Ok enough of all those Colorado and NH twisty roads, I know everyone thinks that Texas doesn't have all the great scenery and wonderful landscape. These roads are just like the ones in the other movies except maybe a little straighter and a little flatter but they have personality. It becomes a challenge dodging soccer moms in SUV's. :)

http://www.v-rodforum.com/movies/Texasoutback.wmv

Who knows now that I can mount the DV camera on the bike I might even make a real movie. LOL

good one max I like all these riding vids make me want to mount a vid cam this looks like fun. How about some wheelies for Kaz LOL :rofl: :rofl:
I have to say I like to hear the pipes with the music in the back ground. more more.

Great job Max, you what they say "We have to work with what we've got" :)

nice job Max love that song :biker:

Nice Max. I counted something like 11 blind driveways in the first couple hundred feet. Must make for some interesting situations on occasion.

did not see any of my oil wells on your ride but still great stuff!

This is a trip (punn intended)

We get to cruise all over the country (world even) from our own homes!!!

Nice job Max!!!

I look forward to seeing more of Texas.

Max,
what did you use to hold the camra. I have a Digital Nikon Coolpix5400 that will do short movie I was wondering if it would work

Matt I just used a net mesh and strapped the camera right to the top of the headlight, crude but effective. I used a canon optura10 DV camera to do the capture, cheap but works well.

Max

Nice job Max did you have any kind of insulation under the camera because it seems pretty clear. Minimal vibration noticed in the video.

Damn, Mechanic,oops excuse me,TECHNICIAN, wabmaster Film maker. Whats next Max?

David even though the camera is a cheap one it has 500 lines of resolution and an image stablizer. It was sitting ontop of a towel strapped to the headlight with a net.

LOL z16monte, Jack of all trades master of a couple. :)

NO cowboy's, gun fights, oil wells, JR Ewing, armadillos or illegal amigos running across the street, Ricky G harassing young Oriental women, and not one barbecue ? :wazzup: Looks like you live in a northern suburb :rolleyes:

Cool vid Max :plause: , like the way that Red Ford put on the turn signal after they cut in front of you :whack:

So this is getting me in the mood to by a video camera. Whats the best or smallest for doing this type of shooting on the bike? What do we look for with a image stablizer and what else?

Thanks for bringing back images of good ole' Plano.

I'd post some Illinois highway riding, but all you'd see is corn and soybeans :)

That's funny Dave, I just said the same thing... LOL

Did some searching and I believe that the best small digital video camera available (that records on Mini DV tape) is the Canon Optura 40 (http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=90136345&loc=111&sp=1) or the 30 (http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=90136340&loc=111&sp=1) (both easily under $800). Other then the $62 price difference, I can't see any difference using paper specs.

Canon does have a very new, substantially smaller model called the "Optura Xi", but I can not find reputable large name supplier who has them available. And the price is still MSRP at $1400. My guess is that you need to wait till these get into the distribution network before the price finds a realistic selling level.

The reason that this unit outperforms the competition is that they use a 2.2 Mega pixel CCD array. This provides a large amount of CCD area for doing that auto stabilization feature. And it also delivers the best still photos when you want some higher quality pictures, because it uses the full array for that.

ANOTHER WAY TO GO:

Sony has just intro'd their new direct to DVD-RW cameras. This is a very promising technology. Its in the $800 price range, but the CCD array is still in the 1.1 mega pixel range.

Hopefully people with experience will chime in here, because I am about to decide on which of these to order. Thanks In Advance.

Did some searching and I believe that the best small digital video camera available (that records on Mini DV tape) is the Canon Optura 40 (http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=90136345&loc=111&sp=1) or the 30 (http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=90136340&loc=111&sp=1) (both easily under $800). Other then the $62 price difference, I can't see any difference using paper specs.
The reason that this unit outperforms the competition is that they use a 2.2 Mega pixel CCD array. This provides a large amount of CCD area for doing that auto stabilization feature. And it also delivers the best still photos when you want some higher quality pictures, because it uses the full array for that.
ANOTHER WAY TO GO:
Sony has just intro'd their new direct to DVD-RW cameras. This is a very promising technology. Its in the $800 price range, but the CCD array is still in the 1.1 mega pixel range.
Hopefully people with experience will chime in here, because I am about to decide on which of these to order. Thanks In Advance.

Thanks for the tips. looked at some this weekend and found
Sony MICROMV™ Handycam® Camcorder
DCR-IP1 1/5.0" 1 Megapixel gross Advanced HAD™ CCD imager
SONY (http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_BrowseCatalog-Start;sid=fHlvcw7MSftv-04nzOVleEHcBkItTs5aw7g=?CategoryName=dcc_DICamcorders_MicroMVHandycamCamcorders&Dept=dcc_DICamcorders)
looked neat and really small, supposedly fits in your pocket. But don't want to give up picture quality of 1 mega pixel for a couple inch's. I don't know if 1 mega pixal will make that much difference?
I'm going to look at the Canon now as I like the price difference and more pixel thing .

Thanks again 0rest, Dave

The Canon that I use Dave is a 1.3 megapixel optura 10. It has a very good image stabalizer and if you can still find any of them I know that I picked mine up for 399.00 about 6 months ago. It's not the smallest but it really doesn't have to be for what I do with it.

Orest is correct, I think some of the best you could get to do this with is the optura 30-40 right now. Excellent cameras with some really nice quality.