In car vehicle recorder

[Parkingidiot]

I went to Sim Lim this morning to buy the SDHC card... went to the cheapest place for the Sandisk Ultra 16GB (15MB/s) at Cybermind ($59) but they say no stock. So went to the next cheapest place at Best Bargain ($62.50) - got 1 piece there. I asked them but they don't want to commit to any discounts without an immediate purchase. Wierd.

 

Plugged the SDHC into my camera - set the recycle to 15mins, and resolution to 1720x and started driving. It seemed to record ok. Each 15min clip about 500+ MB Anyway, managed to record about 2 hours of driving. I think can record total about 7+ hours of video at this resolution, before recycling.

 

On the camera LCD review - the video seems quite clear.

Removed the SD card from the camera and plugged into my card reader. Used Apple quicktime to view. The video seemed quite clear - but not HD quality, of course. Colors a bit washed out - I think also partly due to the afternoon glare on the windscreen causing some flaring on the lens. I think must mod a hood for the lens - or place some darker material on the windscreen to cut the glare.

 

Also I think my card reader or PC something wrong - when trying to copy the video over it hang with a read error after a few minutes without anything copied. The same happened when I plugged the camera directly to the PC as Mass Storage Device and tried copying. However, when viewing on PC with the media in the card reader or camera, can view ok.

 

That's my review so far.

[Smartboy4]

I went to Sim Lim this morning to buy the SDHC card... went to the cheapest place for the Sandisk Ultra 16GB (15MB/s) at Cybermind ($59) but they say no stock. So went to the next cheapest place at Best Bargain ($62.50) - got 1 piece there. I asked them but they don't want to commit to any discounts without an immediate purchase. Wierd.

 

Plugged the SDHC into my camera - set the recycle to 15mins, and resolution to 1720x and started driving. It seemed to record ok. Each 15min clip about 500+ MB Anyway, managed to record about 2 hours of driving. I think can record total about 7+ hours of video at this resolution, before recycling.

 

On the camera LCD review - the video seems quite clear.

Removed the SD card from the camera and plugged into my card reader. Used Apple quicktime to view. The video seemed quite clear - but not HD quality, of course. Colors a bit washed out - I think also partly due to the afternoon glare on the windscreen causing some flaring on the lens. I think must mod a hood for the lens - or place some darker material on the windscreen to cut the glare.

 

Also I think my card reader or PC something wrong - when trying to copy the video over it hang with a read error after a few minutes without anything copied. The same happened when I plugged the camera directly to the PC as Mass Storage Device and tried copying. However, when viewing on PC with the media in the card reader or camera, can view ok.

 

That's my review so far.

so u mean there's no lapse in between?

 

[Parkingidiot]

so u mean there's no lapse in between?

 

 

oh... did not check that. Will check later and see.

[Jp66]

Plugged the SDHC into my camera - set the recycle to 15mins, and resolution to 1720x and started driving. It seemed to record ok. Each 15min clip about 500+ MB Anyway, managed to record about 2 hours of driving. I think can record total about 7+ hours of video at this resolution, before recycling.

Bro, do u mean 720?

 

Mine 1920x1080, 15 min about slightly less than 1GB. Recycling working perfectly. so 8GB can last about 2 hrs.

[Kiario]

hi guy,

 

when i using the f500 to view the video no problem,

but when i use my pc real player to view, the video will jerk, using quicktime to view, machiam slow motion...

i set to 1920x1080 resoultion, infact tried other resolution but same outcome.

 

anybody experience the same problem?

[Adrianli]

hi guy,

 

when i using the f500 to view the video no problem,

but when i use my pc real player to view, the video will jerk, using quicktime to view, machiam slow motion...

i set to 1920x1080 resoultion, infact tried other resolution but same outcome.

 

anybody experience the same problem?

 

No problem for me. Not jerky at all.

 

But I find that the wide angle lens is not that wide. Its abt 100-110 degrees only. My DRS1100PRO is 152 degrees wide angle and it covers the entire bonnet.

 

I am into my first day of using it only, so far so good. Using Sandisk 16Gb Class 2 SD card. Have not checked the time lapse yet but I am not too bothered abt it.

[Jp66]

hi guy,

 

when i using the f500 to view the video no problem,

but when i use my pc real player to view, the video will jerk, using quicktime to view, machiam slow motion...

i set to 1920x1080 resoultion, infact tried other resolution but same outcome.

 

anybody experience the same problem?

Ya, same for my quicktime player on Windows XP, video a bit choppy.

 

I tried using 'Pazera Free MOV to AVI converter 1.2' (recommended by SamrtBoy4) converting MOV to AVI, it is much better.

 

http://www.mycarforum.com/index.php?showto...t&p=3263713

 

But no problem when using Windows Movie Maker on Windows 7 (another laptop).

Edited July 26, 2010 by Jp66

[Cyberet]

Ya, same for my quicktime player on Windows XP, video a bit choppy.

 

I tried using 'Pazera Free MOV to AVI converter 1.2' (recommended by SamrtBoy4) converting MOV to AVI, it is much better.

 

http://www.mycarforum.com/index.php?showto...t&p=3263713

 

But no problem when using Windows Movie Maker on Windows 7 (another laptop).

h.264, might require abit of processing power, so older systems might not be smooth

[Jp66]

I managed to finally mount it using the standard mount on the drivers side of the windscreen.

I mounted it on passenger side with standard holder and camouflage with toys.

 

Bad thing is I can't watch the video while driving, good thing is I can concentrate on driving.

 

[Parkingidiot]

Bro, do u mean 720?

 

Mine 1920x1080, 15 min about slightly less than 1GB. Recycling working perfectly. so 8GB can last about 2 hrs.

 

oops... yeah.. 720 res.

 

[Parkingidiot]

No problem for me. Not jerky at all.

 

But I find that the wide angle lens is not that wide. Its abt 100-110 degrees only. My DRS1100PRO is 152 degrees wide angle and it covers the entire bonnet.

 

I am into my first day of using it only, so far so good. Using Sandisk 16Gb Class 2 SD card. Have not checked the time lapse yet but I am not too bothered abt it.

 

At the 1280x720 resolution... + the wide angle, the F500HD also covers nearly the whole windscreen for me. However, at the other resolutions, there is a marked decrease in the angle of view. Strange.

[Parkingidiot]

I mounted it on passenger side with standard holder and camouflage with toys.

 

Bad thing is I can't watch the video while driving, good thing is I can concentrate on driving.

 

 

I found that the standard holder (mine is mounted upside down) is very stable, and holds the cam with little or no vibration.. so the video is very clear and jerk-free. Only problem, during sunny weather, when the sun is glaring through the windscreen at an angle, there is a large amount of flaring and reflection.

 

Any suggestions for some polarizing filter to cut down glare? Or some mod for a hood.... maybe a small cardboard tube over the wideangle might work.

[Anakin]

just collected mine a while ago, can't wait to try it out :)

again, many thanks to bro parking for all the effort!

it's no east feat!

[Eviltrap]

Anyone dun use the wide angle lens at all?

 

Does it give you significantly more coverage?

[Heartbreakkidz]

Bro,where did u collect it? i noe after office hr is b.panjang,but where is bro thusara's office huh? i haf yet to collect mine,hope to gather some buddies 2gether to diy install it :)

[Jp66]

Anyone dun use the wide angle lens at all?

 

Does it give you significantly more coverage?

 

Read this post # 607 from Parkingidiot.

 

At the 1280x720 resolution... + the wide angle, the F500HD also covers nearly the whole windscreen for me. However, at the other resolutions, there is a marked decrease in the angle of view. Strange.

Edited July 26, 2010 by Jp66

[Eviltrap]

Read this post # 607 from Parkingidiot.

 

Thanks!

[Zanter]

Does anyone know how to change the menu to English?