Onboard Camera

[bullet11300]

I am looking at installing some cameras on the car for track day experiences.

Just wondered if there is a 'best' setup out there?

It would be great to have software too .... where do you plug in such equipment?

[Trigger]

TBH you are best doing a search. There are lots of different options that people use. GoPro is a favourite of course.

[FlyingTrotter]

Just video or video and data ? That's the big question to address - then it's cost, looks, convenience etc etc

The Hd video quality of the gopro 2 takes some beating but if you want data integrated then the UK market leader still seems to be Vbox albeit there are lots of fans of the Chase Diva and the race technology kit

Lots of threads on this - I came close to a Vbox but ended up getting a gopro as much as anything due the video quality and ease of use

[ragezx14r]

After trying out most of the cheaper options including GoPro I've settled on a Vbox Lite. At a grand it's not the cheapest option but for a trackday just pop a 32GB SD card in and it will record every time the car moves and stop with the car. With the GoPro you are always changing batteries and SD cards as it will only record for two hours on a set of batteries but if you stop recording after say half an hour, it will only record for another ten minutes if you are lucky on the same batteries. Not the 1.5hrs you would expect.

Darren

[Bruce Fielding]

[quote="ragezx14r"]
After trying out most of the cheaper options including GoPro I've settled on a Vbox Lite. At a grand it's not the cheapest option but for a trackday just pop a 32GB SD card in and it will record every time the car moves and stop with the car. With the GoPro you are always changing batteries and SD cards as it will only record for two hours on a set of batteries but if you stop recording after say half an hour, it will only record for another ten minutes if you are lucky on the same batteries. Not the 1.5hrs you would expect.

Darren
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That's true if you forget to turn it off, but mine (1 and 2) work fine and record a couple of hours regardless of whether it's in one hit or several - but it didn't used to until I learned to remember to turn it off...

[MonsieurX]

Plus when you dont turn it off, you have some great footage of the people around your car 

That's why i bought 2 extra batteries...

[TrackDayBore]

[quote="ragezx14r"]
After trying out most of the cheaper options including GoPro I've settled on a Vbox Lite. At a grand it's not the cheapest option but for a trackday just pop a 32GB SD card in and it will record every time the car moves and stop with the car. With the GoPro you are always changing batteries and SD cards as it will only record for two hours on a set of batteries but if you stop recording after say half an hour, it will only record for another ten minutes if you are lucky on the same batteries. Not the 1.5hrs you would expect.

Darren
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Hi Darren,

I'm with you..
My son had a GoPro (snow boarding stuff) and the quality is truly amazing - but as you say, with Vbox Lite, it just turns on/off automatically. However, remember to turn it OFF when you leave the track for the drive home...no point in providing the 'evidence' of you progress to Mr Traffic Cop 

Cheers,
Barry