Data Logging to your video cam, sweet stuff Options

[seanery]

There's been a discussion about camera mounts on the Rennlist racing list. This tidbit came out of that.
Trackvision check out some of the videos on the gallery page. I sent them an email regarding availability of the product. It will be released in July.

Looks cool to me, although the throttle sensors don't seem to be sensitive enough.
(IMG:http://www.apexvisualizations.com/gallery/images/wgiframe.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.apexvisualizations.com/gallery/images/newdash.jpg)

[ss6]

The website is a little vague, but be careful about your assumptions on how this works.

If this is the gizmo I saw on the 911 bird board, you use a data logger to capture the data, then you get to download the data to a computer, then you get to also download your video to the computer, then you get to wait for the software package to crunch the data, generate the graphics, and merge it with the video. So for a 20 minute run, you *might* get to see the result 40+ minutes later.

As a show-the-folks-at-home novelty, the overlayed track video is pretty cool. As a learning tool, consider the fact that you'd want to be able to review your previous run in time to identify areas to work on for your next run. Assuming you spring for a trackside laptop and a USB or FireWire capable camcorder, download-and- crunch delay is gonna slow that idea way down.