Which video camera for dirtbiking?

**cave weta** · 7th December 2009, 19:53

I will own something by the weekend- what will it be guys?

I want- HD
waterproof
shock proof
SD card
aa batteries
view screen
stills (photos)

**noobi** · 7th December 2009, 20:12

I think only the GoPro HD does all those things. might use AAA batteries though. If you use the case, its water and shock proof. Takes photos, stores to SD. google it.

considering the criteria i think you already knew what camera you wanted....:P

**cave weta** · 7th December 2009, 20:15

Originally Posted by noobi

I think only the GoPro HD does all those things. might use AAA batteries though. If you use the case, its water and shock proof. Takes photos, stores to SD. google it.

considering the criteria i think you already knew what camera you wanted....:P

I only know of-KodakZX1
Samsung something or other
and the good old Oregon Scientific Bullet cam

Retro Asian is offering me a test drive with something new he has!?

very cheap?

**noobi** · 7th December 2009, 20:25

http://helmetcameracentral.com/2009/...-cam-announce/

http://pointofviewcameras.com/all-ca...by-brand/gopro

not sure if their in NZ yet

**barty5** · 7th December 2009, 20:26

Originally Posted by cave weta

I only know of-KodakZX1
Samsung something or other
and the good old Oregon Scientific Bullet cam

Retro Asian is offering me a test drive with something new he has!?

very cheap?

oregan is shit ive got one total crap dosnt mount well if fitted to bike it switches off due the vibrations
not sure bout moto com being water proof but mounts almost anywhere has separate screen and heaps of other bits

**cave weta** · 7th December 2009, 20:35

Originally Posted by barty5

oregan is shit ive got one total crap dosnt mount well if fitted to bike it switches off due the vibrations
not sure bout moto com being water proof but mounts almost anywhere has separate screen and heaps of other bits

how about This!? God I love KB! Retro asian in another thread
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1129557023
is getting one sent to me for free! (possibly)

I will do a test on it and a write up and post the weekends vid for all to see.
we may have a new favourite camera for dirty movies!

**flyingcr250** · 7th December 2009, 22:08

does anyone use/rate one of these? http://pointofviewcameras.com/vio-pov-1-5-megapack.html. im quite keen on one.

**FlangMasterJ** · 7th December 2009, 22:41

Originally Posted by noobi

I think only the GoPro HD does all those things. might use AAA batteries though. If you use the case, its water and shock proof. Takes photos, stores to SD. google it.

considering the criteria i think you already knew what camera you wanted....:P

The GoPro HD doesn't have a viewing screen or use aa's it's got a lithium battery pack.

Hopefully be picking one up during the week.

**takitimu** · 8th December 2009, 03:36

Originally Posted by cave weta

I will own something by the weekend- what will it be guys?

I want- HD
waterproof
shock proof
SD card
aa batteries
view screen
stills (photos)

Olympus SW series if you want a Point & Shoot, I got this for a casio I got ( I wanted slow motion video ).
http://www.amazon.com/Lewis-N-Clark-...0199998&sr=8-2

Quite a few cameras have water proof housings, but they are not cheap ( www.bhphotovideo.com have everything you could want ).

**Keithf** · 8th December 2009, 05:01

Vio POV. Not HD but ticks all the other boxes. This is a top of the line helmet camera....and the output is pretty good.

check my website for some footage

Originally Posted by cave weta

I will own something by the weekend- what will it be guys?

I want- HD
waterproof
shock proof
SD card
aa batteries
view screen
stills (photos)

**oldskool** · 8th December 2009, 08:16

One thing you may wanna consider is what format the footage is captured to. This is an area which seems to be glossed over by the manufacturers.

Once you get all those hours of footage you might want to edit out the dull and leave the good bits. Some compression systems are easier to deal with than others.

Because I have a GoPro I did a bit of research with their system.
GoPro standard uses MJPEG compression.
GoPro HD uses MP4
MJPEG is easier to edit than MP4.

I use Premiere to edit the footage, but it's a bit of a workaround to get acceptable quality final cuts after all the friggin around with transcoding.

Not sure what format POV captures to, but I have a feeling it may be more of an acceptable industry standard than the other brands.

**Keithf** · 8th December 2009, 17:10

The vio compresses to a MPG4 xvid format . I generally convert it to an MP2 or AVI to edit
I have just started to use Premiere and while i can edit the raw file in Premiere it is a bit of a mission....I need to fine tune my setup yet-there is some fancy stuff that I haven't got to grips with yet.

**oldskool** · 8th December 2009, 17:43

Originally Posted by Keithf

The vio compresses to a MPG4 xvid format . I generally convert it to an MP2 or AVI to edit
I have just started to use Premiere and while i can edit the raw file in Premiere it is a bit of a mission....I need to fine tune my setup yet-there is some fancy stuff that I haven't got to grips with yet.

Yes whilst Premiere Pro CS4 imports these files and multiple frame sizes it's a bit of a pain, laggy and slow. Premiere Pro CS3 seems to edit them easier (faster).

I use RiverPast Video Cleaner Pro with all the booster codec filter packs installed to transcode from the proprietary GOPRO MJPEG codec to an industry recognised MJPEG codec then once the editing has been done to also convert to MP4 for Youtube or Facebook.

I have an old but trusty pinnacle DC30 video editing card I may reinstall to speed up the MJPEG editing so scrubbing can be more fluent and not so software intensive.

Vegas and Final Cut are the only 2 serious packages I know of that have decent fast realtime software rendering while editing.

**cave weta** · 8th December 2009, 18:01

Originally Posted by oldskool

One thing you may wanna consider is what format the footage is captured to. This is an area which seems to be glossed over by the manufacturers.

Once you get all those hours of footage you might want to edit out the dull and leave the good bits. Some compression systems are easier to deal with than others.

Because I have a GoPro I did a bit of research with their system.
GoPro standard uses MJPEG compression.
GoPro HD uses MP4
MJPEG is easier to edit than MP4.

I use Premiere to edit the footage, but it's a bit of a workaround to get acceptable quality final cuts after all the friggin around with transcoding.

Not sure what format POV captures to, but I have a feeling it may be more of an acceptable industry standard than the other brands.

well unless Retro Asian comes up with the test camera for me - Im going to get the Go Pro http://www.goprocamera.com/index.php...2&productid=29
watch the demo video and you will
be sold!

**cave weta** · 8th December 2009, 18:06

Originally Posted by oldskool

all the booster codec filter packs installed to transcode from the proprietary GOPRO MJPEG codec to an industry recognised MJPEG codec then once the editing has been done to also convert to MP4 for Youtube or Facebook.

I have an old but trusty pinnacle DC30 video editing card I may reinstall to speed up the MJPEG editing so scrubbing can be more fluent and not so software intensive.
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