, only problem i am finding is the best place to mount the mic? and suggestions?
also got a this for mounting the camera outside
http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/helmetcammounts.htm#suction
Hi BleakBoy,
I was looking at the DogCam\'s the last time this subject came up. I dont have a camcorder so would like to go the memory card way. Do you mind me asking what items you use?
this kit looks the most cost effective for solid state recording http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/hard-disk-video-recorder.htm (http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/hard-disk-video-recorder.htm)
Hi Ricco
I have one of these MP4 Recorders
http://www.motorsportcameras.co.uk/index.php?cPath=25&osCsid=644a96169913e2f1be75ae45f7b14235
it is a new version of mine, might have to get this one now lol,
looks nicer :)
once i have recorded the movied i just plug it in on usb and then straight to your fav editor or youtube
i just use a small laptop with mine and a usb device :P
i advise to put the mic inside the car.
otherwise the noise is horendous
Quote from: BleakBoyHi Ricco
I have one of these MP4 Recorders
http://www.motorsportcameras.co.uk/index.php?cPath=25&osCsid=644a96169913e2f1be75ae45f7b14235
it is a new version of mine, might have to get this one now lol,
looks nicer :)
once i have recorded the movied i just plug it in on usb and then straight to your fav editor or youtube
Thanks fella :cheers and £85 is not as bad as I thought it was going to be!
Quote from: CraigNi just use a small laptop with mine and a usb device :P
i advise to put the mic inside the car.
otherwise the noise is horendous
Can these dogcams output to the laptop in the same way ti does on the MP4 recorder?
Quote from: CraigNfound a video of me at the nurburgring using the cam
http://www.craignelson.co.uk/files/craignnurburgring1.wmv
Quality\'s no great on that vid tbh... was it better before you ripped it to WMV?
(not having a go at your camera skillz, honest! ) :)
And was the mic in the engine bay.... sounds pretty loud... its killing the mic LOL...