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  • Cheap Helmet Cam (has this been done?)
  • monkeychild
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    Did a search and found nowt (maybe me being a biff like)
    But came across this on Bikeradar http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300366771975 I have ordered one as it looks well worth a punt from the footage I have seen.

    Lummox
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    it looks identical to the muvi camera which is already a bit of a bargin, i've just got one on that basis, fingers crossed it is what it seems

    monkeychild
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    It is a Muvi camera apparently (should have mentioned that doh)

    user-removed
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    That looks pretty good for the tiny amount of cash – might have to give it a whirl. Does anyone know what kind of memory cards it takes? I notice in the listing that, "TF card no included" (sic).

    Pretty sure there's no such thing as a TF card….

    Lummox
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    i think it's a micro sd

    cookeaa
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    The image on the listing labels it "Micro SD card Slot"

    looks worth a punt I reckon….

    user-removed
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    Sorry – re-read the listing and yes, it is a micro SD – up to 8GB. Well, I took the leap and bought one. Thanks to monkeychild for helping me spend money 😮

    I then got an email telling me it'll be 25 days before I receive it. Bah!

    Off to buy a card now….

    gamo
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    £2.89!!! thats unbelievable, maplin do the same one for £49 i think.

    steelfan
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    looks same as this and pretty good review.Muvi Camera

    tragically1969
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    £14.99 and in the UK (allegedly)

    Ebay Camera UK

    monkeychild
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    This guy I whos ebay store I linked to is legit. BR folk have received theirs from him. Apparently it works best with type 6 cards 🙂

    burmaboy
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    I gave one of those cameras to Leggyblonde as a birthday pressie.
    It works well. Comes with some awesome mounts that you can clip onto bars etc. Although gets a lot of vibration if mounted to the bike.

    Impressive camera and is voice activated to so you can shout 'ACTION'!
    Micro SD.

    pinches
    Free Member

    haha, shout action!

    for the sake of £13 i might take a dab on one.

    grumm
    Free Member

    I've just ordered one, worth a punt. Cheers!

    Stoner
    Free Member

    ditto.

    Do we reckon the sound activation would work with heavy breathing, grunting or squelchy noises?

    Im just asking….. 👿

    grumm
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    Best/cheapest place to get a good memory card for it? Ebay?

    Stoner
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    NOT ebay. I had to threaten a guy who sold me a fake sony mem stick with the fuzz to get a prompt refund without me sending his junk back to him.

    http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=104986

    user-removed
    Free Member

    my memory

    I got my Samsung 4GB one here – good bunch. Having read the review linked to earlier, I wonder if I need a faster card though? There don't seem to be many non-SDHC cards available…. And those I can find don't often quote a 'level' which the SDHC ones mostly do..

    EDIT; just done a spot of googling and it seems likely that any device supporting up to 8 GB will use SDHC cards….. I think….

    jam-bo
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    just bought one, figured it was worth a £15 punt. hopefully that Ebay Camera Uk link is actually in the UK and it'll turn up before chrimbo.

    Vortexracing
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    just bought one, figured it was worth a £15 punt. hopefully that Ebay Camera Uk link is actually in the UK and it'll turn up before chrimbo.

    me also.

    DaveE
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    Just ordered one too.
    Bargain !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    singlespeedstu
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    Not wanting to put a downer on this but i bought a camera that looks just like that off an ebay seller.

    Turned out to be a very cheap/crap copy of the Muvi camera.

    The switches on it aren't the best and you cant see the LED's that tell you what it's doing in sunlight. Though you can see them when you're indoors. 🙄

    singlespeedstu
    Full Member

    Anyone want to buy it?

    Cheap like. 😉

    Stoner
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    stu – what was the output like? was it the stated 720×480 @ 30fps?

    rumbledethumps
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    bollocks….ive just bought one. Ah well.

    But whats the video like?

    singlespeedstu
    Full Member

    What was the ouput like?

    Without getting too technical.

    It's a bit crap like on account of you don't know if it's filming or not. 😕

    If I get time tomorrow I'll film something with it and put it up on Flickr so you can see for yourself.

    Vortexracing
    Full Member

    bollocks

    my thoughts exactly

    where were you Explosion In a Spaghetti Factory when this thread started?

    user-removed
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    There's a fair few sample vids on BR showing pretty good quality vids – but only once a top-notch card is used. Lots of folk saying that the cheapy cards are too slow to cope, thus cr@ppy, stop-start vids.

    EDIT;this looks like a pretty good card for the cash – under a tenner for the 8 GB version

    singlespeedstu
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    It's not the quality of the video that's the problem with the one i have.

    It's just that you can't tell if it's turned on or not.

    Which is quite a major problem …..

    Oh Chunky.

    i was having a life when this thread started. 😉

    rumbledethumps
    Free Member

    sample vids on BR. Whats BR?

    user-removed
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    Bike Radar – it's in Forums > Mountain biking > Buying Guides

    Trigger
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    Looks to me like the original link is a "Aee MD80". It maybe the same as the Muvi, or maybe the other way round according to:

    Engadget – Muvi

    Engadget – Aee

    Hopefully the product is genuine…

    grumm
    Free Member

    Any chance of a link to the sample vids – I cant find them.

    rumbledethumps
    Free Member

    Here you go Grumm.

    It seems a lot is dependent on the speed of the SD card.

    grumm
    Free Member

    Ok ta – doesn't look tooooo bad. Be interested to know what it looked like before youtube.

    rumbledethumps
    Free Member

    for £15 id be happy with that tho.

    scraprider
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    Stoner
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    Ive done a bit of sniffing about and there is a differnece between the AEE DV80 (metal case nice buttons etc) and a Chinese knock off called the D001. Oddly the chinese unit appears to have a higher resolution spec.

    http://www.ppcpowerspy.com/spy-camera/mini-dv-spy-camera-aee-md80-review

    allthepies
    Free Member

    I bought one (Chinese knockoff version) , the battery lasts for about 5 minutes on record!

    (the image is good for that 5 mins though 😉 )

    Edit: Reading Stoners review link shows that even the knockoff version should have better recording time than that, I'll try again,

    Notter
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    Just ordered one too….I don't hold up much hope for the quality of instructions if the item description is a cut and paste job:

    Ultra-small, exquisite, unique user-friendly design, the work for Hello. the lives of more safety, convenience and enjoyment for the network video, live video / surveillance, commercial video / monitor, on-site evidence of Video / monitoring, deployment recording / monitoring and other purposes.

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