Video camera suggestions
05-20-2009, 06:08 PM
#31
Tony - I use the IOPort also, and what I found was that the camera was bottoming out and didn't sit on the mount as well as it could. While at Summit I hacked up a piece of rubber from Sean's floor jack (about 3/32" thick) and placed it between the camera and the mount. It seemed to take away most of the vibration that Summit's track provided. As for the camera being in record mode, can't you clearly see the "STOP" in the LCD panel (in your mirror)? If it says STOP, it's recording...
I will throw out another option. I have been using my Sony point&shoot camera in video mode. I can set the focus manually and have a choice of regular or fine video at 640x480. Regular mode runs about 512 mb per 30 minute session. And it uses 2 regular AA NIMH batteries that are usually good for about 2 GB or more of video.
Greg Phillips
