Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > bike cam

[Desmondo]

Yep, my set up isn't too bad considering overall costs but I don't have any decent fottage to show you at the moment

Consists of a proper Sony bullet cam and an Archos hard drive recorder with a 20gig drive in it. Quality is more than acceptable for my uses. Not as good as a DV cam due to the lower resolution, but at less than £200 for the recorder (along with all it's other uses) I'm not complaining.

Originally posted by tp-996
I've seen pictures, the man is over-achieving.

That's what I keep telling myself but then I'm not complaining

[Desmondo]

Originally posted by moozaad
It's a very small CCD - I think it's 300-350k pixels

That'll be your main problem, it's a CMOS chip, not CCD. Quality won't be as good, may look a touch too grainy. Would be interested in seeing the results though

[Felix]

Originally posted by Desmondo
Yep, my set up isn't too bad considering overall costs but I don't have any decent fottage to show you at the moment

Now why is it that I don't believe you somehow? More likely to be indecent!

[Desmondo]

You ever played hide the bulletcam?

[Felix]

No, but I'd love to see the footage!

[Desmondo]

I'll ask her this weekend :P

[moozaad]

Do you mean the 480 TVL -- 21CW[SHR] bullet camera?
The high res version (£125) runs at PAL : 752(H)X582(V) which is the same resolution as most DVDs are ripped/produced at. It's far past the quality of the average TV. The low res version (£88) runs at PAL: 500(H)X582(V).

I can't find them anywhere but
http://www.helmet-cameras.com/helmet_cam_pal.htm
http://www.rfconcepts.co.uk/sony_colour_ccd.htm
and they're probabily the same company.

Also note, these are wired cameras which improves the quality but makes them hard to stick in obscure places... sorry Felix

The only thing that would let that down would be the recorder. That archos records in 512x384 but its very expensive... £300~. With anything, you get what you pay for...