I know-I never realized how ingrained the reflex to drive on the right must be in me, because every time I watch a vid from 'the other side' part of me just starts screaming inside...

When we visited London last year I realized I could live there the entire rest of my life and I would STILL be looking 'left then right' to cross a street. And in London, that's fairly serious.

I liked the vid, especially how being low gave the real perception of speed; most videos from the bars tend to make 80 look like 20, just as TV tends to make a fast ball look slow. I wonder if you could figure out what portion of the screen it's using to auto-focus, and adjust it JUST enough to raise that above the horizon line?

 

Yeah, I really like that low angle as well.

 

Yes I've just checked it out. The settings come in QVGA, VGA and SXGA. Seems I was in QVGA which is the smallest resolution. I have changed it to SXGA which is 1280 x 1024 so I should have better results the next time I do a video. I had to google what it all meant so I'm on the right settnig now. Thanks for the heads up Jarvid. Cheers mate.

 

Be interesting to see if the frame rate can keep up Bordo - as in no pauses

I see Jarvid copped that as well

 

Hopefully it will mate. Its a 20 dollar camera so I'm not expecting to much. It will certainly help me out on my trip away next month. Once I get the angles and mounting locations sorted out I will probably get a better quality one a bit later on. This one will let me get some decent footage to be able to make a movie out of.

 

It sure is amazing what China can churn out for $20...it's been 25 years since you could even get a carton of beer for that much money here!

 

Sure is. Considering the same camera here costs 99. We are getting ripped off. Thanks god we still have the chinese doing what they do best !!!

 

I've found the "pauses" are there when you view the footage straight from the camera. If you download the footage to your computer then view it,there are no pauses.........................
I think it has to do with the class of memory card you use, and the ability of the camera to process footage. I have no pauses in your film after doing that, Bordo.
That's what I've found with all the Chinese cameras.
FWIW
But yes, it is only a $20 camera, and your local shops are ripping you off - just like ours here.
Seems like a 50% markup isn't enough anymore.....

 

The very same camera at a local auto parts store is 100.00 So it seems that a 500 % mark up is the norm here these days. Mind you I asked them if they had any left and they had sold out and had a lot on back order. I have uploaded another movie from my camera. I found that you need to change the quality to 720p HD on the bottom bar and it shows up nicely. I had the camera set at the maximum quality setting but it still needs to be selected on the Youtube clip itself. Cheers

Test movie - YouTube

 

Looks pretty good, you have got it sorted now, just wondering, has the camera got motion sensor start, just wondering as some do.