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motomasher
05-05-2008, 12:40 PM
I am currently testing out a couple helmet camera units for use on my motorcycle. One of the units is an Adrenaline Systems Super Bike Cam which comes with suction mounts for mounting on any surface of the bike as well as the helmet. It comes with some very cool mounts and microphone which produces great sound as I connected it to my home system. The camera is a 580 sony tvl which is weatherproof and looks very nice and sturdy.

Also, I got a Oregon Scientific cam which uses an SD card set up. It seems to be user friendly but judging from the brief footage I took on my bike , did not look too hot. It handles ok and is compact and easy to carry around.

I would like to get some feedback on these choices. Anyone have any experience with these models or other units? Any tips on things to look out for?
Any help will be appreciated. I will post my conclusions when I've had an opportunity to test them both out. Thanks!

TOM-CAT
05-05-2008, 08:17 PM
I used to run a small Sony handy cam on a tank mount. I really only used the Sony for shooting motorcycle riding/tackdays and car trackdays. The vibration on the motorcycle killed the camera. Then I got an Oregon Scientific ATC 2K. It was an impulse buy. For the money it was cheap and did the job alright. It really isn't quality video, but by the time you upload the video to Youtube, the quality gets even worse. At the track, I mostly just used the Oregon Scientific cam to take laptimes. Now the Oregon Scientific cam is pretty much dead, also. It just keeps turning off, when I run it on the track. I think the vibrations got to it too.:rolleyes:

If I could do it over again. I would have bought a real bullet cam. :idunno:

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