On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 03:46:19 GMT, "S.G." <
[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Welll you disqualified my site by using the word "good". www.mountainbikebill.com
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>Wow, Bill...You have a lot of videos!! Thx for the link.
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>In your opinion, do you find that the quality of the lipstick camera is any less than a standard
>camcorder, or is the quality essentially equal?
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>Scott
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I currently have my lipstick camera feeding into an analog 8mm camcorder which does cause you to
loose some quality from the lipstick camera. I would have better quality if I had the lipstick
feeding into a minDV camcorder. IMHO the best lipstick camera out there will not be better than the
optics that are on your average minDV camcorder. I eventually would like to move up to the camcorder
mounted on the helmet setup, but dollars the limiting factor right now. It all comes down to how
much quality you want for the amount of money you want to spend. I spent about $225 for the whole
lipstick, mic battery setup and I bought the complete camcorder setup (camera, 3 batteries, charger,
extra lens, case) off of ebay $120. I would be about 3 to 4 times that much to start off with the
miniDV on the helmet setup.
Pete Fagerlin has some great commentary and side-by-side comparsion footage to take a look at.
http://www.petefagerlin.com/video_how_to.htm
Bill Porter www.mountainbikebill.com