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. |
John |
Sep 4 2007, 12:16 AM
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member? what's a member? Group: Members Posts: 3,393 Joined: 30-January 04 From: Evansville, IN (SIRPCA) Member No.: 1,615 Region Association: None |
I've been playing around with my wife's DCR-HC40. I can capture the video on the PC via the DV cable (firewire) and get acceptable results (for me).
Now I just need to figure out a robust method of attaching the camera in the car. I think the camera has a remote to start/stop the recording. I'll also have to figure out how to manually control the focus and the brightness. Looks like it may be a fun challenge. We've wanted to put a camera in the track car now for about 15 years and it may just make it in for our last event this year (in October). I've got to get to work on a mount. Here is a question about the videos posted on the web such as youtube: What format and resolution are those in? AVI, MPEG??? I'm more used to making VOB files for burning to DVD's. |
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