Special video camera needed

[BrianG]

I'm looking for a small video camera that can take decent night and day movies, but I need it to record in rolling 5 minute intervals. Why would I need this? I'm tired of all the lowlife cops that think they are above the law (staties are the worst - I swear they have some sort of god complex) and do whatever the hell they want while hiding behind their badge. They give people tickets for the very same things they do, but for them, it's ok. Well, I'd like to mount this camera to my dash of my car and it will keep recording a rolling 5 minutes of video. Then, when one of those douchebags does something stupid, I can stop the recording for later upload to my PC. I'm sure the local newspaper would be more than happy to have footage of such things since they are always trying to find some scandal anyway, especially in the gov't.

And no, I didn't just get a ticket or anything. It's just that I see so much crap happen but am powerless to do anything. Reporting the abuse is pointless since they all stick together and then I'd be a target as revenge.

[pinkpanda3310]

Why not get one of these cheap rc cams. A man of your talent could rig up a power supply from the cigarette lighter. I don't know how long you drive for on average but with a permanent power supply your record time would only be limited to GB size.

I'm assuming this is so you can be an anonumous whistle blower, stick it to 'em

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/show...316#post328316

[Bondonutz]

Careful Brian, If they really think that highly of themselves it doesn't mean you might not be put on their "List" after the media is shown the video ?
Or the day will come you really need a cop and you find yourself without much help.

I had a cop neighbor who was a real F'in tool. Watched him do a burn out with his patrol car in front of his house and then write a ticket for someone rolling through a stop sign at the end of the street. No B.S. They are bastards .

[t-maxxracer32]

i had the pleasure of going on a school camping trip with a cop who had just gotten promoted, so boy was he a douche!!

i had gotten in a little trouble on the trip and he comes over to interrogate me about the whole situation! he wasnt even an effin teacher or anything

cops just feel like they have power at all times even when not in uniform. (not all cops.. just those ones who arrogant Aholes)

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by pinkpanda3310

Why not get one of these cheap rc cams. A man of your talent could rig up a power supply from the cigarette lighter. I don't know how long you drive for on average but with a permanent power supply your record time would only be limited to GB size.

I'm assuming this is so you can be an anonumous whistle blower, stick it to 'em

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/show...316#post328316

Since I want the camera to record all the time when driving (otherwise might not have time to click the record button when something happens), whatever I get would have to continuously record over and over (obviously erasing older content). Thus the need for a "rolling" ~5 minutes. None of the cameras I saw were clear about that. Most of the time, you click a button to start, and again to end.

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

Careful Brian, If they really think that highly of themselves it doesn't mean you might not be put on their "List" after the media is shown the video ?
Or the day will come you really need a cop and you find yourself without much help.

I had a cop neighbor who was a real F'in tool. Watched him do a burn out with his patrol car in front of his house and then write a ticket for someone rolling through a stop sign at the end of the street. No B.S. They are bastards .

I'm not worried about revenge since I can be an anonymous submitter.

As far as finding a cop when you need them, it never happens. I called them once because my hick neighbors were firing fireworks at various objects around the neighborhood (not up), and some were landing on my property - and it wasn't even the 4th. The cops never showed, so I went over there and threatened them with a beating if they didn't stop. They stopped. Another time, another neighbor up the street had some random guy walk in their house and start snooping around in the middle of the day. The people were home too! The mother was doing something in another room, but a kid was playing in the living room and started screaming when she saw the guy. The guy took off. They called the cops and they never showed up. That's just two instances on my street alone. They are good for nothing except bothering citizens.

Originally Posted by t-maxxracer32

i had the pleasure of going on a school camping trip with a cop who had just gotten promoted, so boy was he a douche!!

i had gotten in a little trouble on the trip and he comes over to interrogate me about the whole situation! he wasnt even an effin teacher or anything

cops just feel like they have power at all times even when not in uniform. (not all cops.. just those ones who arrogant Aholes)

Yup. Many cops are just legal bullies. And like bullies, they don't mess with real situations, just easy ones. There are some decent cops out there though, don't get me wrong. It's just that the bad to good cop ratio is a bit high.

[rabosi]

Funny you mentioned this Brian because I've actually thought about this myself. It could be useful if manufacturers included cameras in their cars. Not only for cops but for hit and run incidents or the like. Of course the video could possibly be used against the driver if at fault.
As far as cops, I think a higher percentage of people who crave power and authority gravitate towards that job. Just as a pedophiles would probably want to be a teacher, day care provider or priest.
On the other hand all jobs have some sort of unofficial perks, maybe running red lights and such is theirs.

http://www.spycameras.com/

[Metallover]

Just an idea, you might be able to hook a camera up to a laptop/netbook then set a script or something on the computer stop, erase, and record every five minutes. Might a more complex then you'd like but if all else fails it's worth a try.

[redshift]

Find out what the cops are using, that's maybe as close as you'll get.

Short of that, one of the keychain cams would be as good as you'll get, without IR obviously. Running off a DC-DC converter, and using a 16GB card you'll have nearly unlimited space. They are low-profile and the lens is in the laydown position. I really don't think you can do better for less. The timestamp would actually be a GOOD thing for your app as well. They are well under $50, (they are as low as $15) which means you could use more than one.

[BrianG]

I kinda like that idea. Something small, cheap, and takes decent video. Ideally, the license plate or some other identifying characteristic should be decipherable on video to incriminate a specific officer. At first, I was thinking of getting one that does well at night too, but that's probably asking too much. Besides most of the crap I see has been happening during the day anyway. Got a link to a keychain one that you know is decent? I see stuff all over the place, but you never know what you're gonna get until you get it.

[redshift]

This thread will answer questions you didn't even know you had...
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1115052

And the specs for the good one-

[redshift]

Crap, that JPEG is unreadable isn't it?

[BrianG]

lol, I can sort of make it out.

[simplechamp]

I know my FlyCamOne2 can continually record video, over-writing the previous video once the memory card (MicroSD) is full. You would want to use an external battery as the internal one is only 200mah, but that is easy as the cam has a connection/cradle for external hookup of a battery or receiver control cable. I haven't played with it much yet to test the video quality, but I'm pretty sure it's on par with all the other sub-$100 micro digital cams on the market.

[Bondonutz]

I just scored one of the key chain jobbers for $13.60
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Spy-Car-Key-...item19b7e1adf6
To cheap not to try ?

[pinkpanda3310]

Here's some more on the keychain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8_0NuGkioI
http://www.chucklohr.com/808/