Im looking to buy a HQ HD car cam for the old mans F1 , Hes having a blade made like the old BBC ones to fit it all in , we have been using a 4kam DVR system but its not HD and the quality is not that great , im not bothered about GPS/gauges overlay but want proper HD that can be played on a big screen . Thought i would ask you track monkeys before looking.
Just swapped out my kit from RF Concepts bullet cams recording onto digital tape to a GoPro HD.
The difference is amazing.
It’s very simple to setup, easy to use and very convenient with footage recording to SD cards.
As a bonus, it takes very interesting stills with the widescreen setting.
The only downside I can see is having enough hard drive space to store the footage & having a computer fast enough to deal with the output file sizes.
I have a go pro … non hd tho and the sound is crap.(the mic saturates with loud noise)
My professional flying buddy has a hd go pro and still overlays sound tracks to his videos cos the sound is not to his liking . Can you try one before you buy ?
GoPro HD - excellent.
The mic needs to be external really as the blade sits on top of the engine cover plus it will need a to be a bullet cam to fit the blade , has anyone got some HD footage I can check the quality out ?
Pic of the blade :
Are you getting any issues regarding over exposure ? I’m assuming you’re using it from inside between the seats ? I have a nice bullet cam but it over exposes the view out of the windscreen since the interior of the car is mainly dark…
Thannks
Matt
Speak to the guys at Dogcam (Mark I think), details on their website clicky .
i) He seemed very knowledgeable
ii) He said they’d do an exiges.com discount
iii) Mark drives a Lotus.
I was about to buy a GoPro or an HDMax, and still will do at some point if you speak to him!
Thanks , will give them a call , funny enough I was looking at this on there website : http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/POV.HD.html
Yup that looks to be a pretty good bit of kit that could be installed exactly how you envisaged. I’m sure Dogcam would love to help with a project like that!
I see also that GoPro have launched their 3D kit that allows two GoPro HD cams to be mated together. I might try and get my employer to invest in some to ‘research’ their use in Motorsport applications 
Mate has a mini DogCam, excellent bit of kit…he haggled a got a mount FOC too at Autosport!
Trouble with the gopro is it’s very flat and square so would be troublesome to fit into a blade.
have a look and the contour HD cam, same sensor as the gopro hd but in a slimmer package.
[quote=Muu]Trouble with the gopro is it’s very flat and square so would be troublesome to fit into a blade.
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but have you seen the actual size of it - it’s tiny. When i open the box i was very pleasantly surprised - i was expecting something much bigger.
Size of camera (excluding waterproof case) is approx 60mm x 40mm x 30mm
oh yeah dont get me wrong I love the gopro, just I imagined most of these blade cameras are like the cricket ones, point up into a mirror. So a lipstick shape is more useful.
Looking at the pic posted above there seems to be quite alot of room.
Thanks for the advice , just waiting on the blade dimensions to chose a setup , i will post some clips up on its next outing at the end of May , hopefully in proper HD 
Where does one air such a fantastic vehicle? I would love to have a look-see if its running anywhere…
It was at Donny last sunday at a truck do with a few other F1s. Hes done Goodwood FOS a few times in this car and and a JPS and a 612 Fez.
He did race in TGP but now just Demos but it takes him all over Europe .
Oh and he’s doing a street race in Denmark in a few weeks then on to the Nurburgring at the end of the month .
Good luck and let us know what you go with in the end - and where you post the output videos.
Have been looking into this myself, a friend of mine who has previously owned a GoPro (didnt say if it was a HD one) rates this as far superior:
The 1080p one, apparently has a remote mic too.