Is this camera/car mount a waste of money?
24 February 2011, 09:57 AM
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Is this camera/car mount a waste of money?
I'm thinking about getting an in car camera and this came up:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hidden-HD-Digi...item19c16c3656
Its crazy cheap but i don't know **** all about cameras. Would I be wasting my money?
I just want it for recording fun drives (on closed roads) and occassional trackdays.
Would i be better off with something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vehicle-Car-Mi...item4aa8dd921f
Or am i being too much of a cheapskate?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hidden-HD-Digi...item19c16c3656
Its crazy cheap but i don't know **** all about cameras. Would I be wasting my money?
I just want it for recording fun drives (on closed roads) and occassional trackdays.
Would i be better off with something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vehicle-Car-Mi...item4aa8dd921f
Or am i being too much of a cheapskate?
24 February 2011, 12:36 PM
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I got my self a GoPro Hero motorsport full HD, its really good and made by a pro comany that puts in a lot of research into it.. you deff should check it out...
24 February 2011, 01:41 PM
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I was wondering if buying a really cheap one will be a complete waste of money?
24 February 2011, 01:56 PM
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24 February 2011, 04:54 PM
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You could try this one £16.99 delivered
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/prod...ucts_id=110354
cheap as chips.
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/prod...ucts_id=110354
cheap as chips.
24 February 2011, 04:59 PM
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I use one of these HERE mounted to a soft magnet from HERE, item E623
Very cheap but gives good results
Here is a YouTube video, its very compressed as I have only have a 0.5Mbps internet connection so uploads take forever. First 10s of video is choppy but OK after that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMhojDGJrUE
Very cheap but gives good results
Here is a YouTube video, its very compressed as I have only have a 0.5Mbps internet connection so uploads take forever. First 10s of video is choppy but OK after that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMhojDGJrUE
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24 February 2011, 09:44 PM
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cheers for the suggestions guys.
Strangely i managed to find a youtube video comparing the two cameras i was considering!
http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan#p/u/5/wBdD1yYx6os
I definitely will avoid the really cheap one but i am considering the £35.99 one.
I'll be honest i don't want to spend more than that on one.
Strangely i managed to find a youtube video comparing the two cameras i was considering!
http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan#p/u/5/wBdD1yYx6os
I definitely will avoid the really cheap one but i am considering the £35.99 one.
I'll be honest i don't want to spend more than that on one.
24 February 2011, 10:39 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOaoH...eature=related
Hope they were not all recorded from the one driver / same car !!!
Hope they were not all recorded from the one driver / same car !!!
24 February 2011, 10:51 PM
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http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/roadhaw...ive-camera.htm
25 February 2011, 02:14 AM
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Hey its not the most expensive if you buy from Ebay US, its only £150.. thats not bad, with very fast shipping.
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Am I missing something as the camera from the website is showing an example of someone getting caught for speeding using their own camera. Now Im not into marketing but that seems like a very strange way of advertising your products.
http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/roadhaw...ive-camera.htm
http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/roadhaw...ive-camera.htm
what is the variable graph table showing in the info screen ??
quote "Hey its not the most expensive if you buy from Ebay US, its only £150.. thats not bad, with very fast shipping. "
would be great but would imagine the possiblty off customs fees / uk handling charges etc could make the £150 bargain not so much off a bargain after all.
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Am I missing something as the camera from the website is showing an example of someone getting caught for speeding using their own camera. Now Im not into marketing but that seems like a very strange way of advertising your products.
http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/roadhaw...ive-camera.htm
http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/roadhaw...ive-camera.htm
This is a higher quality version of a video recorded on the Roadhawk RH-1. A customer's Monaro being driven by a local garage at more than 125mph. A high speed dangerous chase on busy public roads.
This is a screen capture of the software running on desktop. The original video is a smooth 25fps.
25 February 2011, 01:42 PM
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I'm thinking about getting an in car camera and this came up:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hidden-HD-Digi...item19c16c3656
Or am i being too much of a cheapskate?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hidden-HD-Digi...item19c16c3656
Or am i being too much of a cheapskate?
You could try this one £16.99 delivered
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/prod...ucts_id=110354
cheap as chips.
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/prod...ucts_id=110354
cheap as chips.
25 February 2011, 01:46 PM
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I use one of these HERE mounted to a soft magnet from HERE, item E623
Very cheap but gives good results
Here is a YouTube video, its very compressed as I have only have a 0.5Mbps internet connection so uploads take forever. First 10s of video is choppy but OK after that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMhojDGJrUE
Very cheap but gives good results
Here is a YouTube video, its very compressed as I have only have a 0.5Mbps internet connection so uploads take forever. First 10s of video is choppy but OK after that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMhojDGJrUE
25 February 2011, 03:47 PM
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I too was quite impressed by the footage for such a cheap camera etc.
Ive got some other vids with it on my Golf TDi driving a bit faster with the camera just wedged in the front grill, still quite good quality, I will add them to youtube later.
25 February 2011, 04:09 PM
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Here is a pic of it mounted. I just used one of the brackets/clips that the camera came with and mounted it to the soft magnet from my original post.
I too was quite impressed by the footage for such a cheap camera etc.
Ive got some other vids with it on my Golf TDi driving a bit faster with the camera just wedged in the front grill, still quite good quality, I will add them to youtube later.
I too was quite impressed by the footage for such a cheap camera etc.
Ive got some other vids with it on my Golf TDi driving a bit faster with the camera just wedged in the front grill, still quite good quality, I will add them to youtube later.
25 February 2011, 06:51 PM
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Here is another youtube video, again the first 10s are crap ( dont know why this is, original is fine so something happening in compression ).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGetmDJGP-U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGetmDJGP-U
25 February 2011, 08:09 PM
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Here is another youtube video, again the first 10s are crap ( dont know why this is, original is fine so something happening in compression ).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGetmDJGP-U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGetmDJGP-U
Is that a guy taking a p1ss off a cliff at 0:24?
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