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Was going to write something the other day but the forums were dicked..

i have a contour hd 1080p mainly for snowboarding and karting.

but it would be good for motorsport for sure. the mic is pretty good, and the video quality is very good. it also mounts pretty easy to anything..

would be more suited to the hobbyist i guess. but its much better than the go pro models.

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My big gripe with the POV is the remote start/stop. Its not always definate that it has started recording. There is an audible beep, but with a helmet on and a hot 4AGE/RB20 idling away its near impossible to hear this beep.

Hopefully RadCam is alot better in this department.

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Hey guys, any suggestions for a good external mic for the POV1/1.5 cams?

Something like this would be good with the included wind sock

http://reviews.cnet.com/microphones/sony-e...l?tag=mncol;lst

Ben uses something similar like this clipped to co-drivers lapel

http://reviews.cnet.com/microphones/sony-t....html?tag=specs

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I've just now received my RadCam from Mark (cheers mate, great delivery time!) and my word it looks good!

If it performs half as well as it looks, it's a winner!

Nice comprehensive kit for mounting etc too.

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We will soon know. Pov in Barons car and Radcam in my car belting around Nurburgring next week. :D Also doing sessions in the same car so will most likely having up to 3 cameras on a car :) (in case the coroner needs to understand how we ended up so far off the track) :woot:

I cant remember is i got 64GB or 32GB for the Radcam...i rememebr i paid extra

I am doing Silverstone on Monday in a Caterham, so if sound quality is a problem then this will expose it. Hopefully the external mic mounted low in the cabin will give good engine note and not too much wind noise!

:starwars: I see the Radcam just good delivered. I love it when a plan comes together! Let me know how it goes. Cheers. Edited by martyboy26
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are these sold anywhere else in the world? or does someone locally put bits and pieces together?
There are dealers elsewhere and they will sell under their own brands. RaceRecall.com is the manufacturer's exclusive agent for Aus/NZ. It's a comple kit from the manufacturer, I just ad my own mount kits etc. Beware of some pre-manufacturing "beta" versions being offered elsewhere. They were only meant for testing and are unstable.
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How well do the steel flexi-mounts work with the forces of the car? My amin hoop is pretty far back, and I want to get the cam feather forward.

It depends on how heavy the camera you are connecting it too. Me experience is that they move and vibrate too much in a race car.

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It depends on how heavy the camera you are connecting it too. Me experience is that they move and vibrate too much in a race car.

For the lipstick radcam lense. Probably best to get one, then evaluate if the main hoop is too far back

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