Dash cams?

Hippo · Oct 19, 2012

Police could take the camera or memory card as evidence against you I would guess. Those that have gps give tracking and speed. Those without gps still record at fixed frames per second, so passing between 2 fixed points over a period of time would give average speed, if you knew the distance between fixed points.

There was a bloke on a bike who filmed himself driving oft from his house and doing silly speeds. Don't take much effort to work out where he lives, once you the sign for which motorway he joins.

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auf_wiedersehen_pet · Oct 19, 2012

uvs166 said:
You can get an app for your smart phone, and your not going to leave in the windscreen of your car. I have not tried any yet but some of the footage from them looks acceptable.

Witness Phone App - YouTube

I use this on my iphone every day - wicked and free.

This is a snippet of my journey to work this AM.

Witness App in use - 19th October 2012 - YouTube

Optimus Prime · Oct 20, 2012

seems good, would be a little wary of the audio recording, some of the conversations on work journeys could be incriminating if heard by a third party.

Not sure if the police can seize the recording at the scene of an accident without a warrant ?

auf_wiedersehen_pet · Oct 20, 2012

Optimus Prime said:
seems good, would be a little wary of the audio recording, some of the conversations on work journeys could be incriminating if heard by a third party.

I know what you mean! My taste in music is crap too.

Optimus Prime said:
Not sure if the police can seize the recording at the scene of an accident without a warrant ?

I doubt it. When you export you can choose with or without audio.

Hippo · Oct 21, 2012

Optimus Prime said:
...Not sure if the police can seize the recording at the scene of an accident without a warrant ?

I always thought the police could "take" items of evidence if there was a crime, as evidence. Do we know how this would work or if it's true?

AliV · Oct 21, 2012

Hippo said:
I always thought the police could "take" items of evidence if there was a crime, as evidence. Do we know how this would work or if it's true?

I don't see why they couldn't, if they believe a crime has taken place they can take evidence.

The one I have in my car is fitted behind the rear view mirror so quite hard to spot unless you're looking for it.

You can only see the GPS data and g-sensor readings if you use special software to view the memory chip, if you just open it up in windows you just get a bunch of video files with no other data but I am sure they could shop you if they really tried.

fanatic · Nov 19, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbFZVIwW8kY&feature=related

fanatic · Nov 19, 2012

anyone know of an ebay job or similar twin camera 1080p that isn't stupid money and is decent quality

hd3 · Nov 19, 2012

anyone know of an ebay job or similar twin camera 1080p that isn't stupid money and is decent quality

Roadrunner 500 Car Video Recorder Prestigio

was £111 from amazon .. aint a 'twin cam' .. no gps ..
doesn't come supplied with a sd card
pic quality is ok .. but one has to be fairly close to make out other vehicles reg. plates
the wide angle lens does cause pic distortion ( e.g. lampost on pic '5' )

i chose it partly 'cause i can't run the windows software supplied with others
'n can do without the gps feature
plus it has adjustable .. video size / iso / exposure compensation / 'scene' / colour .. settings

can also be used to take still photos ..

the cam itself feels a bit cheap .. plastic 'chrome' buttons .. but it's lite weight ..
comes with a carry case that protects the lens 'n has a belt-loop ..

despite having anti-shake software .. i still had to dash-mount it
'n wedge a block of memory foam under it to get smooth vids on bumpy roads
( have never tried the windshield mount options )
i addapted mini-mobile-phone type mount to use with it ..
as i rekon the constant clipping/unclipping the original mount would break it at somepoint
( i don't leave it in the car when i get out for shopping etc )

instuction manual pdf download link ( 319kb ) :
http://marketing.prestigio.com/$Customer_Support/Manuals/Car_video_recorders/Prestigio%20Roadrunner%20500/EN-Prestigio%20Roadrunner%20500_11-11.pdf

some video 'stills' attached ( been testing various settings .. like iso / exposure / scene .. etc )

The Mad Hat Man · Nov 19, 2012

wots wrong with the £20 jobby?

Thor1950 · Nov 19, 2012

fanatic said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbFZVIwW8kY&feature=related

This goes along with yours M8\

https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=oJZywPErbr4&feature=endscreen

fanatic · Nov 19, 2012

The Mad Hat Man said:
wots wrong with the £20 jobby?

Number plate reading and I'd like rear view

WLJayne · Nov 19, 2012

fanatic said:
Number plate reading and I'd like rear view

I also like the automatic incident logger on roadhawk etc - someone traded paint with mine in Asda carpark while I was shopping. Would have loved to ruin the bastard if I had been able to see his or her number plate.

fanatic · Nov 19, 2012

The other day a person decided to cut across sold white lines from lane one into slip road slip I was on and without any indication almost took the front of my car off- Im looking 1920 x1080 front and rear Ideally- I don't want interpolated and would rather higher frame rate over digitally enhanced low frame rate

Im also dubious to purchase anything unless I can see what the night recording quality is like

WLJayne · Nov 19, 2012

fanatic said:
The other day a person decided to cut across sold white lines from lane one into slip road slip I was on and without any indication almost took the front of my car off- Im looking 1920 x1080 front and rear Ideally.

Im also dubious to purchase anything unless I can see what the night recording quality is like

Check out Roadhawk mate, it looks the dogs danglies. Pricey but you get what you pay for.

suew · Nov 20, 2012

Not that this would apply to me - honest

But what if you are a crap driver, can they be used against you

fanatic · Nov 20, 2012

WLJayne said:
Check out Roadhawk mate, it looks the dogs danglies. Pricey but you get what you pay for.

suew said:
Not that this would apply to me - honest

But what if you are a crap driver, can they be used against you

I've gone on Land owners dash cam thread advice for the moment.

Reason being is I want a motorbike/car twin camera solution and haven't found the ideal device.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f37/tried-my-twenty-quid-dash-cam-tonight-204951-2.html

1280P HD 2.5" LCD NIGHT VISION CCTV IN CAR DVR ACCIDENT CAMERA Video Recorder | eBay

but I bought same with 16gb card for just over £32

HD 2.5" LCD NIGHT VISION CCTV IN CAR DVR ACCIDENT CAMERA Video Recorder 16GB SD | eBay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLjKMz4tqXU&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybXLi4yX2JQ&feature=player_embedded

I want better quality eventually, but my experience tells me that a lot of the higher resolutions will be interpolated or the frame rate will lower at higher resolutions.

Or they will be useless at night

I did consider GPS- but then that can incriminate you if you don't hang about for instance.

So a compromise

hd3 · Nov 21, 2012

( edited .. files timed out .. be now off-server )

dieselreek · Nov 22, 2012

i got a camera the other day it is not the dearest but is hd and gives a reasonable recording got it in maplin only problem it sticks on windscreen with screen hanging down disco screen not the best for the bracket

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