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.
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
It is a Muvi camera apparently (should have mentioned that doh)
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....
i think it's a micro sd
The image on the listing labels it "Micro SD card Slot"
looks worth a punt I reckon....
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....
£2.89!!! thats unbelievable, maplin do the same one for £49 i think.
looks same as this and pretty good review.[url= http://www.cyclingparadise.com/shopexd.asp?id=110 ]Muvi Camera[/url]
£14.99 and in the UK (allegedly)
[url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DVR-SPORTS-VOICE-RECORDER-VIDEO-CAMERA-SPY-CAN-MINI-DV_W0QQitemZ160379505139QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_AudioVisualElectronics_PortableAudio_DictaphonesDictationMachines?hash=item25575d09f3 ]Ebay Camera UK[/url]
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 🙂
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.
haha, shout action!
for the sake of £13 i might take a dab on one.
I've just ordered one, worth a punt. Cheers!
ditto.
Do we reckon the sound activation would work with heavy breathing, grunting or squelchy noises?
Im just asking..... 👿
Best/cheapest place to get a good memory card for it? Ebay?
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
[url= http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Micro-SD ]my memory[/url]
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....
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.
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.
Just ordered one too.
Bargain !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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. 🙄
Anyone want to buy it?
Cheap like. 😉
stu - what was the output like? was it the stated 720x480 @ 30fps?
bollocks....ive just bought one. Ah well.
But whats the video like?
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.
bollocks
my thoughts exactly
where were you Explosion In a Spaghetti Factory when this thread started?
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;[url= http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Micro-SDHC/Samsung/Samsung-Micro-SD-PLUS-Memory-Card---Class-6 ]this looks like a pretty good card for the cash - under a tenner for the 8 GB version[/url]
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. 😉
sample vids on BR. Whats BR?
Bike Radar - it's in Forums > Mountain biking > Buying Guides
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:
[url= http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/24/vehos-muvi-adventure-oriented-camcorder-claims-to-be-worlds-sm/ ]Engadget - Muvi[/url]
[url= http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/18/aee-boasts-that-its-new-mini-dv-camera-is-the-worlds-smalles/ ]Engadget - Aee[/url]
Hopefully the product is genuine...
Any chance of a link to the sample vids - I cant find them.
[url=
you go Grumm.[/url]
It seems a lot is dependent on the speed of the SD card.
Ok ta - doesn't look tooooo bad. Be interested to know what it looked like before youtube.
for £15 id be happy with that tho.
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
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,
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:
[i]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.
[/i]
Cheers Stoner - there's lots of useful stuff if you type D001 camera into youtube as well btw.
grumm some follow up info here:
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/image-file-size-question#post-924228
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
You're not wrong there.
Looking at the vid you linked to the controls seem to be propper switches.
The cheap copy version just has small buttons that you press.
The LEDs in the linked version also look about 100 times better.
Anyone got one of these from the sellers in China/HK or UK, any good? Noticed that in some of the images of the item some look like they have a metal case (shiney) and others look like dull plastic in the same listing, and some images have what looks like a remote control unit ... so what arrived in your package?
I've recieved mine tonight. Will let you all know how it goes (I currently only have and an old 8gb micro SD card so I expect it to be jittery) It looks good so far out of the box. But I guess you should never judge a book....
thread marked! 😉
I've ordered one - it looks better than the tony hawk one I used to have and even if it's only a 5 min record it'll be good for giggles down some of the DH runs.
Battery on mine lasts about 20 mins on record. Caveat emptor
well I tried mine tonight on my night ride, but the natural light was poor as sunset was setting around 3:30pm and my camera was clipped on my rucksack and not facing my front properly. But all in all im very pleased to be honest. For 15 quid its rather good. I left it recording (it appears to record in seperate chunks around 60-80mb, which I suppose is a bind but plenty of programs will stich these together if its broken on a critical point). I also stacked my bike tonight off camber with it on my rucksack but its fine).
Out the box you get a neoprene cover, a power supply via usb lead, a stand which could be used as a helmet mount and a usb lead, lanyard and webcam holder, manual). As soon as the light in the sky set it went quite choppy (as I would expect). My Micro SD card is only class 2 and it coped pretty well. I am going to get a 4gb class 6 as that should do the job.
Im happy. The quality and detail of the video is remarkably good. Oh and it lasted well over an hour. What I thought to overcome battery life is to incorporate a longer usb lead to a seperate battery in your rucksack. Im sure its worth looking at.
All in all worth the money. When I get time I will stick a video up.
[url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DVR-SPORTS-VOICE-RECORDER-VIDEO-CAMERA-SPY-CAN-MINI-DV_W0QQitemZ160379505139QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_AudioVisualElectronics_PortableAudio_DictaphonesDictationMachines?hash=item25575d09f3 ]Camera I bought UK supplier[/url]
Regarding charging this STW phenomenon(!) I left mine plugged in for a good 8 / 9 hours yesterday and both the blue and red LEDs were still on, is there any indicator for when the thing is fully charged?
Camera I bought UK supplier
The cheeky git has put the price up from £14.99 to £15.99 and now £16.99 😡
got mine today but forgot to order a card as it doesnt come with one.
that should be here in the next day or two hopefully.
Bomberman. Its still worth it mate. Im quite pleased with mine so far. Who knows how long it will last. I've just ordered a class 6 card for about 9 quid from memorybits.co.uk
All in all 25-30 quid for a tiny camera aint bad is it?
I promise to post a vid sometime this week. Youtube will spoil the quality. I will upload to a sharing site. Its just at the minute when I get home form work its dark! I have weds afternoon off so will post then (hopefully new card will be here)
Anyone else had theirs?
although it states on the Ebay page that the resoloution is 30fps 720 x 480 it also states in the specs (below the picture of the cam and accessories) that the res is 640 x 480 (look at "Video Function and Format"
rumbledethumps
any vids up yet?
kimbers go here mate:
[url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/mini-dv-camera-thoughts-question/page/2#post-947626 ]vid[/url]
Mine turned up this morning. What a dinky little thing it is too, took a short bit of footage on a 1GB card I had lying about and it aint 3 bad actually.
I am happy with it.
mine came today. trying to set it up as we speak. The instructions are hilarious;
"MINI DV D001
User Manual
Thank you for purchasing MINI DV—D001. It has adopted unique ultra-portable design, which makes it apply to every area. MINI DV—D001 brings more convenience, safety and funs to your daily life.
I Characters of Product
? It has small contour design, which does UV spray finishing for the whole body. It is very fashionable and wearable and matches with all kinds of portable tools.
? Support PC camera and chatting function.
? Support AVI video format.
? It can carry out high definition image recording under low illumination.
? Support 30 fps for 720*480
? Support USB1.1 and USB2.0.
? Support 8GB T-flash card.(maximum)
? Build-in lithium battery which can make a video more than two hours
II Operation Guide
1. Charge
The battery is built-in lithium rechargeable battery, so when you use it the first time, please charge firstly. The method for charging as following:
1.) Connect computer: use USB cable to connect the computer, then it can be charged.
2.) Use adaptor: connect charger plug with USB cable, then plug into electrical connector receptacle, it can be charged.
When you charge it, green light and red light will bright simultaneously, of which states are stillness.
Notice: when battery power is not enough, D001 will enter into protection mode, so it cannot be turn on. Now, please charge for it.
2. Power on to video
Press Power button slightly, yellow indicator light begins to bright, now it enters into startup ready mode, which can enter into standby mode quickly. Press Record / Stop button slightly, yellow indicator light begins to bright, red indicator light starts to flash slowly. At this time, it begins to make a video. The resolution for video file is 720*480, and frame number is 29--30fps/S. Then short press Record / Stop button, video is stopped and saved automatically. After saving the red indicator light remains light. If you need to continue to video, please press Record / Stop button slightly once more.
Notice:
a. Please make sure T-flash (Micro SD) card has been inserted, if not, it will be power off automatically after 30 seconds.
b. The maximum capacity of T-flash card is 8GB.
c. Saving file needs certain time, so please don’t press Operation button continuously in order to avoid saving unsmoothly and generating incomplete file.
d. When you make a video, please focus on the object and keep 50cm under sufficient illumination. Then the video will be right, natural color, clear and stable.
3. Sound control video (optional)
Press Power button slightly, yellow indicator light begins to bright, now it enters into startup ready mode, which can enter into standby mode quickly. At that time, press MODE button slightly, and then you can switch into sound control video mode. Now yellow indicator light always brights, red indicator light flash quickly (indicate sound control standby mode). When decibel of video is more than 60, then it will be video automatically. At the moment, yellow indicator light always brights, red indicator light flash slowly. (Indicate under sound control video)
When sound control starts, the shortest shoot time is 2 minutes. After 2 minutes, if there is no any sound, D001 will save file automatically and switch into standby mode. If there still has sound after 2 minutes, D001 will continue to shoot."
etc
I'm charging mine and I have a solid blue LED. It says not to charge more than 3 hours from the wall socket as well.
I did have the solid blue - now got red?!?
I think if both lights are solid then you're charged. The red one blinks when charging (blue is on solid while this is happening also.)