I picked up this little video camera sensor ages ago - it's known as a helmet cam - for recording extreme sports etc.

Yesterday I decided I should test it out on the car, so I jammed it in my frontbar and recorded some footage hehe. I reckon it would be pretty mad on cruises, or on track.




I've put together a short clip testing it out - its about 10 meg.

http://twiztid.ausgamers.com/paul/kar/rx7bar.mp4

(Best played with QuickTime )

What ya guys reckon? It's a slight fisheye lens so you get a wider angle of viewing heh. I had the mic under the bonnet while recording, so all u really hear is the clutch fan. When I go on track I reckon I'd stick another camera on the back seat so you can see out windscreen + driver movements.

Paulo

 

im not getting anything

 

maybe you need a later version of quicktime. i blame the mac, its too hard to make stuff that works on pc, looks good and is a small file size haha

 

for those of you unable to view that first clip, i put together a 1 minute clip on the PC. its about 6 meg to download. divx codec and mp3 sound

http://twiztid.ausgamers.com/paul/ka...am_burn_hq.avi

cheers

 

well i downloaded and still the same stuff

 

lol sounds like your pc is a pile of crap :P what program are you trying to view the files in.

For the second one you need divx. www.divx.com

 

i like your idea where can one get a helmit camera? i want to try something like that on my turbo2 when i take her to the tracks.... good video quilty from such a small device! and both vids worked on my pc LoL and i still think its a piece of crap since i make my own pcs lol

 

You should check this video out:

https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...04&postcount=8

 

i got the helmetcam from http://www.helmetcamera.com/ then it just plug into a dvcamera which has video input - or if you have a 12volt video recorder you could use that off the cars power

 

I have some simila footage with a front and rear cam. Just haven't gotten anything worth uploading - yet.

 

that seven sounds so nice

 

i viewed the 1st video just fine and im on a pc. thats freaking awesome i would love to get something like that for when i start doing sebring. how exactly did you mount it?

 

mounting lol... really crude :P i jammed it in the gap in the frontbar haha,

then I used gaffer tape to tape the wire to the chassis thru the engine bay

I reckon you could just use gaffer for such a small little cam- just get your passenger to keep an eye on the image hehe if it starts to come loose etc.

 

thos streets are crazy. would like to see some trak footage when you get it.

 

THAT IS FUN!!!! hehehe I want one of those cameras!

thanks,
-josh

 

I dont think I could drive on the left side of the road... that would take some getting used to.

 

hehe, i often drive all over the road - just making use of all available traction :P not too hard

 

Very cool, makes me want to bolt one up to my bumper right by the opening where my bov is