Forgot to mention one important detail; If your camera has
automatic focus, put it on manual, set to infinity. Otherwise
the auto-focus goes crazy with nothing to reference to on a
white sheet of salt.
Ed
---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 11:14:24 -0800
>From: "Parks, David" <David.Parks@lfr.com>
>Subject: RE: In Car Cameras
>To: Land-Speed <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>
>I mounted a video camera in my car at Bonneville one year and
found that my
>major problem was vibration. I used a mounting system that
clamped onto the
>roll cage so the camera felt every bump, growl and
engine/chassis vibration.
>The sound went out part way through the second run and I had
to buy a new
>camera (which I did NOT put in the car!). I should have used
some foam or
>something to isolate it better. Also, the backlighting from
the salt glare
>sort of washed out the outside picture. And I had to pick
whether I wanted
>to focus on the gauges or the outside. Videos are a great
idea, I just never
>got it to work very well.
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