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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2015 19:31:26 GMT 12
What would be the best gopro camera and accessories (or equivalent) to use in speedway? Mainly contact and open wheel classes..
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Post by bradnorth on Jan 26, 2015 19:49:54 GMT 12
Any go pro would be fine!! Although the more you spend the better the quality and the end of the day, I would recommend mounting it right out of harms way tho! Have lost two cameras of the front of a sprintcar front wing, and a sone right through one on the roof of a super saloon.. The glass lenses and case lenses don't take well do stones !! Although I was asked recently by a SNZ offical to only mount inside of the car as they are in car cameras ? Whether this is a new rule or I was just oblivious ! I use the go pro suction cup mount and it works fine ! i cable tie a safety state to the closest roll cage or similar as extra security ! You can also buy roll bar mounts that work a treat as wel!
Cheers
Brad
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Post by mcfly on Jan 26, 2015 19:53:27 GMT 12
Has anyone used any of the cheaper makes that are sold from the likes of Jay Car? Are they any good?
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Post by theycallmewade on Jan 26, 2015 19:59:04 GMT 12
We use Replay XD mini cameras - really good quality and I think around $300 bucks for the basic model. they have all sizes chassis mount accessories, so we mount them above the front and rear suspension when we try out new set ups to see what is going on with suspension travel and angles. We also mount them up in the roll cage just next to the drivers helmet for 'race footage'.
They are pretty good - we are sponsored by Replay XD, but they are actually really good for the price!
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Post by Murray Guy (Grandad) on Jan 26, 2015 22:27:05 GMT 12
What would be the best gopro camera and accessories (or equivalent) to use in speedway? Mainly contact and open wheel classes.. All you need is trade me. Bought the last two and saved hundreds. ... |
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Post by Yard on Jan 27, 2015 10:55:58 GMT 12
Just a little note on cameras.
SNZ are cracking down on the ( Red Light) on these cameras.
A little piece of tape fixes the problem.
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Post by teamkaos on Jan 27, 2015 11:52:47 GMT 12
Just a little note on cameras. SNZ are cracking down on the ( Red Light) on these cameras. A little piece of tape fixes the problem. The hero 3 and 4's you can turn the lights off in the settings. note sure if that option is on the older ones. |
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Post by chairman on Jan 31, 2015 12:54:54 GMT 12
You can turn them off on Hero2 as well, it's one of the first things I do to mine. Also definitely tether them to the car somehow, I've had several connectors break and one time the camera came back dangling on the end of the lanyard. That was actually the first day I tied them to the car so I thought that was good timing. If anything is going to snap it will be the end of a long connector (with the two round bits that fit into the bracket). The camera is waving around at one end of it, the other end is solidly attached to the car, the constant flexing just snaps them eventually. Normally only one of the two round ends snaps off so the camera doesn't actually fall out, it just moves around a lot. Here's a jpeg I did of how to attach tethers to the cases (it's the case you need to attach, not the bracket).  |
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Post by Murray Guy (Grandad) on Feb 1, 2015 7:42:55 GMT 12
..... I would recommend mounting it right out of harms way tho! Have lost two cameras of the front of a sprintcar front wing, and a sone right through one on the roof of a super saloon.. The glass lenses and case lenses don't take well do stones !! Although I was asked recently by a SNZ offical to only mount inside of the car as they are in car cameras ? Whether this is a new rule or I was just oblivious ! I use the go pro suction cup mount and it works fine ! i cable tie a safety state to the closest roll cage or similar as extra security ! You can also buy roll bar mounts that work a treat as wel! Cheers Brad After some years I was told to remove a rear facing GoPro last night as it was outside the body (on top)! Obviously constitutes a danger in the eyes/mind of someone? |
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Post by mgninc on Feb 1, 2015 10:47:03 GMT 12
We see pretty much every brand used in drift
I'd say hero 4 silver is the pick currently as unless you are pretty good with editing you don't need the extra features of the black . Built in display is good for checking angles without connection to phone
Garmin mapping is kinda interesting, but I imagine boring x 8-12 laps of the same oval
Sonys are ok, but were prone to fogging ( you can kinda fix it with a shoe box silica packet ) and the shape has pluses
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Post by spdwayorthehway on Feb 1, 2015 21:09:29 GMT 12
What settings do you guys find best to use on these things?
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