Mini keyring-sized digital camera/camcorder

Blinkz said:
How long did delivery take from the guy in Hong Kong? I've been waiting 3 weeks now from the dispatched email and still nothing...
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you're not the only one, i ordered on the 7th of may and i'm still waiting. Usually stuff from Hong Kong takes about 2 weeks.
 
Here's a video I took when the camera was strapped to my R/C Helicopter.

I have just bought the heli so this was only my 3rd attempt at flying it.

 
tbz_ck said:
This thread does not deliver. I waded through 34 pages wanting a Cat Cam and found nothing but Car Cam's.

People of OcUK, your audience demands helicopter/airplane/balloon or Cat Cam vids.

Don't let us down peeps... ;)
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Ok, even though its raining, and dark, ima going to strap it on the heli and spy on the neighbours for you.


Honey Bee CP3
- Ok btw, any heli people online? I've set the Gyro proportional all the way to the right, and the rudder trim all the way to the right, but it still turns left, and no matter how high or low the Gain, i still get tail wobble. I'm guessing the tail rotor is on the way out. Any thoughts?
- Also, I've used Vdub Deshaker to smooth out the video. It's a lot smoother, but I loose some clarity.

- @13 seconds there is a freeze frame, (looks like its moving because of Vdub Deshaker) I'm using 8GB Kingston Micro SD, I get about 14mB/s transfer via usb.

This time more than a bit windy and raw footage (except remove timestamp plugin) a couple of days ago on my 21st birthday =]
 
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no1$dn said:
you're not the only one, i ordered on the 7th of may and i'm still waiting. Usually stuff from Hong Kong takes about 2 weeks.
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Ordered mine on the 30th April and still hasnt turned up.. My first 2 from the same seller came within 2 weeks. Looks like this one may be lost in the post.
 
iamTakeo said:
Ok, even though its raining, and dark, ima going to strap it on the heli and spy on the neighbours for you.


Honey Bee CP3
- Ok btw, any heli people online? I've set the Gyro proportional all the way to the right, and the rudder trim all the way to the right, but it still turns left, and no matter how high or low the Gain, i still get tail wobble. I'm guessing the tail rotor is on the way out. Any thoughts?
- Also, I've used Vdub Deshaker to smooth out the video. It's a lot smoother, but I loose some clarity.

- @13 seconds there is a freeze frame, (looks like its moving because of Vdub Deshaker) I'm using 8GB Kingston Micro SD, I get about 14mB/s transfer via usb.

This time more than a bit windy and raw footage (except remove timestamp plugin) a couple of days ago on my 21st birthday =]
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Good job :)

I really like the heli-cam stuff. You should do a flyby of your street. In fact we should all do it and set up "heli-streetcam.com" :)
 
I've got some Dogcam footage from the weekend but it's 1.2 GB. Also if I use virtualdub to remove the timestamps the file size goes up to 12GB. any clue what I'm doing wrong?
 
SimonCHere said:
I've got some Dogcam footage from the weekend but it's 1.2 GB. Also if I use virtualdub to remove the timestamps the file size goes up to 12GB. any clue what I'm doing wrong?
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Probably need to set the right codecs and stuff, avidemux is pretty good for conversions and simple editing, not sure if it can remove the timestamps though.
 
SimonCHere said:
I've got some Dogcam footage from the weekend but it's 1.2 GB. Also if I use virtualdub to remove the timestamps the file size goes up to 12GB. any clue what I'm doing wrong?
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Yeah, like above ^, using vdub filter to remove the timestamp didn't increase the size. When you saved it, by default it'll save as an uncompressed AVI.

Solution:
At the top of Vdub, go to Video -> Compression -> Scroll down to Xvid

Now when you save the file, it'll be way smaller, and Xvid is a pretty neat codec. Even at the highest quality Xvid setting, it'll be much smaller than the uncompressed AVI, with no noticable difference. If you want it to be an even smaller filesize, for uploading, just slide the compression down a bit.

(if you don't have Xvid, find a codec back in google)
 
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how long can these record for on one charge?? and how big would the file be? I'm pretty interested in buying one, but just need to plan out the memory card size etc.
 
icysniper said:
how long can these record for on one charge?? and how big would the file be? I'm pretty interested in buying one, but just need to plan out the memory card size etc.
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Think its about 1 hour from full. The end size would be 4Gb odd, so a 4gb card is a pretty good option.
 
iamTakeo said:
Yeah, like above ^, using vdub filter to remove the timestamp didn't increase the size. When you saved it, by default it'll save as an uncompressed AVI.

Solution:
At the top of Vdub, go to Video -> Compression -> Scroll down to Xvid

Now when you save the file, it'll be way smaller, and Xvid is a pretty neat codec. Even at the highest quality Xvid setting, it'll be much smaller than the uncompressed AVI, with no noticable difference. If you want it to be an even smaller filesize, for uploading, just slide the compression down a bit.

(if you don't have Xvid, find a codec back in google)
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Doh. thanks
I knew it would be somewhere I just couldn't find an option to save in anything other than avi.
 
Guess what guys, I can't believe this; My 4#3b brushless can handle the keyring cam easily. I've been flying about my room, there are some vibration issues so I won't put a video up yet, I need some velcro instead of sticky tape (velcro usually dampens the vibrations better)

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My rather bashed Walkera 4#3b

You'll notice it's a Buzzflyer varient. Don't buy from BuzzFlyer, they're a good next day UK supplier but the markup is really bad, expensive.
Search for Chinese suppliers, takes about 10 days, and for the same price you'll get 3x as many parts (so just order 3x more for spares) Also, some American stores have great prices and don't take too long also.
Upgrades:
Ben Hiller Flybar Mod
Brushless Main + Tail Motor
Tougher Landing gear
 
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