bigjohn19136

any suggestions on what brand make or model cost and where to get one i would like to record some track time an seen some of you guys with cameras in your cars thank's for your help

sperkins

You're going to need some sort of harness bar or something similar to attach it to. I use a Sony Handycam with a wide angle lens.
It's not the best quality in the world, but it works.

Sample:

drivinhard

get something with a wide angle lens, or one you can thread a wide angle adapter on to.

sperkins has to use a remote mounted hard drive recorder, no tape lasts long enough during one of his slow TT laps

95jersey

I use my wifes very affordable sony digital picture camera with a large memory card (nothing special). Any digital camera should work as most of them all record video.

Now if you want quality (HD) get ready to spend some $$$.

John Shiels

First you need to bring it! no matter how big the memory card!

Falcon

You can get a Aiptek High Definition camera for ~$100-$120 at Amazon or Target. Holds large SD cards that record up to 2 to 3 hours. Battery is good for about 2 hours. You can adapt a wide angle lens to it.

All you need is a firm place (harness bar, etc.) to mount it.

A very good deal and very easy to use. I replaced my $1,000 Sony camera with it.

95jersey

OK, so I deserved that 110%

Superbee

I use a racepak GX2? from MSD, it does the basics lap time, segments, G's etc and is expandable to hook into the cars computer (haven't done this yet) and can have video added.

Decent price, bought mine from the trailer at The Glen.

John Shiels

I have the other half checking the list for me and loading thank goodness! How big is the card?

John Shiels

Wow cheap cards http://www.aiptek.com/MemoryCards/MicroSD/

CodeBlack

How's the camera shake at high speed?

John Shiels

Don't hold it in you hand! I know yours are shaking at high speed! What model does Falcon have exactly?

top one says

Image Stabilizer Electronic Image Stabilizer with built-in Gyro Sensor making image sharper than digital image stabilizers

Falcon

You need a firm mounting like a harness bar. I have mine mounted to the "A" pillar roll cage down tube and it's steady as a rock.

Falcon

Here's the one I have: Get it at Wally World Damn, now it's only $89.

There's a lot of guys using these Aiptek cameras. They are good quality pictures and cheap to buy.

Lan.Jet

This sample is a Chase cam with a RaceTechnology DL1
here is a link only 480 seems to be working.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1OlfgHvpok

gkmccready

http://www.smartcam.com/ -- on my list...

GettReal

I just got a DL1 with a dash3 display. I havent had a chance to use it yet. How did you hook up to the camera so it displays like that.

I'm using a Sony handycam attached to my roll bar and was just going to use the DL1 independently but would LOVE to sync it to the DL1 like that.

Any and all help is appreciated.

Steve

Falcon

After viewing your video, I think maybe the sensor unit is mounted backwards.

Lan.Jet

You need software likeTrackvision. On the web site for the DL1 they have free software but I never tried to use it.

Lan.Jet

No it is in the correct position When I view the data with the analyzer it reads correct. When the overlay software reads the data it displays this way for the trackmate template.
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