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Re: Re; In car video

To: grand_wazoo@flinet.com
Subject: Re: Re; In car video
From: William G Rosenbach <wgrosenbach@juno.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 19:29:14 -0600
Mike,

Andy Hiller may be of help with your video problems. His E-mail address
is racecase@oneimage.com and I think racecase will get you to his stuff
on the web.

Andy is recovering from a head-on incident in a go-kart so he might not
respond instantly but I'm sure he has some solution.

Bill 70 GT-6+

On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:49:50 -0400 Mike Jackson <grand_wazoo@flinet.com>
writes:
> I helped mine a little bit by arranging for it to also have some 
> support from the
> top to help calm the shake.  In my case, using the IO Port, it was 
> mounted to have
> the top of the camera against the roll bar.  I added a small pad of 
> a rolled up
> shop rag to give it just a little bit of compliance.  Then mashed it 
> pretty
> tightly up to the bar.  It's still not Speedvision but better than 
> it was.
> 
> mike
> 
> "Robert M. Lang" wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know I should probably post this to another mail list, but for 
> the life
> > of me I can't find any definitive answers...
> >
> > I've been mounting a cheap-o 8mm camcorder to my roll bar with an 
> I/O Port
> > roll bar camera mount. The product is a very fine mount, and by 
> all
> > measures should work fine, but alas...
> >
> > There seems to be this vibration when the engine reaches 6300 
> RPMS...
> >
> > Seriously, with the "sprint" TriumphTune springs, even running 
> over cracks
> > in the pavement makes the video "jump". Other events that screw up 
> the
> > video - shifts, heavy acceleration, rapid turns. Get the picture? 
> (or the
> > pun??) - I have two hours of the shakiest video ever produced.
> >
> > I'm looking for recomendations for better in-car shots.
> >
> > Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > regards,
> > rml
> >
> > p.s. maybe I have to work at being smooth... yah, that's the 
> ticket!
> > 
>
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