On-board Video Equipment?

On Jan 28, 4:31*am, "noel.wade" wrote:

Any tips or ideas on equipment?

I managed to get an ACT3K for Christmas that I believe will be ideal
for this kind of thing -- but I won't be able to report back any first-
hand experience until all the stupid snow is gone. . ..

http://www2.oregonscientific.com/sho...?cid=6&scid=14

There are a few sample videos on the web, but mostly made with
motorbikes: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=yD2MufbV_To

Cheers,

Rob

Rob,

That ACT3K looks interesting but I can't find any mention at the web
page or its user manual wrt how much video it will hold. With a
storage limitation of 4G it doesn't seem it will be very much. What's
been your experience?

Is the quality good? I've seen lots of cameras that specify 640x480
resolution but they do it will CCDs that are smaller, sometimes a lot
smaller.

~ted/2NO

On Jan 28, 7:40*am, Rob wrote:
On Jan 28, 4:31*am, "noel.wade" wrote:

Any tips or ideas on equipment?

I managed to get an ACT3K for Christmas that I believe will be ideal
for this kind of thing -- but I won't be able to report back any first-
hand experience until all the stupid snow is gone. . *..

http://www2.oregonscientific.com/sho...?cid=6&scid=14

There are a few sample videos on the web, but mostly made with
motorbikes:http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=yD2MufbV_To

Cheers,

Rob

In the SSA Video Gallery, the video by Dave Newill (2nd row left) as
taken with an ACT2K. Expect the same output from the ACT3K.

POV.1 has had a couple of nice upgrades to support up to 8GB SDHC
cards and an external power feed. It has several video settings
also. It now appears possible to record up to 5h45m in the highest
setting without touching it, which would be good if used in
competition. The latest camera head has 110degs field of view. It
takes up more space than a camcorder or ACT3K.

That said, an hour to 80mins of miniDV tape yields 15GB of hiqh
quality video. These other devices are considerably lower quality for
post flight processing, but they are a lot less hassle.

Frank Whiteley