What camera?

[DrSquirrel]

The price difference is minimal, and no doubt people will upgrade and want a higher class in the future. I've got class 6...mainly because I when the free one didn't work, I didn't want to risk a class 4 not being good enough and having to spend ages waiting for a class 6 to come

If you're buying one with a "minimal price difference" then you need to make sure its really a Class 6 and not a fake (specially on ebay!).

My point is Class 4 is *easily* good enough since Class 2 only just fails (actually it depends on the current bitrate as its variable) so even a "poor" class 4 (remembering that Class 4 specifies a minimum) will be fine.

OT, is there an easy way to tell the class of an existing card. Its clearly labelled on one of my cards but not on the rest

There is usually a circle on the card with a 2/4/6 (etc) in it...

Otherwise do a speed test and look at the WRITE speed.

 

[Matthames]

If I had £500 burning a hole in my pocket, I would probably be going for the VIO POV 1.5. It is military grade and waterproof to about 3m, which means it I can use the camera not just for cycling, for instance I can mount it onto a canoe type helmet or the bow of the boat and film myself sailing. A good feature of this camera is that it can record in a loop, if you get some idiot cut you up or pass just that bit too close you can then press a button on the remote control which will tag that point and save the last few minutes.

 

[trickletreat]

If I had £500 burning a hole in my pocket, I would probably be going for the VIO POV 1.5. It is military grade and waterproof to about 3m, which means it I can use the camera not just for cycling, for instance I can mount it onto a canoe type helmet or the bow of the boat and film myself sailing. A good feature of this camera is that it can record in a loop, if you get some idiot cut you up or pass just that bit too close you can then press a button on the remote control which will tag that point and save the last few minutes.

This one is for sale on a watch forum i visit...


FSOT: VIO POV 1.5 Action Camera
by MartC on Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:58 am

VIO POV 1.5 Action Camera.Only used twice and I've owned it for over a year, hence reason for sale. I just don't go the decent mountain bike centres these days

Couple of very, very light marks on back, screen is perfect, screen protector on from day one. Supplied with all accessories from new. Boxed with editing software. Cost me £500 +£25 bracket + £15 software upgrade.I'd like to get back £370 for it as its hardly been used.I've tried a couple of cheaper cams like the Oregon ones and they aren't a patch on this kit. Might be interested in a trade for a watch, but I am pretty fussy

Rugged, weatherproof construction, suitable for mounatin biking, snowboarding, kayaking etc.Supports SD cards up to 8gb.Runs on 4xAA batteries.Built in LCD for set up and playback.Frame rates: 30fps, 25fps, 24fps, 15fps.Resolutions: 720x480, 720x400, 640x480, 360x240.Formats: MPEG4 AVI (DivX Codec) digital, NTSC/PAL analog.<Exposure control: Automatic exposure control and white balance.Effective focal length: 2.97m. Field of View: 110 degrees right:

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if anyone is interested I am happy to put you in touch with the owner.Top​

 

[magnatom]

Here is some footage from my HQR/HQ2 setup. It was on dark country lanes with a Hope 1 LED and B&M Ixon IQ for light.

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[Crankarm]

It's not bad your head cam considering the small area illuminated by your light. Who makes it? IIRC the camera is a Sony?

Is this it? http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/hqr2-head-camera-package.htm

 

[BSRU]

Here is some footage from my HQR/HQ2 setup. It was on dark country lanes with a Hope 1 LED and B&M Ixon IQ for light.

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]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISmCbGEbI2o[/media]

It is alot better than you would get with a CMOS camera like the Contour, they would be virtually black in such llight conditions as they do not like the light produced by LED's.

 

[thomas]

If you're buying one with a "minimal price difference" then you need to make sure its really a Class 6 and not a fake (specially on ebay!).

Well, it's a few quid difference on play/amazon. My advice with memory cards is only to buy direct from a good retailer. Never ebay, or other sellers on sites like Amazon. I've only ever had fakes from them...and only saved a minimal amount of change for the hassle.

 

[jonny jeez]

My Muvi works ok in low light (and at speed) see my channel here for a selection of comparrison vids. Battery still lasts just an hour (never any more) but has not got any worse for many months

Dont just get a bigger card...get a faster one.

 

[BSRU]

My Muvi works ok in low light (and at speed) see my channel here for a selection of comparrison vids. Battery still lasts just an hour (never any more) but has not got any worse for many months

Dont just get a bigger card...get a faster one.

Play are selling 8GB Samsung class 6 cards for 18 quid

 

[gaz]

Play are selling 8GB Samsung class 6 cards for 18 quid

An 8gb class2 San disk will cost £39.99 in a store. Rip off

 

[DrSquirrel]

Play are selling 8GB Samsung class 6 cards for 18 quid

It's £12.50 (class 6 8gb)

Though considering the battery length a 4gb Class 6 for £6 would be perfectly fine. Enough to record for 2-3 battery lifes.

 

[BSRU]

It's £12.50 (class 6 8gb)

Though considering the battery length a 4gb Class 6 for £6 would be perfectly fine. Enough to record for 2-3 battery lifes.

I forgot to mention it was the Plus version, which when I benched tested it against the standard class 6 Samsung I found the Plus was slightly faster.

 

[DrSquirrel]

I forgot to mention it was the Plus version, which when I benched tested it against the standard class 6 Samsung I found the Plus was slightly faster.

Handy, not enough to be a class higher though? (you talking about faster write?).

For purposes of a Class 4 being perfectly fine, no point spending extra on the class 6 plus whenthe regular 6 will be okay

 

[BSRU]

Handy, not enough to be a class higher though? (you talking about faster write?).

For purposes of a Class 4 being perfectly fine, no point spending extra on the class 6 plus whenthe regular 6 will be okay

I think from my poor memory it was about half a meg faster on the write operation, both were well over 10Meg write speed, I think both were over 11Meg, probably more, it was six months ago. Using MediaInfo on the video file, it states my Contour is writing upto 14Meg and it copes fine.

I bought the class 6 Plus version on the thought I might need something better in the future, which is about to be proved correct judgement.

 

[Crankarm]

I got a Samsung 8GB class 6 microSDHC for £12.99 earlier this year from MyMemory. I think they are a bit more expensive now. http://www.mymemory.co.uk/