The camera has a SDHC memory card. 64GB will get me through a Majors weekend @ 720 res. If I chose 1080, it would take a 128GB card to hold it.
The camera creates a series of ~3GB files in order. Each session generally has 2 files... if we end up sitting on the grid for 20 minutes (not uncommon) it stretches to 3 files. Occasionally, on a Sunday (longer - usually) race, I'll end up with 4 files. Time stamp on each file + name numbering makes it easy to tell the order. Also.. sometimes when we have impound all, I'll FORGET to turn the camera off when I get out of the car - so it runs until I finally notice it, or the battery runs dead.. or the card fills up. The battery in mine is SUPPOSED to be good for ~5 hours. It probably would, but I generally take it out and connect to my laptop after each session to review the video.. and it gets charged any time it's connected - or can be charged by any USB outlet.
Not like a gopro. This one is 'slim' and somewhat 'aero shaped'. There are NO wires to connect or disconnect - unless you want to use a remote mic .. or even remote POWER, but I don't. I use RTV to cover the (2) mic inputs to kill the wind noise - I still get really good audio from the engine, but generally get pretty much NO 'audio' from people.. even me or Linda. It could easily pick up more audio, but I HATE wind noise in my vids.
I use a BAR CLAMP mount. It holds the camera SOLID to my front roll hoop brace so I get NO vibration and NO 'rolling lines' through the video. It came with 3 or 4 options for mounting. Unfortunately , for some reason, they dropped the direct BAR clamp, but the do provide 'sticky back' mounting - it's just not ADJUSTABLE like the bar clamp. The camera mounts using a 'clip' that locks the camera in place - it's a 1/4" standard 'camera mount' with lock ridges to 'clock' it at incremental angles.
Here's some pix of it in place...
And.. We miss skiing too. The problem is that we just can't tell how we're going to be feeling when ski season comes around.. and we have to decide in APRIL to get decent prices
. The year I got my kidney stones, I had an ATTACK at 2AM while at Steamboat. Thankfully, it eased off and I was OK the next morning.. then, 2 months later I had to go to the ER.. and then an immediate 'procedure'. Certainly glad I was NOT in CO when that happened.
Steve, FV80
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