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Post by bisdu on Feb 23, 2015 13:55:34 GMT 1
We a planning a big road trip and I spend a lot of time You-tubing other peoples recordings of places we might want to visit.
Tried taking videos from a moving car last trip but of course it is jerky so am thinking we should get a dash cam.
Lots of online reviews are from people who just want the camera for evidence in the case of an accident but I want mine mainly for scenery.
I know nothing about them - are ones for scenery different?
Do they all have a gyroscope (which i assume reduces judder)
How long will they run for at any one time
can i download the info daily onto a blackberry notebook (32)..... we are away 70 days so there might be a lot of footage.
What is the least i would have to pay for one that will do the job i want.
best place to get one
thanks
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 14:37:56 GMT 1
Will try mine facing sideways when we take Olivia home and see what I get.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 14:57:42 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 15:01:41 GMT 1
Just thought of a "fault" on dashcams, most loop the recordings so that when the memory card is full it starts re recording over previous recordings. Mine downloads to my computer with no problems.
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Post by bisdu on Feb 23, 2015 15:16:21 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 15:28:27 GMT 1
Bis....from what I've seen on YouTube most of these cameras produce a view of the road directly in front of you (which is what they were intended to do) Is this what you want, or are you hoping to see a somewhat wider view? Maybe mounting it a bit sideways to take in the scenery? You'll be limited by the sort of lens the camera uses, probably wide angle which will produce a distorted image at the outer edges. Take into account what BE has highlighted re the memory card rewrite issues, I don't know how quickly a dash cam fills up a memory card but it can't be too long, especially if you have it set to a decent resolution. I'd check out these cameras as well : www.amazon.co.uk/GoPro-CHDHA-301-EU-HERO/dp/B00O468GKM/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1424701460&sr=1-1&keywords=go+proMaybe they do a clamp so you can dash mount them as well...Go Pro have a good reputation I think... |
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Post by bisdu on Feb 23, 2015 15:35:13 GMT 1
thanks
BE Do you think i can download to a notepad - the laptop is too big to take.
Pete
its on a 6 hour loop on low res, and 3 hour on high - either of which is plenty for my needs if i download regularly .
Am about to check out the go pro one now
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Post by bisdu on Feb 23, 2015 15:52:56 GMT 1
go pro looks good - looked at the you tube spec, but based on night vids and price too, think I will go for this one
not yet resolved if i can download to a blackberry notepad
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 16:55:05 GMT 1
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Post by Ali on Feb 23, 2015 17:38:38 GMT 1
The GoPro's are brilliant, a friend of mine has one. (CEO was a surfer in AUS!)
Have you thought about uploading your footage to a cloud server? (eg dropbox.com)
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