good action camera not too expensive

tim61uk · Post by **tim61uk** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:21 pm

Any recommendations for a good action camera that i can use in and around the car.

Go pro seem to be best but are also expensive. Are ther any good cheaper alternaives that people can vouch for

Post by **agw_01** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:52 pm

The TVL SVC200 is what you want.

http://www.techmoan.com/blog/2013/11/10 ... o-far.html

Or purely as an in-car dashcam, the Mini 0803.

http://www.techmoan.com/blog/2014/6/15/ ... creen.html

I have the SVC200 and it really is a decent piece of kit for £100. Comes with strap and velcro mounts, handlebar mounts and a decent suction mount.

jase · Post by **jase** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:18 am

im using an 802 (in my bmw) and its ok. Its very light so fits really well.
Im not keen on the 120degree field of view tho, looks a bit weird!

Steve220 · Post by **Steve220** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 7:49 am

You can pick up go-pro's quite cheap off eBay now as everyone wants the hero3.

tim61uk · Post by **tim61uk** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:12 pm

Has anyone ever seen or heard of a muvi camera

Post by **ghall2004** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:20 pm

man up

go pro or go home

tim61uk · Post by **tim61uk** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:28 pm

My online concern is attaching a expensive camera to outside of car and it falling off. Plus our second little one is due in october so not got loads of brass to spend on one.

have you got one greg

Post by **ghall2004** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:35 pm

i did

epic tim honestly worth the little extra

just sold my hero 3 as i am no longer "race car driver"

these go pro units are designed for this exact purpose

the number of tv shows i see with them on suction cups is unreal

i mean drag racers
drifters
competitive racing

should cover you in your scooby do?

Geo_coupe · Post by **Geo_coupe** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:48 am

2nd hand go pro was what i went for (an original hero HD), havent used it for in car stuff but used it with suction mounts on the motorbike and on the mountain bike with a helmet mount and it coped fine. Picture quality is reasonably good, slightly less sharp than my mates hero 3 but not terrible.

Dave 220 · Post by **Dave 220** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 10:33 pm

Go for the sony action cam,

Better colour balance
Better battery life
Better mounting system (i.e. standard not some stupid plastic poop)
Will use any type of Micro sd card, not like the gopro which is very picky.
You don't need to use the waterproof housing on the new ones (AS100) which makes the camera very small.
Stereo microphones.
Time Code.
And the most important + of them all Image stabilisation.

No really sure why people buy GoPros tbh.

Oh and if you go for something like the AS 20 they are only £160.00

Dave 220 · Post by **Dave 220** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 10:35 pm

Oh whoops, didn't read your last post

looks like you went for a GoPoo.

BlueRover · Post by **BlueRover** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 10:49 pm

http://www.amazon.co.uk/E-PRANCE-Novate ... merReviews

HA54SYM · Post by **HA54SYM** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:09 am

Go pro Hero 3 black Edition for the win.

Argos bnpl is your friend, only thing I have been a little let down with it is sound pick up.

Dave

Post by **ghall2004** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:16 am

HA54SYM wrote:Go pro Hero 3 black Edition for the win.

Argos bnpl is your friend, only thing I have been a little let down with it is sound pick up.

Dave

Your doing it wromg then

As sound pick up is awesome

HA54SYM · Post by **HA54SYM** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 3:40 pm

I did wonder as everyone else says great, what settings are you running?

Dave

Post by **ghall2004** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 3:43 pm

Turn level down to 70% for a start

And if using external to car use the sealed backing plate

How are you mounting and where about

I have yet to see any of your footage

HA54SYM · Post by **HA54SYM** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 6:59 pm

Will get some upload.

What video settings you use?

Dave

Post by **ghall2004** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:42 pm

Been trying anything 1080 upwards

The 4k options lower the fps so fast moving objects tend to appear "buffering"

HA54SYM · Post by **HA54SYM** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:09 am

Yep when i did silverstone i had it too high and got a lot of blurring / buffering on replay.

Will play with it somemore and change location, as it on the rear cage and a bit far back tbh.

Dave

Post by **ghall2004** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:14 am

The hardware your replaying it on needs to have new ish decent spec to handle the bit rate of the higher res data

Dave 220 · Post by **Dave 220** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:12 pm

HA54SYM wrote:Go pro Hero 3 black Edition for the win.

Erm no, just no.

Rovertech 2.0

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