Anyone have a Go Pro camera mounted for videotaping ?

[caseyc]

I've seen some videos on YouTube whereby a video camera is mounted somewhere near the dashboard to videotape the road while driving.&nbsp; <br><br>One guy uses a video camera to record road trips for fun memories.&nbsp;That how I found out some roads going to a campsite in Santa Cruz Big Basin&nbsp;are really dangerous with narrow and&nbsp;curvy blind&nbsp;turns. Another video I saw was a guy in Russia (Soviet Union) who always video records everything while driving to protect himself because scammers will jump in front of your car and claim that you hit them.&nbsp; Other video clips showed all kinds of crazy car crash accidents in Russia.<br><br>So this got me thinking.&nbsp; Should I get some type of small video camera to mount on my dashboard or to the windshield mirror for recording fun times and/or to protect myself in case sh!t happens?&nbsp; Apparently even police cars have video cameras constantly recording the action while on the road.&nbsp; I see some of the craziest videos from&nbsp;the TV show "Cops".<br><br>I know that Go Pro makes a small video camera, but after doing some online review, I find too many conflicting reports of this particular brand ranging from poor battery life, to camera freezing, etc.<br><br>Sony recently came out with their own version of an "action" video camera called the Sony Action Cam, and I was considering this model too, per link below, but I have no opinion on this either.<br><a href="http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/st...ID=O:hdras15/b:dg_gglsrch:pla&amp;cagpspn=pla" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/st...15-4589-f364-00001dd8bb20&amp;XID=O:HDRAS15/B<img src="/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">g_gglpla&amp;kpid=8198552921666484197&amp;XID=O:hdras15/b<img src="/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">g_gglsrch<img src="/images/boards/smilies/tongue.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">la&amp;cagpspn=pla</a>

 

[Terry]

Do you carry you computer with you? Just get a good web cam and save a lot of money.

 

[bee]

I believe people buy cheap prepaid smart phones for this purpose. (no plan needed) &nbsp;You have them hard wired to a cigarette lighter to keep them charged. &nbsp;I think you can get an app that will automatically start recording based on motion since most phones have gforce sensors in them.<br>I have never actually looked into it, but I am pretty sure I heard that people are doing it this way.