Region: MidDiv / SOWDIV
Car #: #39
Year : 99 LS1 Miata Posts: 1756
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My DVR (race Optics) has gone bad....again so I am looking. I have two bullet cams and the external mic. I am a little frustrated so I was thinking of going with something that is simple and cheap. GoProHD? or some other DVR? Any suggestions? I want simple as when I ge to grid I am not thinking about the camera.
Thanks for any ideas.
-------------------- Mac Spikes IPRESS Racing MER East Street Auto SAFERACER Hoosier Carbotech MotorSport Ranch Cresson, Texas "To hell with you Gen. Sheridan...I 'll take Texas!"
Region: SW Division
Car #: 32
Year : 1999 Posts: 194
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Mac,
I use a pair of Casio Exlim's (one forward, one rear). Cheap, excellent video and audio with built in editing. Side benefit is their use as normal cameras. They work better than my 1080i Sony hard disk video camera which costs 5 times as much.
If you go this path, get the wide angle lens.
Biggest negative? Buy a spare battery. It has no remote (simply switch it on when I get in the car). Get an 4 or 8 gig card so you don't have to download till end of the weekend.
Region: MidDiv / SOWDIV
Car #: #39
Year : 99 LS1 Miata Posts: 1756
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AG, With the Flip HD: Do you think the auto shut off would be a problem? How about mounted on the main hoop, do you think it will have washout? Do you know anybody using one? Do you know anybody looking for bullet cams? What's been going on with you? Racing any? Enduros were fun this past year you should have been with us.
-------------------- Mac Spikes IPRESS Racing MER East Street Auto SAFERACER Hoosier Carbotech MotorSport Ranch Cresson, Texas "To hell with you Gen. Sheridan...I 'll take Texas!"
Region: MidDiv / SOWDIV
Car #: #39
Year : 99 LS1 Miata Posts: 1756
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New entry in the sweepstakes: BULLETCAM.COM
Light Heavy, you mean I have to mess with software? I really need one punch easy button or I tend to F it up.
-------------------- Mac Spikes IPRESS Racing MER East Street Auto SAFERACER Hoosier Carbotech MotorSport Ranch Cresson, Texas "To hell with you Gen. Sheridan...I 'll take Texas!"
Region: Southwest
Car #: 500
Year : 2002 Posts: 179
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I use the Aiptek A-HD+. I have it wired into the car using a "frankencharger" plugged into a 12v port so I don't have to worry about the battery going dead. Here is a recent video of a test/tune lap. Yeah, I know I'm slow... http://vimeo.com/7656839
-------------------- Greg H. 2002 red Miata #500 Denton, Texas
Region: Southwest
Car #: 500
Year : 2002 Posts: 179
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quote:Originally posted by MPR22: TR6, how did you mount yours at two points per GCR?
I'm not sure I did. But I use this camera mount: http://www.saferacer.com/chase-cam-ez-camera-mount-125-2.html?productid=1819 combined with a fabricated "L" shaped metal bracket to support it from the side. Aipteks are notorious for having a weak mounting point in the camera body so additional support is a good idea. I wanted to post a photo of it here but for some reason I guess this site doesn't allow you to post photos?
-------------------- Greg H. 2002 red Miata #500 Denton, Texas
Region: NWR / Oregon
Car #: 88
Year : 95 Posts: 2000
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It would be interesting to know what actually passes that new rule where it has to be "secured" on 2 sides and neither one with plactic or elastic. I would think the L-bracket could count. Pegasus says this counts but the strap is nylon (a plastic):
It almost seems like lanyard would count for one but maybe not.
I haven't seen many cameras with 2 tripod mounts on different sides. I was thinking about a normal camera mount plus strapping the camera to a secondary bracket.
The bullet cam makes mounting per the rules pretty simple.
-------------------- Keith Novak (Will work for tires)
Region: Lone Star
Year : 1990 Posts: 4253
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What's funny is that most cameras have plastic bodies and you're really attaching to that in the end.
Mac, I don't know the answers to most of your questions. I have seen people use either a flip or aiptek in a SM. It is supposed to be very easy to use. Has some editing features in it, plug and upload to youtube directly.
I have not had a need to buy one since my Sony MiniDV still works and I also have a GoPro Hero that I use for bike rides.
-------------------- "Your victory is tainted! Asterisk! Asterisk!!!"--Lisa Simpson
Steven Holloway
Blue Eyes, Aquarius, hates being squeezed to the grass in SowDiv!
Region: Lonestar
Car #: 97
Year : 91 Posts: 740
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Mac, you can transfer and save videos easily from the Aiptek camera, but, be aware it records in the .mov format. If you are a Mac guy, you can edit them easily. For pc's you can use windows movie maker but you have to convert them to another format. Easily done for free with http://www.any-video-converter.com/. Good luck
-------------------- If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's got electrical problems.
Region: MidDiv / SOWDIV
Car #: #39
Year : 99 LS1 Miata Posts: 1756
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I think I am going to try Craig's Casio Exilim setup, at least one direction. (I have to find out how he mounts them.) The Bulletcam also looks like a good budget move. The Casio works cause I was looking for a camera to take stills with also that downloads easily. Not sure I need HD, but I think it is available.
-------------------- Mac Spikes IPRESS Racing MER East Street Auto SAFERACER Hoosier Carbotech MotorSport Ranch Cresson, Texas "To hell with you Gen. Sheridan...I 'll take Texas!"
Region: SW - Houston
Car #: 6
Year : 99, 96 Posts: 2262
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quote:Originally posted by Steven Holloway: Mac, you can transfer and save videos easily from the Aiptek camera, but, be aware it records in the .mov format. If you are a Mac guy, you can edit them easily. For pc's you can use windows movie maker but you have to convert them to another format. Easily done for free with http://www.any-video-converter.com/. Good luck
So if you change the file format from MOV with the converter, does it lose the HD quality?
-------------------- Blake Clements
PhillipsRacePrep/SP Induction Systems/East Street Racing/MiataCage.com/Carbotech/WBR Graphics
Region: Southwest
Car #: 500
Year : 2002 Posts: 179
Status: Offline
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quote:Originally posted by Steven Holloway: Mac, you can transfer and save videos easily from the Aiptek camera, but, be aware it records in the .mov format. If you are a Mac guy, you can edit them easily. For pc's you can use windows movie maker but you have to convert them to another format. Easily done for free with http://www.any-video-converter.com/. Good luck
I bought Quicktime Pro for about $30. Works great and you can save the .MOV files from Aiptek into other formats as well as do editing.
-------------------- Greg H. 2002 red Miata #500 Denton, Texas
Steven Holloway
Blue Eyes, Aquarius, hates being squeezed to the grass in SowDiv!
Region: Lonestar
Car #: 97
Year : 91 Posts: 740
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Not on my computer...haven't tried it on the LCD yet, but I will. You could always buy imovie...
-------------------- If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's got electrical problems.
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