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Old 29-03-2007 | 03:00 PM
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no laughing at the back please!

http://www.motorsportcameras.co.uk/i...apacklarge.jpg


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Old 29-03-2007 | 03:04 PM
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Proper bit of kit

Pity you didn't have it last year when you and Gracie were on the quick lap
Old 29-03-2007 | 03:04 PM
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I thought it was going to be some fucked up sex toy!
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Nice. Should make for some good vids.

You can also get really tiny ones for RC cars/planes etc.
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Originally Posted by Graham S1
Nice. Should make for some good vids.

You can also get really tiny ones for RC cars/planes etc.

The FBi have even smaller ones that they use to keep track of building they are demolishing without anyone seeing them
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Alex - what sort of money.

Thinking about something similar for the birthday...

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Alex - what sort of money.

Thinking about something similar for the birthday...
99 quid at the moment, retail is 149
Old 29-03-2007 | 03:23 PM
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Nice. Should make for some good vids.

You can also get really tiny ones for RC cars/planes etc.

The FBi have even smaller ones that they use to keep track of building they are demolishing without anyone seeing them
Old 29-03-2007 | 03:33 PM
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do you need a video camera? to record on to? or does that record onto itself?
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do you need a video camera? to record on to? or does that record onto itself?
It just provides an AV output from the receiver, you then need to capture that and either display or record it depending on what you want to do at the time.
Old 29-03-2007 | 03:52 PM
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so my video camera wold need an input..... DOH, mine dont


whats the quality like?
Old 29-03-2007 | 04:01 PM
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for more info guys

http://www.motorsportcameras.co.uk/

I paid Ł300 for a camera, suction mount and a mpeg4 recorder.

Hopefully the quality will be ok for web viedos


Book now peoples.... I'll film you for a lap in ya car
Old 29-03-2007 | 04:03 PM
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i got a new suction mount for my bullet cam from them as well

and a sticky pad to fit it to your helmet, and a headband holder for skiing etc

i record onto an archos 604, but being hd it's sensitive to knocks whereas others that record to solid state memory are not

mine is all battery powered this year and requires no wiring, so should be easy to swap between vehicles

there was another thread about this recently (search it, i'm lazy)

quality is best if recorded on dv camcorder, but digital is good enough for web video's (BTG )
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http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/ringrules.html

This bit:

[Since this, a complete ban on photography and video filming on the track has been introduced, and in 2004 offenders will be banned - Ben]
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LOL @ leadfoot

and?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzlzPqVrv2M


thats not my scooby of course. There are hundred of videos every year.



I plan to use this equipment for recording the events getting to the ring - like the off road Paul and I did last year
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Originally Posted by AlexF
I plan to use this equipment for recording the events getting to the ring - like the removal of trousers, teasing the y-fronts to one side etc
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Originally Posted by foreigneRS
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I plan to use this equipment for recording the events getting to the ring - like the removal of trousers, teasing the y-fronts to one side etc
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Old 29-03-2007 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by foreigneRS
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I plan to use this equipment for recording the events getting to the ring - like the removal of trousers, teasing the y-fronts to one side etc
Old 29-03-2007 | 06:46 PM
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nick ur really on form just lately
Old 29-03-2007 | 06:53 PM
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JayCos cheers mate - i had some bad times in my personal life over the last year or two but i'm getting over them now and getting back to my old self
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I can feel a few beers and a good few laughs come on in the next few days
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JayCos cheers mate - i had some bad times in my personal life over the last year or two but i'm getting over them now and getting back to my old self
thats cool mate with whats happened with daryls dad passsing away recently it hasnt bin good but last night with the mcwank was the first proper laugh ive had for a bit
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Originally Posted by AlexF
I can feel a few beers and a good few laughs come on in the next few days
is it the impending ring fever setting in
Old 29-03-2007 | 07:09 PM
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Your not wrong mate!

I've got a new camera and tempted to buy a new digital camera too!

I plan to spend more time taking video and photos than driving it this time - hopefully that way I won't go mad on laps unlike last year LOL

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it was all that insurance talk last night wasnt it have you bottled alex
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nah mate - I crashed the scooby there last year - this year I want to have somthing else to do other than laps
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nah mate - I crashed the scooby there last year - this year I want to have somthing else to do other than laps
And who were you racing at the time! Tut tut!

Your camera skills would be very welcome in my car matey

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Originally Posted by AlexF
nah mate - I crashed the scooby there last year - this year I want to have somthing else to do other than laps
And who were you racing at the time! Tut tut!

Your camera skills would be very welcome in my car matey

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Yes as SiB's Camrea keeps turning off Did you get any footage from that day @ combe
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any news on this alex,

whats the recording like?
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Spiky i recorded from a bullet cam stuck to the inside of the windscreen with a mount from the same company onto my archos 604

quality is good enough from that to normal tv.

a vid is on youtube, but obviously it loses quality from their compression, but it's ideal for posting to web as there is no need for any capture from tape etc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31tIWotGvKE
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what is the cost of your setup?

any links on the net?
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follow alex's link for a bulletcam and mount.

i bought my archos 604 wifi from amazon. it's not the cheapest or biggest hard drive if all you want it for is recording tv or camera (and you have to buy the optional analogue input and charging pack), but it's great for playing music or movies wirelessly around the home
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so this >>>> Http://www.motorsportcameras.co.uk/i...apacklarge.jpg


records wirelessly directly to the archos??


sorry if the questions are a bit dumb
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instead of your archos 604,

could i use something like this?? as i dont really need a screen

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Archos-DVR-S...6288512&sr=8-3
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ignore that, it's just a docking station


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