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!
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.)
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posted on 14/10/17 at 09:43 PM
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).
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...
quote: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.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity!
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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.
Maybe I'm being harsh as it is older tech than the Chinese one and I was initially referring to the video quality and the battery life. However
the quality of the Gopro is also poor. The body of the camea [not the waterproof case] has started to crack and it has only been used a handful of
times. It will probably go in the bin as it isn't really in a fit state to put on ebay
My Chinese one has been on boats and in the sea and hasn't missed a beat. Also the re-chargeable battery life is great.