Helmet camera recommendations please

[Deleted member 4366]

I finally got round to trying my new camera mentioned above:

http://www.myactioncamera.co.uk/shop/cameras/ac32-sport-plus/

It cost £80 at the Cycle show. It's a bit more than a camera because it has a GPS too and records the GPS data with the film, so it can do some interesting things. The manual is too complicated for me. It shows how to do work-outs and calories and stuff like that. I got this far, which is probably enough for most people: The blue line is elevation and the yellow is speed. The others are X, Y and Z acceleration, which might be useful to find out how much 20g hurts when you crash or what the terminal velocity of your bike is when you ride off a cliff.



The quality seems pretty good right across the frame. I stopped the playback and took this screenshot:

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It's waterprrof to 3 meters and has a 3 hour battery recording time. It comes with a handlebar mount , USB lead, 8gb memory card and USB card adapter. Not bad for £80. Now £160 on their website. Maybe you can haggle.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

I've been playing with my new camera. You can synchronise the camera with the map. As the video plays, it shows your speed and position on the map, so I was able to see my speed down my favourite short hill. The hill is a lot of fun because you gather speed to a bend that always has gravel and wet patches that you have to dodge, so you have to be inch perfect on your line, and it takes real nerve to carry your speed round that bend because if you get it wrong, there's a big tree that you will hit. After that, you drop (30% gradient) to maximum speed for the next bend that you can straighten a bit by entering from the other side of the road. Here's your chance to do it via the video. I hit 70 km/hr today because the road was a bit drier than normal.

It's surprising how straight it looks on the map. That first bend feels like a right angle when you ride round it.

 

[mountainsport]

Same short route as above, but at night time.

Far wetter, muddy and slippery than it looks.

Hi Eddie PJ,

Firstly, you must be a brave soldier to be in that creepy woods 'all alone' at that time of the night or was that a mere camera trick?

What do you use to power up the two main cree head lights? Is it a separate pack or is the power drawn from the main battery ?

I am planning to do a video myself but not like you posh guys filming with cameras costing between £100-250. I'll just use my cheap three year old £20 spy camera glasses .

MS.

 

[EddiePJ]

Hi MS,

I first read your post incorrectly and thought how the hell did you know that was heading onto MOD land.
The rides very far more remote than that, as that was just the start. It's one of the reasons that I carry so much crap with me. I ride with another lad once or twice a week, then on my own perhaps two to three time a week.

My camera can be bought from prices roughly ranging from £35.00 - £60.00.
I have a friend who has a pair of those spy glasses, and uses them at Land Rover events that he takes part in. They are very good.

edit.. Sorry MS, I forgot to mention the Cree Lights

I have one of these with the single bulb. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151221241965?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

And one with three bulbs. The single bulb one came with a six battery pack, and three bulb with a four battery pack, so I swapped them over.

 

[jonathan75]

CNET review the new Xaiomi Yi, a higher-end Wifi cam which costs £43 in China at the moment. Looks pretty nice. http://www.cnet.com/uk/products/xiaomi-yi/

 

[steve.c]

I bought mine on eBay for £35 and works great but only done some underwear stuff but quality is good

 

[jdallan]

I bought mine on eBay for £35 and works great but only done some underwear stuff but quality is good

That sounds interesting

Jim

 

[KirstinS]

but quality is good

The underwear or the camera ?!

 

[EddiePJ]

Sadly I managed to delete all of the holiday ride footage that I took, which was annoying, as I'd intentionally filmed some of the steep climbs.
I just about had time before coming home, to nip back out and film a slowish 5 mile road descent. It's dull and uninteresting, the Suzuki Jeep slowed progress even further, and you might want to skip the first few minutes as that was just filmed to show my wife something.

5 miles up, 5 miles back down again.

 

[selrahc1992]

I bought mine on eBay for £35 and works great but only done some underwear stuff but quality is good

You can't not tell us more about this,there's clearly a lot more to this pedelec thing than I realised..

 

[Nealh]

Not a helmet cam but a rear combi vid cam and light here is my first use of the Fly6 , wind noise/buffeting is quite noticeable which I found very disappointing. The speil says upto 6 hrs record depending on light setting and it records in 10 min segments. Also coming soon is the Fly12 a front triple combo of vid cam, upto 400 lumen led light and tamper alarm.

 

[Gubbins]

Not a helmet cam but a rear combi vid cam and light here is my first use of the Fly6 , wind noise/buffeting is quite noticeable which I found very disappointing. The speil says upto 6 hrs record depending on light setting and it records in 10 min segments. Also coming soon is the Fly12 a front triple combo of vid cam, upto 400 lumen led light and tamper alarm.

Just found this cam on another site , but I cant view your video! Seems pricey but have you found it to be worth it?
Phill

 

[Nealh]

Vid should work it plays ok with Win 10, It isn't cheap but the cost doesn't bother me as I can't take it with me. Disappointed with the wind buffeting on it but does give me piece of mind should someone get to close or ever have me off. The light has 4 modes and is very bright and vehicle plates are identified when pic is paused. Any cam can be mounted rearward but as this is a combi unit it doesn't shout cam, the Fly12 is expected to be around the 170 mark so may well get one. Mic is sensitive it picks up bike noise; the motor , gear shifting , better make sure I don't add extra wind noise.

 

[Gubbins]

Video is set to private. Fly 6 mk2 I'd now £99 at wiggle

 

[Nealh]

Hadn't realised it was set to private been on to youface and changed it to public so maybe viewable now. Got my mk2 from W for 99.

 

[Gubbins]

Hadn't realised it was set to private been on to youface and changed it to public so maybe viewable now. Got my mk2 from W for 99.

Thanks.
Looks good. Was the mk2 any better and would you buy another?

 

[Nealh]

I've only had the mk2 which is more compact then the Mk1. I hope not to buy for a long while as expecting this one to last a good few years, but yes expect there will be a mk3, 4 etct,etc in the future.

 

[Izzyekerslike]

I have just got my sj 4000 got it set up and recording. I have attempted to edit the footage but a few editing programs and apps don't recognise the mov. files any hints and tips gratefully accepted.

 

[Gubbins]

I have just got my sj 4000 got it set up and recording. I have attempted to edit the footage but a few editing programs and apps don't recognise the mov. files any hints and tips gratefully accepted.

I use windows movie maker in windows 10, but it also worked iin 8 before I upgraded

 

[Gubbins]

I use windows movie maker in windows 10, but it also worked iin 8 before I upgraded

Just to update on that..
I use windows Movie Maker.
Import the file(s) In the edit menu one can trim the video, then save as for high definition video or save as a project if you want to add more later. I suffer a lot of incidents on a short stretch of road and have put all the bits together..