Hi Jim,
We mounted a Sony 8mm camera on our rollcage in a box and when the audio got
kinda loud (we only have a flathead v8) the audio and the video break up. I
was wondering if the newer digital cameras work better. Phil
>From: "Jim Webb" <jimwebb@nutsracing.com>
>Reply-To: "Jim Webb" <jimwebb@nutsracing.com>
>To: "Land-Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Subject: In Car Cameras
>Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 08:30:31 -0600
>
>Morning KT & all,
>
>There's something I've been wanting to ask y'all about... what types and
>what mounting methods have you used for in-car video cameras?
>
>At Speedweek and Finals last year we mounted a C-VHS regular hand-held
>camera to the roll cage in the Big Red Truck. Since Bernie had some
>experience with cameras on alcohol dragsters, he recommended that we tape
>foam over the microphone to damp out some of the audio else it would
>overdrive the video. So we put some foam over the mic...
>
>The video worked OK - at least until the motor started making power. Then
>the world blanked to all white. There were momentary glimpses of the course
>during shifts and the world all came back after shutdown. Of course, it was
>a lot of fun telling people that when you are accelerating that much, the
>world _really_ does go all white! The audio was great, except that
>everybody
>can hear a bad shift. ;-)
>
>Anyway, I know there are lots of in-car cameras and I'm sure that folks
>have
>'em working well, so I'm looking for a few pointers. A single camera with
>audio would be good, and something that could record multiple angles would
>be better. Something that didn't cost a fortune would be ideal.
>
>Oh yeah, after World Finals, Bernie got out the camera and discovered that
>some of the internals had diassembled themselves. I guess JVC doesn't use
>enough loctite!
>
>Thanks,
>Jim Webb
>jimwebb@nutsracing.com
>Chock Full o' Nuts
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>
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