duffers guide for bike cam

so that i can view my near death encounters, I would like to invest in a camera to record my commute, alas I know nothing, so would anyone be kind enough to suggest a good camera, best way to mount on the bike, and how do you actually download/view the film
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Good luck though and looking forward to more footage.
If you have a vid camera, some are ridiculously small, find some way a attaching it to the handlebars, pretty straight forward then, downloadvid to computer, edit and upload to web.
The other more complex way is to use a helmet camera.
something like this:
http://www.helmetcamera.com/
Your vid cam will need an AV input for it to work, this basically takes the vid from the pencil camera that you either mount on your helmet (don't go there) or on the bike. You can also use an iPod to record the vid with the right adaptor.
Or you could just strap your camera phone to the handlebars.
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The other ( but more expensive ) way of getting bike cam footage is to get an Oregon Scientific ATC2000 (Also known as the ATC2K). It's pretty cheap as these things go - you can get them from about £80 online, or a bit less than that on eBay. You will also need an SD card to record the video.
The nice thing about the ATC2K is that it's rugged, is well designed for this kind of thing, and has mountings for both handlebars and helmets.
I have a secondhand one that I won in a raffle over at CycleChat
Damn you PrettyBoyTim, now I want one!
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Commute in to work
Footage from the child trailer as I took my son to nursery
It takes footage at up to 640x480 @ 30fps, but both those examples have been shrunk, deshaken and sped up.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?Cat=cycle&ProdID=5360024794&N=Action%20Cameras%20ActionCam%20480%20Hemet%20Camera
And it's for SALE if anyone is interested?
It's the full kit, you just need a vid cam with AV input, and 8 * AA batteries.
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