Highway Video

[Bryant5493]

Jefferson County, Alabama [HD]

This video follows I-20 from I-459 in Irondale to I-459 just south of Bessemer.


Be well,

Bryant

[Chris]

I ordered a new camera for the 2010 roadgeeking season. I hope I can make some better videos now

I used to use my older Canon digital camera, but that one doesn't allow for HD quality.

this is the video camera I ordered:


I plan to attach it to the center of the dash board with velcro so I can film just over the wiper blades. I think I can also plug it into the cigarette lighter, so I have no filming limits.

[Bryant5493]

^^

Cool camera, Chris. It looks similar to mine. What kind of camera is it?


Here's mine.




Be well,

Bryant

[hbelkins]

I just won a new video camera on eBay. It's a Panasonic SDR-H80 and it has a 60 GB hard drive plus a card slot for SDHC cards. It is only marginally bigger than the SDR-S26 SDHC card recorder that's currently on the market, which is comparable in size to the Panasonic cam I have now. (So I may be selling that one since I will be replacing it). I'm looking forward to its arrival in the mail so I can test it out. It was used but in perfect condition and I can even get a warranty on it, so getting it at half of what it would retail for new was a bargain! I should be able to shoot video in higher quality now and with this camera having (with the SD card slot) 3x the capacity of the one I have now.

[Bryant5493]

Be well,

Bryant

[Bryant5493]

My mom's first roadgeeking video.

Anne Arundel-Montgomery-D.C. Roadgeeking [HD]

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Bryant

[xcellntbuy]

Excellent videos.  These are my first online look at this type of media after 13 years of dial-up.  It is quite a change.

[Bryant5493]

^^

Thanks.

Indeed it is. I know you're happier getting away from dial-up. :-)


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Bryant

[D-Dey65]

There are several on-board cameras available for accident-recording purposes, but they are also suitable for our hobby.

DRS-1100 Drivers Eye;

example:
(high quality preferrable)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMpmwtMUGok

All I've got is a Kodak EasyShare C182. Can you add SD cards with more than 4 Gigabytes in those?

[Chris]

I was wondering what you guys think is an acceptable length for a highway video. Since Youtube has increased the maximum length for videos, I noticed many people putting up 13 - 17 minute road videos. In my opinion, that's too long, especially at real speed. I try to keep my videos under 5 minutes, and I'm not particularly keen on 30 seconds intros as well. I usually only watch longer videos by users I know have good quality and interesting videos (like Freewayjim, ScrewdupclickV2, VAfreeways, Cosmophotography, Freewaybrent, etc.)

[haljackey]

So I made a few road videos (you can find them here) and am looking for some tips and tricks on how to record better.

Here's my current setup: I have a mini-tripod mounted to my car's dashboard via heavy-duty two-sided tape. I then have my camera attached to this. It can get a bit wobbly and the weight of the camera can cause the tripod to come tumbling down if I take a sharp turn too quickly.

How do others mount their cameras in their cars? Just wondering.  

[D-Dey65]

To be honest, I'm very leery of mounting anything on my dashboard or windshield, and it doesn't really matter what the device is. Camera, GPS, Radar Detecor, or whatever, it'll never stay where I put it. During one of my road trips up north, I bought a cradle that you could put a cell phone or an MP3 player in that you could stick in the air vent, and it just kept coming off. As for using suction cups or anything else on the windshield, forget it! The slightest bit of moisture, and whatever you have there will fall right in your lap... or next to it. I've been considering one of those "gorilla grip" tripods to mount a camera on, but considering the way my dashboard and the surrounding area is made, I find it hard to believe it will even stay there, let alone hold up a camera.

[hbelkins]

How do others mount their cameras in their cars? Just wondering.  

ClampPod Pro by Sunpak.

[Ian]

For those of you that are interested, I have a few videos on youtube (link in my signature). They are not NBC news quality, but they are videos.