I`ll work on it.
Out of interest I`ve been playing around with several compact cameras today in the van, the supplied window mount did support the other compact cameras quite well( they are probably 4 times the weight). I made up a support using a motorbike handlebar mount that Stumpy gave me( is Stumpy still on the forum?) I fixed it to a piece of timber and screwed it down to the top of the dashboard ( don`t panic, my VW transporter is 12 tears old and i am retired and we use it to transport the e bikes around) anyway it will land up in the field at back one day and with all the holes in and around it from my amateur ham equipment then a few more don`t matter.
So! my latest Fuji X10 that is a superb camera for stills and video was useless when mounted and the video was very wavey (although a good size on screen)
Next I tried my old Canon G9 and I must admit with image stabilising turned off and continuos focus turned off the results were very impressive( shame the max size is only 640x480) but colours were superb.( it`s the camera I used to use strapped to my chest on the E bike)
Next I tried the Samsung EX1, a really nice camera to use with a flip out and reversible screen, results were quite good but it suffered from under exposing due to seeing a bright sky( although for those that might not know you can make so many changes to exposure, colour etc etc in the latest Adobe Photoshop CS6 when editing your videos in that program)
So the Canon G9 came out on top and other than image size it really is a good video camera (it will be better when I add an stabilising support of some sort to my made up bracket in the morning.
How does the Canon compare to the £16 friday night special, well the Canon wins hands down for image quality and colours out of the camera (it should do really when you consider it cost around £400 when new) but the max record time is 30mins and you have to restart the recording yourself for the next 30 mins and so on where as the cheapo just goes on record strips of either 2 mins, 5 mins or 10 mins till the card is full and of course runs on power via the supplied cigar adapter. It doesn`t suffer any blips and hangs well on the supplied easy to fit sucker mount. Is there a draw back at £16? yes, the colours could be better out of the camera, if you have a video editing software like CS6 (or even elements i think) then you can change exposure, colours etc. If you want the camera to do purely what it is intended for (record your journey in the event of a mishap so you have proof of who was at fault) then it`s an amazing cheap and easy to use bit of kit.
Dave
