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General Category => Off Topics and General Interest => Topic started by: Bob S. on January 26, 2014, 03:28:47 PM

Title: Cheap Video Camera
Post by: Bob S. on January 26, 2014, 03:28:47 PM

Before you go spend the big bucks on GoPro, you can set-up a LOT of cameras on the cheap...

Emerson Action Camera (http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/emerson-action-camera/1041681657)

Title: Re: Cheap Video Camera
Post by: Gabe on January 26, 2014, 09:26:31 PM

I can't speak from experience here, but read some reviews about this camera before you buy it. They don't look very favorable.

Title: Re: Cheap Video Camera
Post by: Jlwright on January 27, 2014, 04:47:34 AM

Maybe not cheap but I love my GoPro camera. It makes awesome video.

Title: Re: Cheap Video Camera
Post by: Bob S. on January 27, 2014, 08:00:48 AM

well, don't forget that with the GoPro you have to have a pretty new computer to download and process the video too! How much does THAT cost??

Title: Re: Cheap Video Camera
Post by: Steve on January 27, 2014, 08:01:24 AM

GoPro / Emerson Head to Head comparison VID:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ttdmC_-iM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ttdmC_-iM)

Title: Re: Cheap Video Camera
Post by: Dan_ on January 27, 2014, 09:40:18 AM

Here is an RC guy telling all you could ever want to know about the Emerson, and he uploaded his video in 720 P so you could tell something about the camera....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUKJ3lDlBLI&hd=1

Title: Re: Cheap Video Camera
Post by: Jlwright on January 27, 2014, 10:56:47 AM

It could have been the difference in the mounting position but the jello look on the Emerson kind of made me seasick.

Title: Re: Cheap Video Camera
Post by: weasel on January 27, 2014, 04:14:49 PM

Everyone always raved about my cell phone vids on my old HTC phone. I was thinking about making a mount for it.  Would be nice to just send them over wifi due to it already having android on it.

Much more difficult to mount though.