New Toy !!! (Digital Vid Cam :) ) UDATED - Vid

swabio-ACT · Post by **swabio-ACT** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:34 am

Well after many moons and thoughts..... i lashed out (again..... read.... wife overseas so unable to stop me!!!!) and treated myself to a Digital Vid Camera

I ended up getting a JVC GZ-MC100 ( http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?mode...7325&pathId=119 )

So to help out with the mounting of the cam on my bike I ordered a tank cam mount from http://www.sportbikecam.com.au (anyone used one of these?)

Can't wait to get it all sorted out and take it for a lap or two

well here is a vid i came across !

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

Aussie Ninja · Post by **Aussie Ninja** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:47 am

Cool. Let me know next time your heading to the track and if I'm allowed (wife isn't overseas) I'll join you.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:28 pm

swab- ur wifes o/s..wouldnt it of been cheaper to just buy it, without sending her o/s..and put up with the crap that comes with it??

hidepenny · Post by **hidepenny** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:21 pm

that's really sml, how much u paid for it?

i'm thinking to get one of those Hard driver camcorder, anyone has any experience on those?

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:28 pm

i love new toys.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:23 pm

mrmina wrote:i love new toys.

yea but ur kinda toys always end up dirty....

Burky · Post by **Burky** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:47 pm

Neka79 Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:28 pm Post subject:

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swab- ur wifes o/s..wouldnt it of been cheaper to just buy it, without sending her o/s..and put up with the crap that comes with it??

Na send her o/s! it's just more peaceful

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:20 pm

Neka79 wrote:
mrmina wrote:i love new toys.
yea but ur kinda toys always end up dirty....

well wash them before u give them back

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:46 pm

mrmina wrote:
Neka79 wrote:
mrmina wrote:i love new toys.
yea but ur kinda toys always end up dirty....
well wash them before u give them back

dont blame me...i wouldnt touch ur grubby toys...

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:35 pm

Neka79 wrote:
mrmina wrote:
Neka79 wrote: yea but ur kinda toys always end up dirty....
well wash them before u give them back
dont blame me...i wouldnt touch ur grubby toys...

Well can i please have my vibrating hand back

swabio-ACT · Post by **swabio-ACT** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:39 pm

Well ! I took the cam out the other day....... and found out that microdrives are not a fan of being mounted on a bike! It would shut down within about 20 seconds. hmmmm that sucked ass!@

So i returned home and grabbed the CF card from the Digi SLR (2GB Sandisk Extreme III) and damn, it worked a treat!

Now all i have to do is work out how to make the video small enough to post somewhere! Any ideas? I managed to get a fairly small vid down to about 60MB but am still struggling!

Cheers

ozx6r · Post by **ozx6r** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:10 pm

i think converting to mpg1 or mpg2 would be ur best bet

how long is that 60Mb clip?

wat format ar u using?

ozx6r · Post by **ozx6r** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:15 pm

sorry mate didnt read that u wanted to post somewhere i though it was going on to cd

better off using mpg2 or mpg4 for the net

c ya

blackninja · Post by **blackninja** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:28 pm

hidepenny wrote:that's really sml, how much u paid for it?

i'm thinking to get one of those Hard driver camcorder, anyone has any experience on those?

i heard those hard drive camcorders have got a shut down system to protect the hard drive any slight bump or sudden fall over 6 inches shuts them down apparently sky divers cant use them.

swabio-ACT · Post by **swabio-ACT** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 2:43 am

yeah the HDD cams have anti shock crap in them..... but you can disable it at risk of damaging the cam / hdd completely.

Harddrives are def not a fan of any shocks.... so unless you want tape, get one that can accept CF / SD cards etc.

Re size, my new cam is pretty small. I will take a photo of it mounted on the bike and post it tomorrow.