New toy

I bought a new toy for my bike, it arrived Saturday, I fitted it Sunday
for my trip to work.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetai...dID=5360027852
action cam ATC 2000

Footage from the toy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKtTH1uuXBE

This was filmed at 320*240 at 15fps, the camera goes up to 640*480 at
30fps.
I am very impressed with it (apart from the battery life).

Now I just need to get a decent memory card and batteries for it.

Martin.

Martin Dann wrote:

action cam ATC 2000

Footage from the toy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKtTH1uuXBE

I'd say you were riding too close to those parked cars :-)
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

On 21 May, 00:50, Martin Dann wrote:
I bought a new toy for my bike, it arrived Saturday, I fitted it Sunday
for my trip to work.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetai...dID=5360027852
action cam ATC 2000

Footage from the toy:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKtTH1uuXBE

This was filmed at 320*240 at 15fps, the camera goes up to 640*480 at
30fps.
I am very impressed with it (apart from the battery life).

Now I just need to get a decent memory card and batteries for it.

Martin.

hmm, quite interesting, could do with a sound muffler thingy on the
mic....

How long did the battery last in real life?

On 21 May, 08:52, "The other view point, there is one you know..."
wrote:

How long did the battery last in real life?

It's 3v 2w so you should get around 4 hours from a
set of 2700mAH AA rechargables.
Medium resolution at 15fps gives 230min recording
time with a 2gb card.

Paul George wrote:
On 21 May, 08:52, "The other view point, there is one you know..."
wrote:
How long did the battery last in real life?

I used some duracell batteries, and got about 10 min recording time out
of them. They were where I keep new batteries, but not in a packet, so I
am wondering if I had preused them in something else.

It's 3v 2w so you should get around 4 hours from a
set of 2700mAH AA rechargables.

I have just bought some 2.5 AH NiMHs.

Medium resolution at 15fps gives 230min recording
time with a 2gb card.

And a 2Gb card from Argos.

Phil Cook wrote:

I'd say you were riding too close to those parked cars :-)

If I moved further from the parked cars on the left, I would be closer
to the parked cars on the right. ;-)

I have had car drivers get irate with me because they cannot over take here.

Martin Dann wrote:
Phil Cook wrote:

I'd say you were riding too close to those parked cars :-)

If I moved further from the parked cars on the left, I would be closer
to the parked cars on the right. ;-)

Its very difficult to judge from the video


I have had car drivers get irate with me because they cannot over
take here.

Thats OK, if they are irate with you they have seen you and are paying you
attention.


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On 21 May, 23:10, Martin Dann wrote:

I used some duracell batteries, and got about 10 min recording time out
of them. They were where I keep new batteries, but not in a packet, so I
am wondering if I had preused them in something else.


That's interesting, I had pretty much the same experience.
The low battery warning came on after about 30min with what
I thought were new Duracell Procells.
The rest of the cells in the box all read 1.45v under a 0.5A
load which suggests they are new.

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On 21 May, 23:10, Martin Dann wrote:

I used some duracell batteries, and got about 10 min recording time out
of them. They were where I keep new batteries, but not in a packet, so I
am wondering if I had preused them in something else.


That's interesting, I had pretty much the same experience.
The low battery warning came on after about 30min with what
I thought were new Duracell Procells.
The rest of the cells in the box all read 1.45v under a 0.5A
load which suggests they are new.

I've heard duracells aren't terribly good with some digital equipment -
NiMHs have been known to offer rather longer lifetimes even with nominally
lower capacity.

cheers,
clive

Paul George wrote:

On 21 May, 23:10, Martin Dann wrote:

I used some duracell batteries, and got about 10 min recording time out
of them. They were where I keep new batteries, but not in a packet, so I
am wondering if I had preused them in something else.

That's interesting, I had pretty much the same experience.
The low battery warning came on after about 30min with what
I thought were new Duracell Procells.
The rest of the cells in the box all read 1.45v under a 0.5A
load which suggests they are new.

Alkalines are not well suited to digital cameras. Something to do with
the high current drain. Alkalines can push out low currents for ages
but higher drains exhaust them relatively quickly, despite what that
bunny implies. You are better off with some NiMh rechargables.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

On 21 May, 23:10, Martin Dann wrote:

I used some duracell batteries, and got about 10 min recording time out
of them. They were where I keep new batteries, but not in a packet, so I
am wondering if I had preused them in something else.


That's interesting, I had pretty much the same experience.
The low battery warning came on after about 30min with what
I thought were new Duracell Procells.
The rest of the cells in the box all read 1.45v under a 0.5A
load which suggests they are new.