I have a history of buying stuff and not using it!
To that end I am thinking of a go-pro type of camera, to stick on the car sometimes. I doubt it will get used a lot, and if very much for fun.
Therefore, can anybody suggest anything in particular. Seem them from £10ish for a copy, and (hopefully) genuine SJC type for £40 and up on fleabay,
will only buy from UK as it needs to be here in a week....
Are the £10 type OK, or are the £40 type really worth 4x the price? Forget any more than that!
Cheers
Clive
EBay sj4000 a friend at work says his is great.I plan on getting one myself for next summer driving
I've had an SJ6000, the posh one with WIFI for a couple of years, it's very good.
Forgot WIFI, it kills the battery when active.
I like to use Gearbest for cheap chinese stuff.
This was taken on a ele 4k camera (albeit in 1080 as 4k frame rate is v low.)
gearbest link
https://youtu.be/Dpz-5pu-dWw
you can do worse than re-purposing an old android smartphone
plenty of apps that will do video, gps, and even read various parameters from modern cars obd (speed, revs etc.)
SJ4000 is very good quality for £40
The quality is far better than this YouTube offering
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"techmoan" onyou tube....alll you want / need to know
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Originally posted by theconrodkid
"techmoan" onyou tube....alll you want / need to know
SJ4000 is what I use. A bit funny re white balance sometimes - you have to set it on a slightly strange WB setting to get it to look right but it does the job. I recently upgraded to a Isaw Edge because it has better res and goes to 40m (so I can use it for scuba). It also has Wifi but it is not realistically that useful- bit of fun really. For transferring data cards full you have to pop out the card (battery would be dead long before a cardsworth has transferred).
I use an Sj 4000 , as well, and all of my footage seems to be excellent, however the sound is marginly dispaleced with the picture
OK, in the end I have plumped for an Acme vr04 (whatever that really means, as far as I was aware Acme made all the stuff that wylie coyote used to
attempt to catch roadrunner)
A couple of reasons. Mainly I am being cheap and don't want to fork out £40+at this stage, the acme is £18. And I know at that price level there
are loads of the sj4000 copies, but reviews are either "variable" or appear fake. The Acme is a slightly older and less feature packed
camera, but seems that it should have some fort of reliability. And Youtube reviews seem encouraging. Doesn't need to be fantastic quality, it is
just for fun and may only get used a few times...
But I like that Techmoan link!
Thanks for all your replies.
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Originally posted by 40inches
SJ4000 is very good quality for £40
The quality is far better than this YouTube offering
[Edited on 14-10-17 by 40inches]
I've got an original gopro which is rubbish and a much newer Chinese one which is miles better. Mine cost about £20 from Ali Express
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Originally posted by PAUL FISHER
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Originally posted by 40inches
SJ4000 is very good quality for £40
The quality is far better than this YouTube offering
[Edited on 14-10-17 by 40inches]
Barrow hill if I am not mistaken
Clock Tower Business centre.
I've got an sj4000 cam only used twice in brand new condition for £45 delivered if you're interested? Message me
Bought my 9 yr old son a £40 unit off eBay. Has WiFi, comes with a waterproof case and various attachments (fitted to his cycle helmet).
Works really well and for his age group I wasn't going to spend any more money then that.
Not used it in a car, but I can see no reason why it wouldn't work for that.
U2U me and I'll check the make/model for you tonight.
Cheers
Nick
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Originally posted by SJ
I've got an original gopro which is rubbish and a much newer Chinese one which is miles better. Mine cost about £20 from Ali Express
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Originally posted by SJ
I've got an original gopro which is rubbish and a much newer Chinese one which is miles better. Mine cost about £20 from Ali Express
Interesting, as I used to have a GoPro Hero 3 (purchased in America, where is was less in $ than retailed for £ in the UK). It's been on scuba trips, sailing boats, motorcycle, 4x4 etc., and never failed me in the slightest. That got stolen on holiday few years back, so invested in a Hero 4 shortly after, and think it's still a brilliant bit of kit. As with all of them, useful to have a couple of spare batteries as it can go through them quite quickly. I begrudge paying full whack for the latest model they release every year, but am yet to be convinced on the cheaper copies/alternatives.