Sub $50 onboard camera and mount

xathor · 09-10-2009, 06:08 PM

So I was talking to a friend the other day and he was like, "Check out this digital video camera I got for $37..." I thought, man this thing must be a piece of shit. I took a look at it and I was impressed. I googled it a bit and found that most of them for sale online are in the $120-150 range. So I headed over to K-mart and bought 3 of them and sold the other 2. It's a Flip Video Ultra ... Link here.

Anyways, here's a sample video. I edited this with Movie Maker and uploaded it to YouTube and in the middle somewhere the video quality went to shit. I'm going to upload a sample straight off the camera somewhere for you guys to see, its very impressive.

Check out 4 minutes 48 seconds to see how clear the picture is not through my dirty windscreen.

It doesn't have a very wide lens, so it seems like its zoomed in all the time. As you can tell my windscreen was very dirty... a few times when I turned the bars to full lock you can see how filthy it was. I'll clean it for my next video. I'm just talking normally through my full face helmet and my voice is picked up by the microphone facing forward very well. Also I have my clutch cable too loose and it was causing the clutch to not fully disengage... hence the grinding sound you hear when I shift. I already fixed it.

I just looked at my YouTube account and it says its still processing the video and the quality will improve after some time...

Uncle Larry · 09-10-2009, 07:09 PM

Interesting option.... thanks for sharing!

flak · 09-10-2009, 08:17 PM

$37? hell I would have bought a few too

looks real nice at that price

timdog · 09-11-2009, 09:29 AM

I have been using one of these for a while. I got it for a gift, not sure of the price, but have been pretty happy with it.

Signal · 09-11-2009, 09:13 PM

pics or just video unit?

xathor · 09-11-2009, 11:13 PM

Just video...

09-10-2009, 06:08 PM	#1
xathor ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2009 Location: Huntsville, Alabama Oddometer: 360	Sub $50 onboard camera and mount So I was talking to a friend the other day and he was like, "Check out this digital video camera I got for $37..." I thought, man this thing must be a piece of shit. I took a look at it and I was impressed. I googled it a bit and found that most of them for sale online are in the $120-150 range. So I headed over to K-mart and bought 3 of them and sold the other 2. It's a Flip Video Ultra ... Link here. Anyways, here's a sample video. I edited this with Movie Maker and uploaded it to YouTube and in the middle somewhere the video quality went to shit. I'm going to upload a sample straight off the camera somewhere for you guys to see, its very impressive. Check out 4 minutes 48 seconds to see how clear the picture is not through my dirty windscreen. It doesn't have a very wide lens, so it seems like its zoomed in all the time. As you can tell my windscreen was very dirty... a few times when I turned the bars to full lock you can see how filthy it was. I'll clean it for my next video. I'm just talking normally through my full face helmet and my voice is picked up by the microphone facing forward very well. Also I have my clutch cable too loose and it was causing the clutch to not fully disengage... hence the grinding sound you hear when I shift. I already fixed it. I just looked at my YouTube account and it says its still processing the video and the quality will improve after some time... __________________ 2013 Triumph 800XC 2009 Yamaha WR250R xathor screwed with this post 09-10-2009 at 06:20 PM

09-10-2009, 07:09 PM	#2
Uncle Larry The most suave of stooges Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Fort Lauderdale Oddometer: 14,417	Interesting option.... thanks for sharing! __________________ *Manosphere*

09-11-2009, 11:13 PM	#6
xathor ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2009 Location: Huntsville, Alabama Oddometer: 360	Just video... __________________ 2013 Triumph 800XC 2009 Yamaha WR250R

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09-10-2009, 08:17 PM	#3
flak Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2009 Location: south jersey Oddometer: 1,173	$37? hell I would have bought a few too looks real nice at that price

09-11-2009, 09:29 AM	#4
timdog a.k.a. Josh Joined: Oct 2005 Location: Troy, MI Oddometer: 553	I have been using one of these for a while. I got it for a gift, not sure of the price, but have been pretty happy with it.

09-11-2009, 09:13 PM	#5
Signal Cynical Idealist Joined: Aug 2007 Location: Utah Oddometer: 7,764	pics or just video unit?