twowheelnut
R.I.P. Our Motorcycling Friend
I'm thinking of playing around with a camcorder mounted to the bike. Anyone have pros or cons on the JVC hard drive job? Is the hard drive prone to vibratration problems? Any other video suggestions? TIA!
My SONY works flawless! It's MiniDV tape. You have to make sure your cam has a anti-jitter feature built in like the TVR33 has (SteadyShot). It works regardless if I'm at 170 or 45mph!Update:
Digital Camcorders with hard drive based storage do not like the vibrations that are inherent to motorcycles.
I put mine on the bike and all it would do is spit out and error message, "Recording Failure", as soon as I started off. Of course, when I held it in my hands and banged the living shit out of it or bounced it off the living room sofa a few times, it worked flawlessly. It went back today and I swapped it for a tape based CC...
The point being made is that the storage device in this case was a hard drive. Hard drive based camcorders cannot take the vibes. The unit has since been traded in for a tape based storage camcorder which, indeed, works flawlessly. Now; if only the bonehead operator can figure out how to upload higher res. long videos in a small file for y'alls viewing pleasure...My SONY works flawless! It's MiniDV tape. You have to make sure your cam has a anti-jitter feature built in like the TVR33 has (SteadyShot). It works regardless if I'm at 170 or 45mph!Update:
Digital Camcorders with hard drive based storage do not like the vibrations that are inherent to motorcycles.
I put mine on the bike and all it would do is spit out and error message, "Recording Failure", as soon as I started off. Of course, when I held it in my hands and banged the living shit out of it or bounced it off the living room sofa a few times, it worked flawlessly. It went back today and I swapped it for a tape based CC...
I agree that the Helmet cams are nice in that you can position them in a variety of locations. I don't particularly like it on the helmet (helmet bobs around too much), but mounted on the side, or forkleg, or facing backwards is a very nice perspective on a streetbike. I've seen the 380pixel and the 480pixel. 480 was decent, but I wouldn't even mess with the 380. Too grainy for me. Never seen the 560, but I imagine it to be better than the 480. Still, the true quality is determined by the camcorder. For dirt riding, I too wouldn't want to squash an expensive cam, but for the street or track and quality, you need a decent cam. Doesn't mean it has to be expensive though. There's a lot of MiniDV cams out there at a good price. I have seen cheap ones shake apart though. I think you can do better than $290-$360 for a lipstick cam like the HelmetCam. I want to add a lipstick to the rear and toggle it for both front or rear view with a throw of a switch. Just gota do it.I agree with Dirttracker, I also use a Helmet cam from Helmetcam.com.Been wearing one in my Enduro's for the past 3 years.
I have beat the living shit out of it and it still puts out a great picture.
No Bounce or jitter at all.
They also sell mounts at thier Web site.
These helmet cams are digital but also work with Analog.
My analog recorder is much cheaper to replace and will link to software on my computer to
digitize and edit the content.
Camera is mounted on the side of my helmet and wired to my analog camcorder which
I wear in a back pack strapped to my chest.
These cameras are also waterproof.
I highly recommend Helmetcam.
Mark
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