In Car Vid Setup
10-07-2007, 12:52 AM
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In Car Vid Setup
Looking for an inexpensive but decent quality setup to use only for in-car track video. Is there a easy way to do this. What are the mounting options. Is there a good place to shop complete kits. Does anyone have a setup for sale?
DH
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10-07-2007, 09:40 AM
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Camera ................................... Ebay $90
Mount................................... .. Home made $0
Cables to transfer to Laptop.........Radio Shack $15
In car Vid to study driving.............Priceless
Mount................................... .. Home made $0
Cables to transfer to Laptop.........Radio Shack $15
In car Vid to study driving.............Priceless
10-07-2007, 10:30 AM
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Burning Brakes
I'm using an I/O Port mount on my Brey-Krause harness bar. I use a camcorder that accepts MiniDV tape.
Do NOT use a camcorder that records directly to CD. They cannot survive the constant shock. A friend tried to use one of these and the camcorder shut down before Turn 1.
Jeff
Do NOT use a camcorder that records directly to CD. They cannot survive the constant shock. A friend tried to use one of these and the camcorder shut down before Turn 1.
Jeff
10-08-2007, 12:36 AM
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Sorry, what is a I/O camera mount. And I don't have a harness or roll bar. Am trying to figure out if harness bar is part of what I need to get.
Also what do you mean by an "older" Sony Digital Videio tape cam corder.
Thanks,
DH
10-08-2007, 12:49 AM
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Try ChaseCam for a good selection of either suction mount setups if you don't have a harness bar or their clamp maounts for use with harness or roll bars. They also have I/O Port setups.
Do you think one of those suction mounts would work hanging from the inside of my plexi-glass roof ??
DH
10-08-2007, 07:35 AM
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I'm using an I/O Port mount on my Brey-Krause harness bar. I use a camcorder that accepts MiniDV tape.
Do NOT use a camcorder that records directly to CD. They cannot survive the constant shock. A friend tried to use one of these and the camcorder shut down before Turn 1.
Jeff
Do NOT use a camcorder that records directly to CD. They cannot survive the constant shock. A friend tried to use one of these and the camcorder shut down before Turn 1.
Jeff
I bought a new one two years ago and it shuts off after two shifts. Still using my older Sony.
10-08-2007, 07:37 AM
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No CD no hard drive. Digital mini tape. The problem is then you need to convert it to the computer. PITA
10-08-2007, 07:40 AM
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plus the mini cd is only 30 minutes vs. 1 hour for the tape. You can't veiw the mini CD on a DVR witthout finalizing the CD. Then you can never use the CD again.
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10-08-2007, 07:42 AM
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I/O Port ( brand name ) camera mount . Little thing mounted to the center of the harness bar to hold the cam corder
as John mentioned dont get a DVR type device Record to Digital mini tape.
The recording to the Digitial Video Recorder to a hard drive or mini disk does not always work.
It records kinda slow, does not take the bumps and vibrations, and some times there is just too much motion.
since you dont have a roll bar or harness bar, then those chase cam cameras, which will plug into the Digital tape recorders.
as John mentioned dont get a DVR type device Record to Digital mini tape.
The recording to the Digitial Video Recorder to a hard drive or mini disk does not always work.
It records kinda slow, does not take the bumps and vibrations, and some times there is just too much motion.
since you dont have a roll bar or harness bar, then those chase cam cameras, which will plug into the Digital tape recorders.
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10-08-2007, 07:50 AM
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Speaking of Priceless, here is my favorite short video.
Ol Falcon did this one at a Synergy event a few years ago.
No matter how fast you think you are, there is always some one faster
Whos your Daddy
Ol Falcon did this one at a Synergy event a few years ago.
No matter how fast you think you are, there is always some one faster
Whos your Daddy
10-08-2007, 10:35 AM
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I finally got a camera mount for my harness bar.
It's a Hardbar mount on one of Gary's harness bars.
The Canon video camera has both digital and tape mode.
I'll be uploading the videos I took later.
It's a Hardbar mount on one of Gary's harness bars.
The Canon video camera has both digital and tape mode.
I'll be uploading the videos I took later.
10-08-2007, 11:04 AM
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I have a miniDV camcorder on IOport mount and a bullet camera on suction cup mount recording to a DVR. The bullet camera is much better for flexibility and field of view but it doesn't have a screen and I've managed to put the camera a bit tilted once or twice. The camcorder works flawlessly but doesn't have the view I like on the harness bar. I've used both in parallel a few times and then used Premiere to do a picture in a picture mix which is entertaining and sometimes useful.
10-08-2007, 02:49 PM
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Burning Brakes
Most tracks will not allow something like this. They need to be well-secured in order to get sent onto the track. The last thing you want is the suction mount coming off and getting hit by it, or even worse, distracted by the thing rolling around in the cabin.
If this is the route you're going to take, look at a system like Chasecam, that has lipstick style cameras.
A B-K harness bar (see pick from AU N EGL) is an excellent addition, and can be used with stock seats if you want. Same with the bar BrianCunningham is using.
ghoffman : this might work for your idea too.
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10-08-2007, 03:34 PM
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I forget who, but someone posted a real nice multi-camera video.
Showed outside, inside, suspension.
Hopefully they're chime in.