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Originally Posted by Andysan
Epic video by the way - perhaps include something in the budget this time for the onboard cameras that Dez reviewed in Racer a while back - wont record 24 hrs I'm assuming but would make for some cool footage. Only about £40 if I recall.
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Haha - I buy those budget video cameras in bulk but I have at least six of them that are still working; I chuck them into everything, so they don't last long! If I'd thought that teams would be up for it I'd have brought them with me and suggested attaching them to some of the other cars. The main problem however is keeping them steady - the lighter they are the more prone they are to vibration and the cheap rolling shutter mechanisms give a weird jello-wobble effect when subjected to vibration. I bought the GoPro specifically to get around this, and if I'd put more time into it then I would have gotten more high-quality footage. The wide angle lens really pulls in a lot but as a result you have to get in a lot closer for detail. It also exaggerates speed so it would have come out better better if we could have almost crawled around for the parade lap and passed within an inch or so of the pace car at the end. Oh well, there's always next time...
17-06-2011
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