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Video Camera Questions, considering installing an in-car cam |
John |
Aug 14 2007, 01:08 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 |
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 |
Oct 24 2007, 12:14 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 |
Here is a link to my first attempt:
3 laps at Heartland Park It did suffer from compression, but it does work. |
ChrisFoley |
Oct 24 2007, 05:07 PM
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I am Tangerine Racing Group: Members Posts: 7,958 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Bolton, CT Member No.: 209 Region Association: None |
That looks good John.
Your camera mount appears to flex a lot though. |
John |
Oct 24 2007, 10:23 PM
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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 |
That looks good John. Your camera mount appears to flex a lot though. Are you referring to the vibrations? The mount is currently welded to the firewall (which does flex quite a bit). I am considering bracing it a bit to reduce the bouncing if I can make it light enough. There isn't too much there to mount to. I looked at your in-car footage on your site. Yours does not vibrate at all.... How did you do that? Thanks for the feedback. I think it went well for the first attempt. I was a little disappointed with the resolution, but after seeing the prices for High Definition cameras, I think I will stick to what I already own. Do you have any pictures of how you mounted your cam? I'm always looking for ideas. |
ChrisFoley |
Oct 26 2007, 01:05 PM
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I am Tangerine Racing Group: Members Posts: 7,958 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Bolton, CT Member No.: 209 Region Association: None |
Are you referring to the vibrations? The mount is currently welded to the firewall (which does flex quite a bit). I am considering bracing it a bit to reduce the bouncing if I can make it light enough. There isn't too much there to mount to. I looked at your in-car footage on your site. Yours does not vibrate at all.... How did you do that? The vibrations are something I expect. The flex is visible by watching the position of the turn signal hump move around on the screen. Any triangulated bracing should diminish this substantially. Actually I think mine vibrates a lot but not continuously, mostly just from hitting bumps and curbing. I use an IO port mount that mounts on the roll cage. It offers a wide adjustment range to position the camera. As far as resolution goes, you have to make a trade off between file size and picture quality. I save the highest resolutions for very short clips. |
John |
Oct 26 2007, 02:11 PM
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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 |
The vibrations are something I expect. The flex is visible by watching the position of the turn signal hump move around on the screen. Any triangulated bracing should diminish this substantially. Actually I think mine vibrates a lot but not continuously, mostly just from hitting bumps and curbing. I use an IO port mount that mounts on the roll cage. It offers a wide adjustment range to position the camera. As far as resolution goes, you have to make a trade off between file size and picture quality. I save the highest resolutions for very short clips. I'm finding that out about the resolution. Short clips seem to be small enough to upload. I made my mount. It is welded to the firewall (which flexes). I have a plan to add an angle iron brace to stiffen up the firewall in the location of the camera mount. It should reduce the movement considerably. I still wonder if some of the movement could be inherent in the camera stabilization mechanism.... |
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