What On-Board Video Camera Are You Using???

[Calkins]

In my case, the camera would be used on a motor bike.  So, mounting might be a pain.  I have never really been a fan of helmet mounting.  But, choices are limited.

[charlie101]

For a viewer, high on the chest is the best of the choices. That way the rider action can be seen and jolts are cushioned somewhat. On the helmet the pic gets too irrational and on the bike the view is shaky and often restricted, or the only thing you see is the road ahead. That is often boring in the long run..

[rlague]

I like the Replay XD Prime X.  It is very compact with very high quality and Android app viewing and running if you lile.

We have been using it with work on Sam Wheeler's project and it is awesome! 

-great mounting systems available
-wifi viewing
-wifi setting
-awesome quality
-compact, well built.

and the company is Bonneville nuts and supporters.

Of course the GO PRO  is good, but too big for in cockpit usage.

[killacycle]

Lately, the safety inspectors have looked carefully at the mounting methods used for on-board video cameras. They will want to make sure that the camera won't fly off during a run. (This causes the whole track to shut down while they search for the missing camera. Major pain in the butt.) At some events, they put an approval sticker on it if it is attached securely. You need a sticker on every camera, or they will make you take it off in the staging lane.

So before you buy a camera, you need to figure a way to mount it securely, like with a nut and bolt through the base. They won't go for the standard sticky tape method. Maybe a lanyard will work, but check first.

If you don't have video, it never happened.

[fordboy628]

If you don't have video, it never happened.
 

So true.

 

[Gary Perkinson]

I like the Replay XD Prime X.  It is very compact with very high quality and Android app viewing and running if you lile.

We have been using it with work on Sam Wheeler's project and it is awesome! 

-great mounting systems available
-wifi viewing
-wifi setting
-awesome quality
-compact, well built.

and the company is Bonneville nuts and supporters.

Of course the GO PRO  is good, but too big for in cockpit usage.

I have a Replay XD 1080 Mini, which I tried to use last weekend at Wilmington without success. I'm 99% sure, however, that it was my fault and not the camera's. Between forgetting to hit "record" in the staging lanes and hitting "record" incorrectly, I don't think I got anything. But I can't be sure, because the camera's drivers wouldn't load onto my PC when I plugged it in.    I'll either give it another shot at Loring, or borrow my wife's Go Pro. Not trying to bad-mouth the Replay at all--everyone else (with a brain) seems to like it...