In-car Videos from Thunderhill July 6th
Jul 8, 2006, 02:02 PM
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In-car Videos from Thunderhill July 6th
Here are some vids from a EVO meet at Thunderhill July 6th.
Couple things different from the last set of vids I did at Thunderhill:
1. I used a wide angle lense. Not sure if I like it better then without it. At the current camera mount angle I think it shows too much of the inside of the car and not as much of the track. The video compression also has a harder time with it so the overall video quality once compressed isn't as good as before. Pros: You can see my guages and both my hands.
2. I mounted the Mic in a different part of the trunk closer to the exhuast. I did this thinking the exhaust would be louder. In fact, it was the opposite. I ended up getting more wind noise then before (I don't run with the back seats in so wind can get into the trunk through the sides) so I actually got LESS exhaust noise then before and overall just is too much wind distortion.
Here are the vids, both flash and WMV versions:
1. First couple laps in the 2nd session
Flash video - streaming
WMV video - 24mb
2. Couple laps with no traffic
Flash video - streaming
WMV video- 23mb
3. Some more laps and my buddy Mike in his EVO who doesn't want to lift when he points me by.
Flash video - streaming
WMV video- 14mb
4. Losing 4th gear in my tranny. If you listen well you can hear the vibration and nastiness, I lose it in the middle of turn 1
Flash video - streaming
WMV video - 14mb
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Couple things different from the last set of vids I did at Thunderhill:
1. I used a wide angle lense. Not sure if I like it better then without it. At the current camera mount angle I think it shows too much of the inside of the car and not as much of the track. The video compression also has a harder time with it so the overall video quality once compressed isn't as good as before. Pros: You can see my guages and both my hands.
2. I mounted the Mic in a different part of the trunk closer to the exhuast. I did this thinking the exhaust would be louder. In fact, it was the opposite. I ended up getting more wind noise then before (I don't run with the back seats in so wind can get into the trunk through the sides) so I actually got LESS exhaust noise then before and overall just is too much wind distortion.
Here are the vids, both flash and WMV versions:
1. First couple laps in the 2nd session
Flash video - streaming
WMV video - 24mb
2. Couple laps with no traffic
Flash video - streaming
WMV video- 23mb
3. Some more laps and my buddy Mike in his EVO who doesn't want to lift when he points me by.
Flash video - streaming
WMV video- 14mb
4. Losing 4th gear in my tranny. If you listen well you can hear the vibration and nastiness, I lose it in the middle of turn 1
Flash video - streaming
WMV video - 14mb
.
Last edited by razorlab; Jul 8, 2006 at 06:57 PM.
Jul 8, 2006, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by WarmPepsi
i dig the wideangle. I'd just give it a touch of zoom though.
might be a preference thing, but i dig it.
Not knowing any better, is it just a screw on filter kinda affair or what, where'd you get it from? what camera ya running?
might be a preference thing, but i dig it.
Not knowing any better, is it just a screw on filter kinda affair or what, where'd you get it from? what camera ya running?
It's a screw on lense by SunPak. I think it was $45
Camera info here: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...02&postcount=3
Jul 8, 2006, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by razorlab
It's zoomed in a little already. Heh. I think maybe I need to put the mount off to the side or higher up on the rollbar or something.
It's a screw on lense by SunPak. I think it was $45
Camera info here: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...02&postcount=3
It's a screw on lense by SunPak. I think it was $45
Camera info here: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...02&postcount=3
Jul 8, 2006, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by WarmPepsi
gotcha, i may have to get one of those, i'm running the hd camera from jvc (saves to flash memory only when tracking). I think i like the setup.
Jul 9, 2006, 02:15 AM
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Originally Posted by razorlab
3. Some more laps and my buddy Mike in his EVO who doesn't want to lift when he points me by.
Flash video - streaming
WMV video- 14mb
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Flash video - streaming
WMV video- 14mb
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I thought you had like 300whp under the hood of that thing?
You gotta earn that pass on me buddy. haha
Jul 9, 2006, 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by dohcvtec
I thought you had like 300whp under the hood of that thing?
You gotta earn that pass on me buddy. hahaHe was ejected, and told he could come back and pick up his gear in 2 days
On topic: I'm using the same mount, only had it give up a few times when i killed the rumble strips, and the camera mis-focuses on the windsheild
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Jul 9, 2006, 09:37 AM
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Both of these guys are very experienced, and two of the most level-headed folks you will ever meet at an open tracking event. Bryan is just teasing with Mike.
Originally Posted by WarmPepsi
the last time i heard that statement, i had a guy make a suicide move in a hard braking zone to my inside, during an hpde. (no point, no nothin, right in front of the flag stand)
He was ejected, and told he could come back and pick up his gear in 2 days
On topic: I'm using the same mount, only had it give up a few times when i killed the rumble strips, and the camera mis-focuses on the windsheild
He was ejected, and told he could come back and pick up his gear in 2 days
On topic: I'm using the same mount, only had it give up a few times when i killed the rumble strips, and the camera mis-focuses on the windsheild
Jul 9, 2006, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Percywork
Both of these guys are very experienced, and two of the most level-headed folks you will ever meet at an open tracking event. Bryan is just teasing with Mike.
Any of the evo guys i know wouldn't lift, but when it came time to brake, they'd brake early, or give me the room i needed to hold my line.
Jul 9, 2006, 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by WarmPepsi
oh, i know, comrodery (sp?) is a great thing.
Any of the evo guys i know wouldn't lift, but when it came time to brake, they'd brake early, or give me the room i needed to hold my line.
Any of the evo guys i know wouldn't lift, but when it came time to brake, they'd brake early, or give me the room i needed to hold my line.
I did lift, just a little though. :P Honestly, I'm so used to driving the Honda at that track that I never have to lift to let anyone by me, unless its a miata. haha. But ya, Percy has shared the track with both Bryan and myself numerous times so he knows us pretty well. I too was teasing Bryan with that statement, I pointed him by, I was obviously letting him through.
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Jul 10, 2006, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by WarmPepsi
On topic: I'm using the same mount, only had it give up a few times when i killed the rumble strips, and the camera mis-focuses on the windsheild
Btw, Mike gave me tons of room to pass and set up for the next corner. I was just giving him a hard time.
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