5440 test drive

Excellent!!

How did You Create the Split Screen Dual Images??

...#2 Camera 'Rooftop' (Sony) Movable Magnetic Mount. Can be placed anywhere, and pointed in any direction, the Cable can reach. View Suspension Movement, Throttle Action, Cockpit Action, Drivers' Ugly Face, Etc. NO Damage to Roof or Scratches on Paint. Still Testing, I Think I'll Take it Off the Roof and put it on the Deck!. The Wing Partially Blocks the View, and I don't Really want anything Higher than The Roofline. I do Have a Sony Camera/Video Recorder...

Despite the wind, still a great sound

I too wonder how you did that cool split screen tingy...

Rear view camera + sound: ZOOM Q3 which I put on a little tripod and taped to the fire exstinguisher located between the seats.

Front view: my buddy holding his smartphone

You then need to have a program that can handle multiple video tracks. I use Sony Vegas.
In Vegas you can use the Pan/ Crop tool to zoom, rotate and move the two tracks/ events separately.

Don´t forget to sync the tracks and mute the audio on one of them (in this case the smartphone).

The ZOOM Q3 is now available in a HD version as well. Might be getting one of those or perhaps a GoPro camera. Anyone tried a GoPro?

Marlin, what´s the full name of that rooftop Sony? Great looking car btw!

Too bad the season here in Sweden is coming to an end
This here car is highly addictive, in case you haven´t noticed

If you go to Team Pantera Racing and take a look at the SORC 1 mile shootouts runs 1 & 2 , they were taken with a GoPro inside the car. The South bound run was taken with the camera outside.

Mark

I plan to buy the latest Drift HD (will be released any time soon), and this because of the nice additional features it comes with.

Oregon Scientific has an HD model ATC9K, it has some nice built-in features like a g-sensor, it's waterproof, has a remote (IR, so you need line of sight - the Drift has a radio remote, so extra points for that!), a display so you can line up your shot, and has an optional GPS sensor that you can insert next to the battery and it will show you a plot of your route and some stats beside the video ... It's Achilles Heel according to reviews is the mounting hardware ... but for $199 at Costco (Canada), it might be worth a try and if it isn't any good, Costco will take it back within 90 days.

... I just tried the ATC9K over the weekend, while the specs are nice, the video quality isn't acceptable to me. The footage I shot suffers from what I think they call 'jellyvision' where the video wobbles - see the last 8 seconds where the car is just sitting there idling.
Sample from ATC9K

Thank you all for the input!

Yeah, I see what you mean #5754, seems very odd for an "action camera"...

Hi all, regarding the jelly fish images, I've had exactly the same on a Gopro that a friend lend me.I love the camera but before buying one I have to be sure that I don't get this jelly fish image !
Who can advise ? Thanks
Here's the link of Pantera Gr.3 1070 at Spa :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNCDV66Q04Q

1070 at Spa

Nice laps of Spa! Thanks for that.

Nice driving on the greatest circuit in the world, a tiny bit biased cause am Belgian. I also had a lot of driving fun. Hope to see You this year in Spa.


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Originally posted by stag4.2:
Hi all, regarding the jelly fish images, I've had exactly the same on a Gopro that a friend lend me.I love the camera but before buying one I have to be sure that I don't get this jelly fish image !
Who can advise ? Thanks

Are you using an HD GoPro? I have gotten pretty good results with an HD GoPro, although sound quality leaves a lot to be desired. A friend of mine has used an iPhone on a windshield mount that actually produces good quality shots that don't have that jelly affect like you were talking about. I will try and find that clip and post it.

I'm planning on devising a mount in car to mount my iPhone 4s because like some more expensive systems, I have an app that will take GPS data, and overlay a track map with position, and a speedometer to the video that you shoot. And as the iPhone 4s has a 1080p sensor now with real time video stabilization, it is starting to turn into a pretty awesome in car camera.

If anyone has an iPhone and wants to try the app, it's called "Harry's LapTimer" and it's a pretty slick app. It has hundreds of pre defined tracks around the world....

Chris

Yes that was an HD GoPro ! Thanks for the tip, I'll look into that iphone app. The good thing about the GoPro is when you put it on the outside of the car wich I probably wouldn't do with the iphone.

This was shot mostly with a Canon D5 :

Youtube link of 1070