Two Onboard Cameras
Aug 27th, 2010 by Leo
What are onboard cameras good for? When I did a mini-review of the 1st gen non-HD Go Pro Hero a while back the general response I heard was “Cool! But at $199 msrp (although I found the motorsport version for $120) it’s a little pricey for a toy.” And the Go Pro is temperamental with a hard to use interface… The HD version of the Go Pro is msrp $299, but for just a few dollars more you can get equally good video quality and ruggedness with a much better user interface on a Drift HD-170 (the Go Pro HD is msrp at $299). It’s cool to have video footage of your weekend ride, but most people ride the same roads most of the time, and so the ride footage isn’t so much of a thrill.
So as toys, these things might be overpriced, but as training tools either of these cameras (or even the $120 non HD Go Pro) are a bargain! There is no more useful training tool to help you work on body position, lines, corner speed, and some people even use it as a visual timer. For the cost of a cheap IR lap timer, you can have a multi purpose training tool. Whether you’re a track junky, a cone monkey, or just want to see smooth you are in the twisties, a camera on the tail section or a camera on the tank (or both) is the way to go. So what are these cameras good for? Quite a bit if you know how to use them.
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