Im looking for a in car camera for track days, pod etc. don't want to pay Go pro money any one recommend any alternatives.

 

plenty of chinese copies for pennies. Just do a bit of research to buy a good one not a melon.

 

i bought the Ł99 go pro for skiing and i very pleased with the quality and the amount of recording i did on the memory card

 

i use a replayxd

 

these are supposed to be great for the money. youtube thhe comparison vids to go pro.iv got a go pro but thinking of one of these as a second camera

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pro-1080P-...item3cf7b02cce

 

that link above seemed too cheap so this advert warns about sj4000 fakes so look at this one and do your research on a genuine one.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-S...item234681a9ec

 

I got one of those in the first link

It's throw away money so just thought why not


Can't fault it. Does exactly what it says on the tin

 

I have one very much like the above. Can't find it on eBay right now, but I think it's essentially the same. Works perfectly well. I bought it because I figure I can stick it to the outside of the car and if it comes off then I haven't lost a lot. I would be very reluctant to do that with a GoPro!

 

I keep thinking about getting a dash cam as I do roughly 28/30k per year in my car but the thought of a massive thing stuck to windscreen is off putting

 

I have a Contour ROAM which isn't bad, helmet mounted but you can buy various different mounts and fittings much like a GoPro.

Dan.

 

I had an SJCAM and even after doing a lot of research I ended up with a fake and the quality was terrible....like laughable. All of the signs that help you distinguish between gen and fake were right.....its too hard to tell and luck of the draw. Thankfully paypal refunded me.

I then got a hedcamz 1080 and it's brilliant. Very pleased with it. Cheaper than a gopro and every but as good in my opinion. They do a cheaper 720 one too.

Matt

 

Last year I was also thinking of buying something like a GoPro. But then I figured I could also use my iPhone to make videos. When you keep the phone in hand the quality was quite good.


So after that I bought a mount to put my phone in. The nice thing with using your phone is that you can use an app to add data, like lap times, speed, G-forces, etc. to the video.

The video quality from my iPhone using the app wasn't very good. But I should have locked autofocus and exposure and disabled video stabilizer (although apparently you cannot fully disable it on the iphone). You can also connect your phone to an external camera from GoPro or Sony, which should give better quality. Or you can use them both and record 2 or 3 videos at the same time.