motorcycle camera

[jrb]

Ok, here is the deal. I'm going riding in the smokys in a couple of weeks and I'm thinking some type of helmet camera would be cool. Problem is I know nothing about them. Wondering if anyone out there can give me some idea of what's the best set up to go with without spending a king's ransom.

[hubcapsc]

I have an older (3 megapixel) gopro camera... they're five megapixel now...

http://www.goprocamera.com/products?gclid=COSXtb79r6ICFZdL5QodG3SYQg

Pretty cheap, takes pictures and video, I've clamped and stuck it a bunch of different places
on my bike...





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb10P5C8ATY&feature=channel_page#lq-lq2-hq

-Mike

[Colin]

I got a cheap ($5 IIRC) bicycle camera mount from eBay that fits on 1" bars and just use my normal digital camera on it. Takes videos or stills. Have a look at these examples (scroll down to entry for 7th February). I put a photo of the mount in a post a few months ago if you do a search of the forum I'm sure you'll find it.

[JimC]

If you go to the Arizona board and send a message to Michael K, he has a video set up. I have seen several of his films and they turned out very well.
Jim

[HayHauler]

Just don't get one of the hard disk cameras.  The rough roads will keep the camera from recording.  Don't ask me how I know this... 


Hay 
Jimmyt

(new SDHC camera on the way for IZ10!)