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northwind · 16-06-08, 12:30 AM

So, I did another video with the ATC2K and after the last results being decent, this one's randomly hopeless- as soon as the bike starts it goes wobbly. Same mounting position, same mount in fact! Fed up with it...

So... Time for a new one. Ebay's full of JXDs again, Dog Cam has some sale items, I figure on spending up to £250 on it. Feeling flush, I sold some PC rubbish

Nooooow then. Dogcam strongly recommend a camcorder over a digital device. That has the advantage too of camcorders being useful for other stuff... But they're bulky. The wee JXDs etc are dead cheap, and all-enclosed, and small, so that's miles easier to deal with but then, they say they don't give the same quality. There's also the question of battery life, with camcorders I can easily get a second battery, not an option with the JXDs.

So, for the JXD people... What sort of battery life do you get? Can you run the unit off the bike, or recharge it off the bike? If so, did you have to buy any extra stuff, and was it spendy?

And for the cams themselves... Half tempted to just splurge on a Dog Cam 520 but there's loads of options, down as low as £25 for a far eastern import. Using that and a cheap JXD I can do a whole setup for less than the nice Dog Cam! Maybe it's not quite as good, but is it £150 less good?

But I'm a bit in the dark on cam quality. It seems like there's loads with Sony CCDs on the market... And various older cams too with 420 lines instead of 520. How much of a difference does that make?

I don't mind spending money to get a fairly long-lasting setup, but at the same time I don't want to splash cash for no reason where for a small hit on quality I get a huge price saving.

Looking to buy this week so, tell me what to think!

Cheers

16-06-08, 12:30 AM	#1
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Bulletcams/recorders again So, I did another video with the ATC2K and after the last results being decent, this one's randomly hopeless- as soon as the bike starts it goes wobbly. Same mounting position, same mount in fact! Fed up with it... So... Time for a new one. Ebay's full of JXDs again, Dog Cam has some sale items, I figure on spending up to £250 on it. Feeling flush, I sold some PC rubbish Nooooow then. Dogcam strongly recommend a camcorder over a digital device. That has the advantage too of camcorders being useful for other stuff... But they're bulky. The wee JXDs etc are dead cheap, and all-enclosed, and small, so that's miles easier to deal with but then, they say they don't give the same quality. There's also the question of battery life, with camcorders I can easily get a second battery, not an option with the JXDs. So, for the JXD people... What sort of battery life do you get? Can you run the unit off the bike, or recharge it off the bike? If so, did you have to buy any extra stuff, and was it spendy? And for the cams themselves... Half tempted to just splurge on a Dog Cam 520 but there's loads of options, down as low as £25 for a far eastern import. Using that and a cheap JXD I can do a whole setup for less than the nice Dog Cam! Maybe it's not quite as good, but is it £150 less good? But I'm a bit in the dark on cam quality. It seems like there's loads with Sony CCDs on the market... And various older cams too with 420 lines instead of 520. How much of a difference does that make? I don't mind spending money to get a fairly long-lasting setup, but at the same time I don't want to splash cash for no reason where for a small hit on quality I get a huge price saving. Looking to buy this week so, tell me what to think! Cheers __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"