Video Camera Questions, considering installing an in-car cam |
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Video Camera Questions, considering installing an in-car cam |
John |
Aug 14 2007, 01:08 AM
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Any advice/suggestions for mounting a video camera in our track only car? There is virtually no interior left and a bracket would be fabricated and welded into place for mounting.
Any brand/model recommendations? Any brands/models to avoid? The car is a DE only vehicle. What I THINK I want is a small, lightweight camera that stores video on Digital Tape, and can be powered from the car 12v system. I want something that will be easy to transfer video to a PC and then burn DVD's to be played in stand-alone players. I want enough resolution that it will look decent full screen on a television. It will need to be hard wired as there is no lighter plug (or dash for that matter). Thanks in advance for your replies. |
Dominic L |
Aug 16 2007, 05:56 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 9-July 05 From: Little Falls, NJ. Member No.: 4,393 |
I have the io port mount and only tried it with the video on my digital cam and so far works fine. Rubber isolated so no unwanted noise. For the video camera, if tapes work I'm thinking hi def. Check out this video:
http://stage6.divx.com/NYC-Motorsports/vid...run-in-High-Def I'm looking into the Canon hv20. Has a video input too so you can do the picture in a picture thing with a bullet camera. My only question is the durability of a tape camera. Oh and this also takes videos at barbecue's and other affairs so dual purpose! Chasecam and RCD have complete race car specific systems (record to a sd card so no moving parts) but I still think the high def video is better quality. Haven't seen any videos from the race cam so i can't comment on them. From the bird board: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread....threadid=296768 |
turboman808 |
Sep 3 2007, 11:19 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,718 Joined: 31-January 06 From: North Jersey Member No.: 5,505 Region Association: North East States |
I have the io port mount and only tried it with the video on my digital cam and so far works fine. Rubber isolated so no unwanted noise. For the video camera, if tapes work I'm thinking hi def. Check out this video: http://stage6.divx.com/NYC-Motorsports/vid...run-in-High-Def That's one I did awhile ago. Used a sony HC3. For in car I found the disc and hard drive cameras don't work. Tape is more robust and will not fail and easy. This video is High Defineition and I can't imagine buying anything of lower quality. Get a camera that uses tape or get one of those compact flash based in car systems. Those have no moving parts but I don't think they do High Def for a reasonable price. Trust me you want to stick with a mini dv tape camera. The others will fail and good luck returning them when they do. |
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