I have just bought an SJ4000 and for the money, it's amazing! £48 posted. Sound in the wind is rubbish but shortly I will be cracking it open,
getting rid of the inbuilt mic, fitting a mic jack and fitting a remote mic in the engine bay.
Irony - 23/9/15 at 07:24 PM
Is this hack with the mic possible? I am thinking of getting a sj4000. Is the rear Lcd useful, the yiomui yi looks good but no rear lcd
Also comes with watrproof case. Mine came with plenty of mounts on ebay for about 90 quid. The amazon link has fewer mounts but seek and you shall
find.
[Edited on 23/9/15 by gingerprince]
Adamirish - 23/9/15 at 08:28 PM
quote:Originally posted by Irony
Is this hack with the mic possible? I am thinking of getting a sj4000. Is the rear Lcd useful, the yiomui yi looks good but no rear lcd
I don't see why not. There is a mic in it already so I will unsolder that, solder in a mic jack and go that route. The case will need to be
dremelled/drilled but that should be easy enough. Famous last words!
Yes the lcd is useful, you need it for the menu. Besides that, it is great for lining up the cam on the mount.
Irony - 24/9/15 at 07:19 AM
I looked it up and there are quite a few tutorial videos on youtube for the hack. There doesn't seem to be any cameras on the market with a
external mic option.
Adamirish - 24/9/15 at 07:56 AM
quote:Originally posted by Irony
I looked it up and there are quite a few tutorial videos on youtube for the hack. There doesn't seem to be any cameras on the market with a
external mic option.
Really? I thought I was going to be going into it blind!lol cheers, I will have a look. The Sony AS20 does but that is about £120.
Fcck2000 - 24/9/15 at 09:23 AM
quote:Originally posted by gingerprince
I have one of these :
Also comes with watrproof case. Mine came with plenty of mounts on ebay for about 90 quid. The amazon link has fewer mounts but seek and you shall
find.
[Edited on 23/9/15 by gingerprince]
This looks just the job, so I've ordered one from ebay £59 :-) bargain.
ken555 - 24/9/15 at 10:37 AM
quote:Really? I thought I was going to be going into it blind!lol cheers, I will have a look. The Sony AS20 does but that is about £120.
The Black Flash - 25/9/15 at 09:38 PM
I've got an SJ, but the battery life has proven to be a bit short. About 40 minutes max which means you always seem to miss the good bits.
Since then I bought an Innov C3. The camera is separate from the main body. This means that the body (which has the mic in) can be in the footwell
while the camera is on the rollbar or whatever. It also means that it's easy to run a charging lead to the body from a normal 12v output
socket.
The main downside is no live view so it's a bit harder to setup, and initially setting up the defaults is a bit faffy. Though I gather the newer
C4 (which now appears to be only 80 quid) has wifi so should solve all of that. Other than that, it's full HD and you can record with no wind
noise. I recorded for a whole day at Oulton and didn't have to worry about battery life.
quote:Originally posted by The Black Flash
I've got an SJ, but the battery life has proven to be a bit short. About 40 minutes max which means you always seem to miss the good bits
Really? I was playing with mine last weekend, I recorded 2 30 plus minute videos and still had half the battery life left.
Your cam does seem good and the fact you can plug it in and never have to worry about the battery is a great idea. Your car sounds ace by the way!
Fandango - 28/9/15 at 04:20 PM
quote:Originally posted by The Black Flash
I've got an SJ, but the battery life has proven to be a bit short. About 40 minutes max which means you always seem to miss the good bits.
Since then I bought an Innov C3. The camera is separate from the main body. This means that the body (which has the mic in) can be in the footwell
while the camera is on the rollbar or whatever. It also means that it's easy to run a charging lead to the body from a normal 12v output
socket.
The main downside is no live view so it's a bit harder to setup, and initially setting up the defaults is a bit faffy. Though I gather the newer
C4 (which now appears to be only 80 quid) has wifi so should solve all of that. Other than that, it's full HD and you can record with no wind
noise. I recorded for a whole day at Oulton and didn't have to worry about battery life.
Cheers for that, will look into the Innovv C3 / C4
The Black Flash - 12/10/15 at 09:32 PM
quote:Originally posted by Adamirish
quote:Originally posted by The Black Flash
I've got an SJ, but the battery life has proven to be a bit short. About 40 minutes max which means you always seem to miss the good bits
Really? I was playing with mine last weekend, I recorded 2 30 plus minute videos and still had half the battery life left.
Your cam does seem good and the fact you can plug it in and never have to worry about the battery is a great idea.
Maybe the battery quality is rather variable then - mine's only ever given 40 mins at room temp, when I tried to use it snowboarding it lasted
about 2 before it died of the cold. Maybe I'll try a replacement battery, as apart from that I think the SJ is a great little camera for the
price.
quote:Originally posted by Adamirish
Your car sounds ace by the way!
I can't get enough of it 