** £15 track day camera!! ** Cheap Ultra Small Camera - probs interest all!
 

hi guys found this on another forum, thought it'd interest you guys, ive just bought one. should be good for weekend drives/meets/trackdays.

I know it's not going to set the world alight and you get what you pay for and all that but it's worth a shot for only £15 delivered. It's basically a copy of the Muvi cameras which sell for about £50

DVR Sports Voice Recorder Video Camera Spy Cam Mini DV on eBay (end time 04-Feb-10 11:08:21 GMT)

or £17 buy it now (search his other items)

One of the guys that has already got his has tried it out and the vids from it are below

day
YouTube - Audi A4 with Mini Dv

night
YouTube - Audi A4 night

forgetting about the price for a minute i would be happy if i can get the same quality in the daytime vid from a £50-100 camera let alone a £15 one

anyway i've just ordered one to give it a shot (looking to use it on trackdays) but i'll get a video up when i've tried it out if anyones interested.

You'll need to get a micro SD card for it and you can get an 8gb 6 speed card for between £10-15 so it's not bad for £30max all in

Note. everyone who has tried it has mentioned that you cant skimp out on the sd card and must get a class 6 one so it is quick and you'll get a better recording with sound - link below to the one i have bought

PEAK 8GB MICRO SDHC + SD ADAPTER CLASS 6 RETAIL | Ginger6 Wolverhampton West Midlands UK

cheers

p.s. i think it'll be awesome cable tied to the grill or something

look at the size - only 5.5cm long !

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...1/IMAG0175.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/09...n-p/miniDV.jpg

also note, it is not waterproof!! so only mount outside when its dry. otherwise behind rear view mirror would be good.

battery life is 2 hours! so will run out before your 8 gig card is full.

and roughly 40mins recording to 1 gig to give you an idea of what 8 gig card will give you!

Eddy

This could be what I've been looking for, I've been after a compact video camera with decent quality and sound for karting. I'll take a look into getting one tomorrow thanks :)

lol yeah ive got a proper £150 trackday camera.. but for £30 tops here you cant go wrong for just clowning about and not worrying if it breaks etc.

loads of people praising it on the other forums as long as u have the class 6 sd card and a good mounting position.

I had 1 of them. It didnt like being glued to my camera mount. Killed it before it even went near a car.

o are they really that crap?

just ordered one gonna give it a go. My internal camers are fine, but i might strap this to get some suspension in action or exhaust cam shots as for 15 quid doesnt matter to much if i kill it :)

lets hope it works ok!

Heya this seems a gd Idea and cheap to.

But which are best ways to mount them as I dnt want to be gluing it or screwing it in lol.

Thanks

Quality seems a lot better than I expected... might be tempted...

thats a good idea actually!

heres another sample video

YouTube - Time Lapse Drive

its fast fowarded as the guy thought speeding it up was better then watching 40 mins, with not much happening. lol

just to show quality i think really

I'll tell you what, For 15 notes I am going to order one right now!! Less than a pub lunch and a couple of drinks. Cant be bad.

Foehn & Hirsch Tiny DV Camcorder 30fps 720x480 - Smallest in the world - Ebuyer

Same thing methinks....

cheers luther, yeah same thing

Thanks Eggy. Just order mine from ebuyer, and used your link for the micro SD! worth a punt for 30 sheets all in. Now just to find a way to secure it on grill or inside car. hmmm?

Andrew

Mine should be here end of the week, I might try to connect it to the cat somehow.

Whats up eggy! Hows things?
This looks like a great little device, which i'm sure some may get in trouble using in certain rooms of the house!:lol1:
Tim, that cat idea sound fun, but i imagine the camera may never return!

says free delivery on the card but can only get it down 2.99 , not sure how you get it free delivery

just brought one of the camera 15.50 buy it now

Get the SD card off Amazon free delivery in alot of cases.

Like this one, £3 saving ;)

Transcend 8 GB Class 6 microSDHC Flash Memory Card: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

hi mate ive been told the battery lasts a bit over 2 hours, someone has managed to get it to last 4 hours either way.. the battery dies before the memory is full..

not sure of it overwrites though, will have to do some testing when i recieve it

everythings cool here mit. hope all is well for you. how the ra running?

lol @ ur idea of using it as a spycam - typical bloke thing to do lol

on the delivery section.. the 3rd option down is free delivery.

think it's 2 - 5 days free delivery from what i recall when i did it.. but its defo free says 0.00 under price.

i'll ask on the other forum for you mate

heres another vid showing quality.. mounted to the lower gril of a cliosport.

YouTube - Clio 172 Cup - MD80 Mini DV

just saw this and have just brought one for £18.99 and a genuine 8 gb sdhc card for £19,not bad for under £40,the footage on youtube is outstanding for the price and i cant really see why you need anything better,cant wait to try it,think i will be mounting it with velcrow on the back of my rear view mirror,

Will get one of these for the bike.

Playing or racing Paul: and if racing, then which class?

Simon

lol
just been back on the site and now says free on orders over 50 quid :eek:

thats strange? i dont know then

b13bat: here are the replies..

eggy - i think the unit just goes into standby mode so it just won't record if the memory cards full, you would need to wipe it everytime

Correct, it's not fancy enough to manually over-write existing data.

I use mine for the purpose mentioned by eggy790 and just plug it into my PC every morning at work (free electricity to recharge the battery ftw) and clear the files off. There's enough battery life and memory to record both ways of my journey. Difference is I cycle to work, not drive, and use it to record any idiots along my way lol.