I'm off to race in the Nurburgring 24 Hour endurance race

[6000SUX]

I'll tell you what is really cool about the ChaseCam is that fact that it records in MPEG-2 and not on a tape. You can download onto your laptop/PC about 1GB per minute with a USB 2.0 card reader, which equates to about 15 minutes of footage. That would take 14 minutes longer to do that with a MiniDV tape. MPEG-2 is perfect for putting onto a DVD, so as soon as it's downloaded you can throw it straight onto a DVD and the job is done.

I did recce for Suncoast Classic two weekends ago, and as soon as I finished the last stage I had a DVD of in-car of all of the stages to give to the driver within 30 minutes, which included downloading the stages, renaming them and then burning the DVD.

Each time you turn the PDR100 on it records to a separate file. You can then rename each file in seconds on your laptop and know exactly what you have. It's so much better having an individual clip for each stage that you can go to immediately, rather than scrolling through a tape or one large video file trying to find the piece of footage you want to view.

There's no moving parts in the recorder, so it's very resistant to vibration unlike a Handicam.

I'll have it installed in Daniel Callinan's Commodore for Suncoast if you want a closer look.

[Dark Orange]

There are a number of units that are designed for photographers to pull data off their memory cards and onto an inbuilt HD - with one of these units, you can even leave your PC behind.

[6000SUX]

There are a number of units that are designed for photographers to pull data off their memory cards and onto an inbuilt HD - with one of these units, you can even leave your PC behind.

Got a link?

It is nice to be able to burn a DVD right away, especially as I often don't live in the same town as my drivers.

[a777]

Got a link?

It is nice to be able to burn a DVD right away, especially as I often don't live in the same town as my drivers.

There's tons of them such as the Epson P-series here which has a nice screen so you can view your photos (and possibly vids)

Also the PD70X uses AAs and is quick but has no screen. here

There are plenty of others like the Nexto, Digimate, X-drive, etc.

Normally they just use a standard 2.5" laptop hard drive as storage.

[arcane]

I used to have an X-drive, but it died within 18 months, and the supplier just ignored me.

A more expensive solution is the Creative Zen Vision:M 60Gb. It's got a USB host feature that you can use to copy data off USB devices (i.e. you plug a card-reader into it for CF cards, or plug it directly into cameras). It's also got a 2.5" LCD and a lith-ion battery.

[6000SUX]

Those viewers look pretty cool. Does anyone know if you can rename files on them?

[Dark Orange]

Not the ones I have seen, they usually place the contents of the memory cards into sequentially numbered directories.

[Dark Orange]

Here is a screencap of the footage that got the crew fired up...



We noticed this on the live feed just as Colin's phone started ringing. (The time in the top right is the time till the finish of the race)

[St00ge]

haha that is a good photo michael.

james.

[Dark Orange]

Here is another good photo I found among the many I took - I think this was taken before qualifying:




...and this one turned out OK as well.

[audineil]

Hello all,
I am sorry about the long delay for comments - but I am on holiday in Ireland with the bride at the moment.
Firstly - Bill did a superb job in the car, having followed instructions exactly, using less revs than the other drivers whilst still being right on the pace and not having a driver related off. Good thinking on the feet to get the car back to the pits as well.
Secondly, I told you Bill you would want to move there.
Thirdly - Michael fitted in very well with the team and did a great job on the photos - thank you.
I won't be back in OZ for at least 3 weeks, so will say more then.
Great Job Bill.
Neil

[Billzilla]

Neil!
Thanks for the kind words, though I wasn't quite as fast as the other two guys - But I was planning on upping the pace in later stints, though I didn't get the chance unfortunately.
I'll give you a call around the middle of next month when we're both back in Aus.

I've written the new page on the race and will be uploading it very soon.

[Billzilla]

Okay, the page is up & running but not quite complete yet.
I gotta add some text to name the sponsors and so on.
But all the photos and stuff is pretty much there.
http://www.billzilla.org/nurburgring.htm

[St00ge]

Great write up bill, but whose that sexy guy in the green shirt in the pics :knock:

I know Paul is already planning next years race he is looking for something RWD tho, are you

I know he is very keen to take his camero over for the 5OOkm historic race on the sat aswell (we are thinking about the xy aswell aswell :D )

[Billzilla]

Hey dude!
How's the holiday going?
Yeah Paul is a bloody good steerer, and I reckon I could have my arm twisted to go back.