Corvettes and cameras
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From: Belle Chasse La
Originally Posted by bogus
I think Panasonic(?) makes a camera that is vibration resistant? I don't remember for sure... but there are cameras out there that reduce quiver and movement.
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From: St. Peters MO Sometimes you have to prove yourself by doing alot of killing or alot of dying...
I was checking into this this past weekend. Panasonic and Sony both have features that help limit vibrations. It is on their higher up models so expect to shell out $500+... but both have them.
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From: Belle Chasse La
Originally Posted by MinnesotaWhite
Not enough info...
Where are you mounting it? Do you have a roll cage or harness bar to mount it on?
I've done lots of research into this...and have my own solution now.
Where are you mounting it? Do you have a roll cage or harness bar to mount it on?
I've done lots of research into this...and have my own solution now.
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From: St. Peters MO Sometimes you have to prove yourself by doing alot of killing or alot of dying...
Originally Posted by 96 Collector Edition
no cage or harness bar.....I figured I'd research the camera possibilities first.....
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Originally Posted by 96 Collector Edition
no cage or harness bar.....I figured I'd research the camera possibilities first.....
Okay...without one then mounting a camera is next to impossible. I'm in the same boat, I don't have a harness bar or roll bar and wanted a camera...so I did this.
Bought a "bullet" style of camera. 480 TV lines and a ram mount suction mount. I can hang the camera anywhere in the car.
Then I hook it up to my MiniDV camcorder. Use an external microphone on the camera...and put the camera in the console or some place secure.
Here's the cam:
Camera was $150...plus proper cables/adapters the whole thing came out to about $200.
I haven't had the chance to do much video with it yet...once I do I'll post.
The nice thing about this setup...I can mount it on the back window, on the windshield, side window, outside the car, wherever I want to shoot video!
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From: Belle Chasse La
Originally Posted by MinnesotaWhite
Ah...
Okay...without one then mounting a camera is next to impossible. I'm in the same boat, I don't have a harness bar or roll bar and wanted a camera...so I did this.
Bought a "bullet" style of camera. 480 TV lines and a ram mount suction mount. I can hang the camera anywhere in the car.
Then I hook it up to my MiniDV camcorder. Use an external microphone on the camera...and put the camera in the console or some place secure.
Here's the cam:
Camera was $150...plus proper cables/adapters the whole thing came out to about $200.
I haven't had the chance to do much video with it yet...once I do I'll post.
The nice thing about this setup...I can mount it on the back window, on the windshield, side window, outside the car, wherever I want to shoot video!
Okay...without one then mounting a camera is next to impossible. I'm in the same boat, I don't have a harness bar or roll bar and wanted a camera...so I did this.
Bought a "bullet" style of camera. 480 TV lines and a ram mount suction mount. I can hang the camera anywhere in the car.
Then I hook it up to my MiniDV camcorder. Use an external microphone on the camera...and put the camera in the console or some place secure.
Here's the cam:
Camera was $150...plus proper cables/adapters the whole thing came out to about $200.
I haven't had the chance to do much video with it yet...once I do I'll post.
The nice thing about this setup...I can mount it on the back window, on the windshield, side window, outside the car, wherever I want to shoot video!
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I posted my new camera setup over in the autox/roadracing forum along with a couple vids from a recent autox:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...87&forum_id=23
Last year I was running a remote bullet cam suction cupped to the windshield. Now I have added 3 more cameras focused on the tach, steering wheel, and rearview (which I'm going to move to the footwell).
Oh yeah, my Canon camcorder also has image stabilization. Not that I use that function.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...87&forum_id=23
Last year I was running a remote bullet cam suction cupped to the windshield. Now I have added 3 more cameras focused on the tach, steering wheel, and rearview (which I'm going to move to the footwell).
Oh yeah, my Canon camcorder also has image stabilization. Not that I use that function.
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I have a SOny Handycam with Steady shot. It's an anaolog camera, so when I convert to digital, I lose some quality.
I have also used my Sony Cybershot(still camera that has mpeg function) to do some video. Completely digital so not as much quality is lost. The Cybershot picked up vibration in the car itself and you can hear it in the video posted below, but the picture quality(on the fullsize vid is awesome).
Here are two examples:
Handycam with Steady Shot:
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/mrmojo2//rt211u1a.wmv
Cybershot:
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/mrmojo2//rt211up4b.wmv
I have also used my Sony Cybershot(still camera that has mpeg function) to do some video. Completely digital so not as much quality is lost. The Cybershot picked up vibration in the car itself and you can hear it in the video posted below, but the picture quality(on the fullsize vid is awesome).
Here are two examples:
Handycam with Steady Shot:
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/mrmojo2//rt211u1a.wmv
Cybershot:
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/mrmojo2//rt211up4b.wmv