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| Randal |
 Nov 6 2003, 09:35 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750  |
If I wanted to put a video camera along with one of those small remote camera that I could tape in different positions, i.e., front roll bar, dash or wherever a good picture could be secured, along with a remote microphone, what would be the trick step-up?
Need a "video for dummies" or plug and play approach, if that's possible. Thanks. |
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| john rogers |
Nov 6 2003, 10:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,525 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Chula Vista CA Member No.: 391 |
A plug and play setup is pretty expensive, well over $1200 to $1500 or even more. I use Super Circuits (TX) and put together a fairly good system for a lot less. Once you get it on tape than you will need a computer to digitize it into MPEG2 or better files format. Good luck
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| Brad Roberts |
Nov 6 2003, 11:26 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 19,148 Joined: 23-December 02 Member No.: 8 Region Association: None |
Where is Sean ?? He is the video king around here.
John is correct on the pricing.. but damn those kits work good. Chris Cambell just "tried" to install one in his car maybe he will pipe up. B |
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| banderson |
Nov 7 2003, 07:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 22-August 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 1,064 |
The key to good video is a wide angle lens and the position of the camera(IMHO). I am still working on getting some of my DE video on the web somehow. I use a Sony DV camcorder with the wide angle lens on a custom mount.
The mount clamps to the harness bar and holds the camera down low at about my eye level. With the wide angle lense, I can see about 1/4 of the steering wheel, gauges and the entire windshield. I also wired a led to the brake light and mounted it in the ash tray so you could see when I go for the brakes. Next time, I am going to hang a small cord (3 inches)from the mirror so you can see the G's (G-String) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/MDB2.gif) The battery o9n the camera kept going dead mid run so I set up a power inverter and use the ac adapter. As for getting the DV to DVD or mpeg, its easier said than done. I found U-lead VideoStudio 7 to be a good program but due to harddrive limitations, I have been unable to get good results yet. Hopefully soon. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) Good luck. -Brett |
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