What's good for around $1500???

Currently I'm looking at the Canon GL1 as my best bet, is there something better?

TIA!

 

not sure how much they are now, but sony VX2000

 

I have *no* idea. You're way out of my price range. I bought a Sony on special at Circut City for like $250 two years ago. For that price range you could probably get into some of the specialized systems with remote camera lenses and such...check the back of GRM or SportsCar for vendors.

--Karl, who would rather spend that money on tires, but would love to see what a 1500 camera looks like...

 

Here's the one I REALLY want, but cannot afford it.....




This is the one I'm thinking of buying.....

 

That's great if you're making your own independent movie, but overkill for in-car footage. You also want in-car projectiles to be as small as possible.
I'd just get a cheap Hi8 cam and/or a color lipstick camera.

 

Well, the GL1 is pretty small, but I'm doing a bit of both.

Where would one find a color lipstick style camera???

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=157845

 

Very cool. Looks like I'll be ordering a helmet cam as well!!!!

 

I wish I could afford one of these:

http://www.sonynab.com/product.asp?ProdId=62

 

A word to the wise. I just now gave up trying to get mine tight again - the rattling in my bucket o' bolts has rattled the door mechanism horribly loose. I would think twice about spending megabucks on a camera that will ride in a full on track car - a street car maybe but the abuse of high spring rates and such has really beaten the crap out of my Sony Camcorder.

Obviously YMMV

 

I have a panasonic dv 951 and it is a rock solid awesome camera. It takes great video, takes good digital stills holds 80 pics on a 64 meg card. I have used this camera for autox in car and it works well. I am currently looking for a ball head or pan head to use? any recomandationd for one?

 

Not sure if this helps, but Bogen/Manfrotto sells a bunch of that sort of stuff.

http://www.bogenphoto.com/product/it...=1&sectionid=8

What are you planning on putting this head on?

 

I have aluminum tubing between the head rests, they are attached with Ubolts and wing nuts, solid and it installs in about five minutes. I had anouther Ubolt in the center attached to a tripod but I want a better setup. I know bogen is a good brand, I was looking for pan Vs ball mount stories to help me decide.

 

True. I used a RCA 8mm camcorder I bought used for $100. It takes great video, but it's not digital (I still need some sort of converter to get the VHS tapes digitized). You should be able to pick up a nice small digital video camera for about $500. Spend the extra grand on something else.

 

I just read a comparison (that included the Cannon GL1) in the April issue of PC Magazine. They liked both the Panasonic PV-DV701 and the Sony DCR-VX2000.

 

Yea, I like the sony too, and I won't buy a panasonic camcorder. (dunno why)

But, the Canon is the least expensive 3ccd chip camera around. ($1200) And after talking with a videographer from TLC a few months back, I was sold. After all, he uses it for his production work, and if it's good enough to broadcast, it's good enough for me to do some amature work with.

I'm not real worried about the camera and vibration, that's what the lipstick camera is for. The camcorder is just to record sound and video from the other lens. And of course I'll use the camera off the track too.

 

I have the Panasonic DV-701. It is fantastic. Small, lightweight, digital.

Chris


[Modified by tractoy, 2:13 PM 4/17/2002]

 

I am mostly interested in the "Cone camera". That would be a great camera to stick in my front grill.

Then I could run the video wire to the camcorder, then have a microphone in the engine bay and run that to my camcorder as well.

that would sound badass.

drive safe,

aj