Camcoder??

[Lone Eagle]

Not m/c related, but do any of you have a recommendation for a hand held camcoder? The wife wants to get one (to put onto a tripod) to tape her dance class, and I am thinking that getting one that would also then work on the bike - maybe even mounting the thing - might "kill two birds with one stone" - heehee.

 

Don't want to spend a ton of money - went onto Amazon - and looks like they have a bunch under $350.00/$400.00 - but if I could even get on for slightly less than that - that would be cool as well. Thanks in advance for any feedback - input.

[BuddyRich]

Something that can take the vibration from the bike....

[RedRider]

Depending on what type of dance class, you might be able to get several of the fellas from here to do the video for nothin'.

 

RR

[friesman]

Hi Vic, I hope youre doing well.

This Sanyo Xacti works well for me, i use it as a solid state camcorder and as a still digital camera. I velcroed a regular mini tripod to my handlebars on my bike and it worked fairly well even with the vibration, it has a anti shake setting on it. ( i have solid motor mounts, not rubber) I have dropped this camera a few times and it seems to take the abuse well. I also like the fact the it is held like a handgun, so one hand operation works well for when its on the bike or in a crowd. It is also easy to run with one button operation. I use a couple of 4 gig sd cards and the hold lots of video.

 

http://sanyo.com/xacti/english/products/vpc_ca9/index.html

 

Here are some links to youtube for the videos I took while it was attached to my handlebars.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAwI_pB5h58]YouTube - Kruisn the Kootenays 4[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3aJzgESXgI&feature=related]YouTube - Kruisn the Kootenays ride1[/ame]

 

I should have turned the sound off as the windnoise and the yamaha whine are a bit loud...

 

Brian

Edited July 28, 2009 by friesman