I am looking to buy a video setup that I can either put in my WRX for autocross events or the Miata for track days.

Video doesn't have to be amazing, just good enough to be shown on a TV and be legible.

I would need to buy a mount for the rollbar on the Miata, and I'd have to figure out some other way to mount it on my WRX. I don't know what location is the best for recording autocross... if you put it on the roof you get a good angle of the course, but no information on the driver (steering input, braking/accel), and vice versa. Can a wide angle lens help with this?

Some gizmos I'm wondering if people have experience with:

ChaseCam:
http://www.chasecam.com/bulletcam.htm

GBox overlay device:
http://www.hoyttech.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=300

Probably more later :)

john

Take a look at the Mustek PVR. I have one and like in so far. You can find them at Amazon.

I am looking to buy a video setup that I can either put in my WRX for autocross events or the Miata for track days.

Video doesn't have to be amazing, just good enough to be shown on a TV and be legible.

I would need to buy a mount for the rollbar on the Miata, and I'd have to figure out some other way to mount it on my WRX. I don't know what location is the best for recording autocross... if you put it on the roof you get a good angle of the course, but no information on the driver (steering input, braking/accel), and vice versa. Can a wide angle lens help with this?

Some gizmos I'm wondering if people have experience with:

ChaseCam:
http://www.chasecam.com/bulletcam.htm

GBox overlay device:
http://www.hoyttech.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=300

Probably more later :)

john


I like all of chasecam's stuff. (fellow AutoX too)
You can see a bunch of videos that I have taken for the last 1-2 yrs. here: http://www.skuttlemotorsports.com/videos.htm
I use a Canon Optura which has the important analog input/outputs.
Then I use Pinnacle Studios to edit on computer.

Check with the guy probably parked next to you in grid at the next event :) I think I'll have my bullet-cammed new sony figured out by then.

Anyone willing to spend $600 or so to check out this new "Samsung SC-X105L Sports Camcorder" camera?

http://www.futurelooks.com/?m=show&id=165


Seems like a really good camera foor capturing in car video. You can mount the remote lense where it is hard to notice (incase you get pulled over with it in the car) and mount the camera in a easy to access area. The biggest complaint seems to be the battery life, which in the car isn't really an issue.

It records MPEG4 video, so it's easy to convert to web vids. It has 512MB built in memory so that should be enough for a full day of racing.

720/Normal = approx 32 min of recording time
352/Normal = approx 65 min of recording time

720/Fine = approx 16 min of recording time
352/Fine = approx 32 min of recording time

720/Super Fine = approx 10 min of recording time
352/Super Fine = approx 21 min of recording time

It also has memory expansion, it uses Sony Memory Stick Pro, so up to 2GB expansion per card...

Hrm only downside I see in the reviews I've read is that it uses some proprietary codec, but that should be easy to overcome, just put it on the computer and export it with another codec. Time consuming but not difficult.

i use my chasecam bulletcam mounted, well wherever i want and run it through my indash tv so i can see where its pointed. then it goes out of the tv and into my sony handycam mounted on the harness bar. it works out really well because then i already have it on tape and i can export it to the computer for editing.

josh