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Submitted: Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:07
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Mick,

I have just been watching some of your excellent videos of your desert travels.

My question is regarding the stability of the camera, particullarly when you are mobile, is the camera hand held?, or do you have some device (post) in the vehicle which the camera attaches to?.

Most of the videos are really stable which makes for better viewing.


Barry H
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Reply By: Gone Bush (WA) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:19

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:19
Barry,

I'm not sure what Mick uses but I just bought one of these out of the current Camera House catalogue:

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If you jump onto YouTube and enter "Fat Gecko" you'll see a whole bunch of videos using it and see it in use (if that makes sense).

I'm going to stick it on the solar panels of our van and film the view over the tow vehicle on the tow vehicle's windscreen looking back.


I also bought one of these:

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A Launch Helmet Cam from http://www.launchhelmetcams.com/ in Victoria Park. They are the Aussie outlet and are here in Perth.

Look at the videos on their website. Great fun.

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Follow Up By: Member - John (Vic) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:23

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:23
Mate me thinks you need to change the alias to "Gadget Man"
And I thought I carried some crap on trips :-))
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Follow Up By: Gone Bush (WA) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:27

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:27
I know! I know! I can't help myself.

A friend of mine just bought one of these:

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Just released in the US. Full 1080HD video. Records onto an SD card.

Bought it thru Amazon. $244 (Aus dollars) landed in Perth.

Check the specs on the net. It's just the duck's guts.

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Follow Up By: Gone Bush (WA) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:29

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:29
And you know, we wouldn't have ANY of this technology if that Flying Saucer hadn't crashed in Roswell in 1948 and had all its secrets pilfered.

Now where's my tinfoil helmet.....

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Follow Up By: Member - Barry H (WA) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:31

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:31
Thanks for that Gone Bush, the one from the camera House catalogue looks good, what sort of dollars are we talking about here?. It looks like it will do the job nicely.
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Follow Up By: Gone Bush (WA) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:36

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:36
It was just short of $200 but there were at least 2 Camera Houses in Perth that had them out for $50 or so less than that but I didn't want to drive up there and postage would have made it the same as retail down here.

Go to the Camera House website and look at individual shops and search within there. I think the cheapest was in Leederville.

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Follow Up By: Member - Barry H (WA) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:42

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:42
Once again thanks Gone Bush, I will go visit the Camera House website.

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Follow Up By: Member - Josh (VIC) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 23:44

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 23:44
Wish we had the camera mount before we did our trip. Would have saved me hanging off the side step lol. Will have to get one of them.

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Follow Up By: Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 07:50

Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 07:50
If i had one of those, the first branch or puddle woul;d take it out!!! Michael
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Reply By: Member - John (Vic) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:20

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:20
"Excellent Video's"
Thats for sure and the blogs are always a great read.

Good info and always entertaining, thanks Mick for your efforts.

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Follow Up By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 23:19

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 23:19
Cheers John. I hate powdered milk you know LOL!
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Follow Up By: Member - John (Vic) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 00:09

Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 00:09
Yeah mate I know that :-))

How did the carpet cleaning come up??

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Reply By: Rod, Sydney - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:46

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 21:46
One of Mick's recent blogs has a photo of the inside of his truck cabin and that shows the video camera attachment. Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 23:20

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 23:20
Thanks Rod. It's the Blog from the 4th June, 2009

On the track to Lake McKay


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Reply By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 22:35

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 22:35
G'day Barry,

I bought the camera just before I went on this years trip. I'm using a Sony HDR-XR200. It was on Special at the time but was still a lot more than I intended to pay. The reason I got it was the stabilising feature and the GPS recording as well (it pegs your position at the time of video to a GPS position that can be logged on Google earth etc. It also had a 4 megapixel still camera which is great.

The other key feature was that it was one of the few cameras available that has software that allows you to convert a HD file into Standard Def or MPeg while retaining the original. The video snippets you've been watching are in Mpeg and are very low resolution. They are still good quality though.

The stability feature is fantastic. The two snippets in the Canning post I did a few weeks ago are proof of the pudding. I use a ram mount for the camera fastened to the jesus handle on the "A" pillar normally ( Here's a photo ). The first video is with the camera so mounted. It was that rough that the camera actually shut down but prior to that, the video is still quite watchable. I hand held the camera the second time round to prevent it shutting off.

Canning Corrugations video


Heres the link to that post. Members John and Suzette have since bought the same camera on the strength of the performance of mine so it will be interesting to hear their reports on their return from the Kimberley this month. Great Camera, great results and easy to use. Hope that helps.

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Follow Up By: Gone Bush (WA) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 22:45

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 22:45
Wow Mick, I justed looked at the photo of your cabin.

And someone here called ME a Gadget Man......

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Follow Up By: Member - Allan B (QLD) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 22:57

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 22:57
Mick, that video on the Track to Dwarf Well is really impressive. Its like the camera was on a gyro mount!

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Follow Up By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 23:18

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 23:18
It's a good camera all right Alan. It's just sitting on a base plate bolted to the A Pillar. Nothing fancy at all.

GB. All the essentials my friend. At least it tells me when my tyres are flat, when the engines buggered, the turbo's too hot, The radiator's out of water, the musics to loud and most importantly...when I'm lost! Ha Ha.

CheersMick

P.S. You oughta see what's in the back!!
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Follow Up By: Member - John (Vic) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 23:59

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 at 23:59
Look you blokes, for us men its a simple fact of life.

He who dies with the most gadgets wins!! :-))

And those of us without wives that hold the purse stings have the advantage :-))

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Follow Up By: Gone Bush (WA) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 00:01

Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 00:01
Nothing truer than:


You don't see any hearses towing trailers....

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Follow Up By: Member - Tony S (WA) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 00:55

Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 00:55
You can say that again!
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Follow Up By: Gone Bush (WA) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 08:57

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OK


Nothing truer than:


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Follow Up By: Member - Fred B (NT) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 09:14

Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 09:14
Hi Mick,
looking at the pic of the cabin of your vehicle, no wonder your SWMBO stays at home when you travel..... You don't leave any room for her to sit in the vehicle.... lol.. (: (:
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Follow Up By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 13:15

Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 13:15
There's method to my madness after all Fred LOL.
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 15:22

Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 15:22
Mick everytime I try to open the photo to get a better view the video is smack in th emiddle. Anychance of posting just that picture in the thread.

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Reply By: Member - Fourplayfull - Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 11:05

Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 at 11:05
Barry ,
I was along with Mick and was so impressed with the steadiness of his movies ,I bought one also , the 500 .

I have had great results even filming whilst walking and climbing over rocks etc. looking for rock art on the Carson escarpement in the Kimberley . Vehicle mounted it will absorb 300mm vertical jump ups , very impressed .

Cheers John & Suz
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