Dash Mounted Camera

[bigtiller]

Anyone have one in your truck? Please talk about it if you do. I have never seen one except in a patrol car. The first place I looked on-line was Dash Cam and it had something in it that AVG (anti virus detection - free edition) did not like. Are there ones that the lens can see 360 degrees?

 

[Jimbrown]

Alot of people use these. I ain't never seen a camera that could look forward and backward at the same time.

GoPro Official Website: The World's Most Versatile Camera

 

[stuckinnj]

2nd the GoPro. Use it on my bike for road trips. Amazing views and it picks up those things on the road you didn't see. The new versions I believe the new HERO3 has a wide angle view around 160degrees. Even if you had a single camera that shot front and rear, how would you view it? You can only watch one direction at a time.

 

[schmism]

I know a lot of guys in my bmw club use "dash cams" (although not mounted on the dash) for when they drive at the track.... quick google search of racetrack camera lists a whole bunch of camera systems designed for in car use.

car racetrack camera - Google Search

most seem to be GoPro variants.

 

[Code54]

GoPro are a great choice! HIGH quality video and lots of different options!

 

[bigtiller]

The GoPro looks like the thing to own if I was more of a camera buff. I am looking for something I can set on the dash, plug it in and forget about it until I/it witness an accident.

 

[schmism]

The GoPro looks like the thing to own if I was more of a camera buff. I am looking for something I can set on the dash, plug it in and forget about it until I/it witness an accident.

Thats going to take significantly more hardware setup. Most of the dash cams i know of are just souped up camcorders of some sort. None are smart enough to turn on/off with the car and or overwrite the video when the memory card is full.

 

[two_bit_score]

Anyone have one in your truck? Please talk about it if you do. I have never seen one except in a patrol car. The first place I looked on-line was Dash Cam and it had something in it that AVG (anti virus detection - free edition) did not like. Are there ones that the lens can see 360 degrees?

Something like this?

google map vehicle camera - Google Search


Seriously, the go pro is probably your best bet.

 

[bigtiller]

Thats going to take significantly more hardware setup. Most of the dash cams i know of are just souped up camcorders of some sort. None are smart enough to turn on/off with the car and or overwrite the video when the memory card is full.

That's okay, I would rather turn it on/off myself. Maybe I can use the same power port that my gps is plugged into. I would hate to lose something important because it started overwriting on its own.

I would like to take a look at GoPro, is there a large chain/box store that sells them or is it an internet only thing?

 

[crbr]

Storage capacity is the limiting factor on the NoPro. Good for clips and stints but the long term dash cams use hard drive storage of 500 GB - 1TB on up.