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  • chipgibbs
    CG3
    • Aug 2012
    • 164

    #1

    Drive and Video ?

    Anyone here figure out how to run a boat & Video tape at the same time? I guess I gotta mount something on my head....Ugh, I didn't want to look that dorky.

    Ideas?


    Chip
  • srislash
    Not there yet
    • Mar 2011
    • 7673

    #2
    I've got a couple ideas for you.The first is the classic head cam.I did this at first with my Contour cam.Problem is here is that although it is great for always being on you're boat this proves hard to zoom even if you can(can't on a Contour). Next is a TX mounted cam and give me a bit and I'll take a couple of pics and show you how I do that.

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    • dana
      Banned
      • Mar 2010
      • 3573

      #3
      I rigged my iPhone to the lid of my baseball cap with coat hanger. Yes it looks ridiculous but works. Most people use gopro camera mounted this way, they're a bit smaller

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      • srislash
        Not there yet
        • Mar 2011
        • 7673

        #4
        So this is what I made quite easily.A little shelf bracket and some assorted washers and bolt that fits your cam



        Mount this on the cam



        And install a bolt to your TX and bend the bracket till you are happy with it and voila




        I can easily adjust the zoom with my steering hand/finger
        And this is how it fits on my other radio

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        • siberianhusky
          Fast Electric Addict!
          • Dec 2009
          • 2187

          #5
          My buddy John Mclean has a pair of HD video sunglasses, work pretty good. Even have sound.

          Look just like these, not sure of the brand of his though



          This was shot with them, The video is much better on his computer, youtube rendering seems to kill the quality.
          If my boats upside down then who owns the one I thought I was driving the last two laps?

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          • srislash
            Not there yet
            • Mar 2011
            • 7673

            #6
            Originally posted by siberianhusky
            My buddy John Mclean has a pair of HD video sunglasses, work pretty good. Even have sound.

            Look just like these, not sure of the brand of his though



            This was shot with them, The video is much better on his computer, youtube rendering seems to kill the quality.
            Those are cool

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            • lenny
              Fast Electric Addict!
              • Sep 2010
              • 4294

              #7

              I used some velcro straps to hold the camcorder to the side of my tx,
              Just need to learn how to zoom and drive at the same time.
              This are pictures of my canon on the side of the tx,
              But now I have a jvc camcorder that work a lot better.


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              ? ONLY IF THEY WORK

              My youtube videos.http://www.youtube.com/user/61manx?feature=mhee

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              • chipgibbs
                CG3
                • Aug 2012
                • 164

                #8
                Sweet glasses & other ideas

                Thanks guys

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                • antslake
                  RC nut
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 214

                  #9
                  I have used the #11 keychain cam which is the size of a car remote alarm($40), and records in 720p velcroed to my hat brim, and now I have a gopro hero2 with an eleastic strap for head mount. Keychain cam, harder to figure out, easy to mount, gopro easy to use, mount, and does the best video. Here are some examples, first the keychain, then the gopro:



                  Gopro":

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                  • tlandauer
                    Fast Electric Addict!
                    • Apr 2011
                    • 5666

                    #10
                    This has worked for me, although I need to be careful not to fall into the water and must look out for those trees!
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                    I posted this a few days ago as I was wondering anything lighter and quicker to upload like this would work: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...gie_Touch.html
                    I am really impressed with the gopro video quality, just not too crazy about the extreme wide lense since there is already quite a distance to video, the play back seems always so far away and I am so near sighted.
                    Too many boats, not enough time...

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                    • chipgibbs
                      CG3
                      • Aug 2012
                      • 164

                      #11
                      Sweet Ideas guys. I think I can cobble something together and get this video fun started.

                      Chip

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