In car camcorders - advice please

sjm · Post by **sjm** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:43 pm

Next week I'm taking my Land Rover off road for 2 days in Yorkshire. According to the update I got from the organiser today it's going to involve "mainly driving on rock and gravel, as well as some very steep ascents/ descents and at least one river crossing". Apart from packing some extra "brave pills" I'm wondering about mounting my camcorder on the dash/ from the roof to get some film of all this.

I know some of you guys are super techy on the camera-gear and may well have used kit in track days - so just wondering if someone can recommend something please?

Thanks in advance!

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:08 pm

where in Yorkshire ?

I've got & use a 3 point suction mount from dogcam. It is a loverly bit of kit & very stable

look at :

Heavy Duty Windscreen camera mount

on this page

http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/bullet-cam ... htm#screen

It doesn't make it clear, but it has a threaded spindle that is standard size for cameras & video cameras etc.

Evil J Guano · Post by **Evil J Guano** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:15 pm

If you fancied a new camera the GoPro stuff is getting pretty good now.
Waterproof too. Might be cheaper than trashing your best camera.

http://www.goprocamera.com/

sjm · Post by **sjm** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:37 am

Thanks each - much appreciated!

James - we're camping in Garsdale on Friday evening, and then head off Saturday morning. We have abouyt 4 miles on raod, and then that's it - off in the wild!

I think the plan is to finish near Ripon on Sunday afternoon (if that sounds in the vicinity?)

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:54 am

sjm wrote:Thanks each - much appreciated!

James - we're camping in Garsdale on Friday evening, and then head off Saturday morning. We have abouyt 4 miles on raod, and then that's it - off in the wild!

I think the plan is to finish near Ripon on Sunday afternoon (if that sounds in the vicinity?)

some nice old ( & legal

) tracks around there

Here's me & the family on our old G-wagen, not far from Semer Water / Bainbridge

shame I'm in LeMans, as I'd have popped along to say hello

sjm · Post by **sjm** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:51 am

That looks great! Just what I'm hoping for as well! Looking forward to some great views and a bit of "ging gang gooly"....

Love those G-Wagons too - my mother-in-law had one when they were new, back some years now!!! Great motors....

Enjoy LeMans....I'm sure you will...

pauldvern · Post by **pauldvern** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:07 pm

Hi Simon,

Last week I was working with some video engineer mates who had a GoPro, looked great. check out the website.

http://www.goprocamera.com/video

Paul

sjm · Post by **sjm** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:26 pm

Mmm...that does look like some very nice kit too.... Thanks for the advice all.

pete917 · Post by **pete917** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:12 pm

I have an Archos media player. I bought a bullet cam to go with that for a few quid and works really well. Stereo too!

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:40 am

can't really see what was wrong with how it used to be done?

JB-L · Post by **JB-L** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:30 pm

I can`t quite work out whether the spotted item on the cameraman is part of his harness(?) or a device to catch any by-products (if you know what I mean?).

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:44 pm

JB-L wrote:I can`t quite work out whether the spotted item on the cameraman is part of his harness(?) or a device to catch any by-products (if you know what I mean?).

Nappy?

pix912 · Post by **pix912** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:36 pm

The GoPro is definitely shockproof.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_xRVpUdZK0

and waterproof.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoRX8e5k0UY

tanick · Post by **tanick** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:29 pm

How about this one then...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QliBL-AQiAY

I'm off to Chamonix on Saturday and want to get a Go Pro helmet cam. I can't bring myself to buy one as they're $299 in the US (£186) but £299 here. That's just too much difference in my opinion.

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:52 pm

The Kodak Playsport is a cheaper alternative. (~£100)
Nicely made, and waterproof too. The gadget show had to try VERY hard to kill one

Stills and HD Video, records to SD card
Tim