F*** !!!, Just fried the mini video cam for my car Options

[campbellcj]

I am usually pretty decent with electrical/wiring stuff. Not today - I just cooked the tiny $125 wide angle video camera I was putting in my car. (The plan was to put the DV camcorder in a padded box - it has a remote - and then use the little remote cam and stereo mics mounted to the cage or basically anywhere I want, inside or outside.)

CRAP!

[ss6]

FWIW, I'm using a micro-cam from these guys

http://www.resunltd4u.com/index.html

It's their 470 line GM-4500-STD for $99. It comes in a cast aluminum shell, so it's very durable. It's small enough to tuck in at the top of the windshield above the mirror using a T-bracket that picks up the inboard sun visor mounting screws. It's all but invisible up there.

The camera is made by Mintron, a Taiwanese mfr that does almost as much camera volume as the Japanese giants. Aside from the washout problem with the over-the-shoulder mount, the video is great.

BTW, I tried mounting my mics on either front roll bar at dash level (to keep them out of the wind from open windows), and also on either side of the center console, letting the heads dangle on about 2" of wire for vibration isolation. Sound is good, stereo image is nothing to write home about, and once I hit 100 mph, I get a low frequency rumble that even wind filters won't kill off.

Let us know what you come up with -