On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:43:16 GMT, UltraJohn wrote:

Ron Wanttaja wrote:

Neat. And good resolution for a $125 camera too:

And the camera price has come down, too... less than $100 at Target.

And for a mere $125 your can get a 1GB CF card to give you over 2 1/2 hours
of video!

Unfortunately, the two AA-cells that run the camera seem to last only about 45
minutes or so...they've been nearly dead at the end of all my on-gear flights.
Could rig an external pack without too much problem, though.

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:08:30 GMT, "Cy Galley" wrote:

]At our last EAA Chapter 75 meeting one of our members demonstrated a size of
]a quarter camera, transmitter that you just duct tape on. Receiver plugs
]into a VCR and the tape can them be played. We played it a Big screen for
]everyone to see with an LCD projector--- Cost of the camera, transmitter
]receiver with shipping was $31.00

Still requires a battery-operated VCR to tape in flight.... ain't got one of
them, either! Saw the cameras at Oshkosh a couple of years back, certainly cool
little things.

Several years back, my wife picked up a couple of sets of battery-operated
closed-circuit TVs. These have wireless cameras talking to dedicated B&W 5"
video monitors. I strapped a couple of the cameras on the backs of RC race
cars. Pretty wild. When the batteries in the cars get low, they run slow
enough to give the wife's cats a sporting chance... :-)

I had debated using one of these cameras on the airplane, but was stymied by the
lack of a battery-powered VCR.

]The camera was taped on the landing gear of a Q-200 and by using the viewer
]of the VCR, his son was able to tell his dad the pilot how to turn to
]capture the other plane in flight.

Ah, *there's* an application I can appreciate. I've always wanted to rig up a
minicamera like that to the viewfinder of a standard camera, and haul a
extendable ~10 foot pole to fly-ins. Get near a cool airplane, run the camera
atop the pole, and get a nice shot from an unusual angle without so many people
in the way.

Ron Wanttaja