Camcorders, mounts, and telemetry

[— kung fu jesus —]

I am just starting to wade into this, so feedback would be extremely appreciated!

I am looking to buy a video camera for the car I can mount inside to critique myself at the track. The equipment needs to be easy to use, good support, easy to d/l and edit, and have good accessories. I am looking at the GoPro stuff, but I don't want to spend a crapload on tech that becomes obsolete in months.

I am generally do 15-30 minute sessions, 5-6/event. I would like to mount it to my roll bar. I am considering using TrackAddict for telemetry to superimpose over the video.

Ideally, I hope to have the hardware together for under $300.

What do you use? If you have videos to show as a sample (this is NOT to be a 'cool video' posting thread), opinions, pros/cons, etc. I would love to hear them!

[— Phatmiata —]

This is a good idea, once I get the roll bar in I want to look at camera options as well

[— Grip Driver —]

I use one of these, quite happy with it for the price

http://www.amazon.com/Speed-Pro-Wate...=ION+SPEED+PRO

[— kung fu jesus —]

I am consider a GoPro3 white. It leaves me ~$100 for a mount and extra cards/batteries, though I may see if I can wire in a direct power source to plug into the camera from the car's harness.

[— Agent☣Orange —]

You could mount your Android phone running Torque and Track Recorder for free:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...recorder&hl=en

[— kung fu jesus —]

I have an I phone

[— Agent☣Orange —]

You could pick up a cheap Android tablet or used phone perhaps. Lots of Samsung Galaxy phones on the market with great cameras when people upgrade.

[— kung fu jesus —]

Good point. I should look to see if I still have my old HTC EVO.

[Demon I Am]

I don't have a harness bar on my rollbar, but I was given one of these http://www.mossmiata.com/Shop/ViewPr...eIndexID=77434 and have it installed in case I decided to run a camera. I think the smaller diameter bar would work well with most "bar mounts".

[Slampen]

Add this http://goo.gl/d2mhb8 so when you get to your wi-fi it will upload the movies auto-magically.

[— kung fu jesus —]

Holy crap, that's cool!

[— Agent☣Orange —]

Pretty neat. I had one for my Nikon point-n-shoot.

[theothersawyer]

Or you could just become friends with someone that works at Best Buy and get a GoPro for a nice discount!

[— kung fu jesus —]

A friend of mine suggested I look at Craig's List. He bought some good equipment there for his drones at good prices. Indeed, there are some good values there, but I need to familiarize myself with the equipment before doing this. If I stick with the GoPro stuff, I am trying to figure out what I need to accomplish what I want.