eBay Sports camera
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Wobbly John
Retrobike Rider
I bought one of these from 7dayshop a couple of weeks ago.
The memory card died after the first use (and I've heard of other people having the same problem) and the quality isn't as sharp as my MUVI type camera.
PS, Maplin have the MUVI at under £30 at the moment.
The memory card died after the first use (and I've heard of other people having the same problem) and the quality isn't as sharp as my MUVI type camera.
PS, Maplin have the MUVI at under £30 at the moment.
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Mine arrived today, posted 18th Dec. Will give it a try on Sunday
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Initial impressions ...
It takes 12hrs to fully charge the battery from new. The instructions are poorly translated and need some imagination to work out. The Youtube link above does a better job of explaining the switch modes. Have bought some camera mounts for helmet and rear facing bike mounts. Wobbly Johns concern re it frying memory cards is so far unfounded, have a spare Sandisk 8GB MicroSD card to use. Tomorrow I am going for a 4hr+ road ride so will turn it on at the start of the ride and leave it on to see how it performs. Will post the results here.
I think some of the negative Ebay feedback may be due to people not following the instructions and expecting more performance from a very cheap camera.
Have also downloaded Windows Movie Maker to use for editing.
It takes 12hrs to fully charge the battery from new. The instructions are poorly translated and need some imagination to work out. The Youtube link above does a better job of explaining the switch modes. Have bought some camera mounts for helmet and rear facing bike mounts. Wobbly Johns concern re it frying memory cards is so far unfounded, have a spare Sandisk 8GB MicroSD card to use. Tomorrow I am going for a 4hr+ road ride so will turn it on at the start of the ride and leave it on to see how it performs. Will post the results here.
I think some of the negative Ebay feedback may be due to people not following the instructions and expecting more performance from a very cheap camera.
Have also downloaded Windows Movie Maker to use for editing.
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Went for a road ride this morning using the camera. The battery lasted 25 minutes before it started to cut-out. From then on only short 10 second segments could be recorded. Have edited and uploaded a short compilation to Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7XH7dhf3w
Look out for the green pickup coming from the left at 1 minute in. He was going to cut the corner but ended up skiding on the ice.
Overall conclusion is that this is a cheap camera. Don't expect brilliant results at this price point. What you pays is what you get. BTW the camera mounts were brilliant.
Look out for the green pickup coming from the left at 1 minute in. He was going to cut the corner but ended up skiding on the ice.
Overall conclusion is that this is a cheap camera. Don't expect brilliant results at this price point. What you pays is what you get. BTW the camera mounts were brilliant.
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