Brian,
After my old analog camcorder "laid over and died" my wife bought me a Canon
ZR40 digital camcorder. It was reasonably priced and the picture/audio
quality are unbelievable. However, quality came with a price.....
I machined a custom camera mount that went on the rollbar of my Lotus 61 FF.
The mount was perfect for the old camera.With the digital camera whenever I
got over about 2000rpm the sound started breaking up and the picture started
losing its quality. What I ended up doing was mounting the camera on the
mirror brackets (forward of the windscreen). This seemed to move the camera
far enough away from the ignition "noise", and I get that unbelievably clear
picture I mentioned earlier. I use an external microphone and the sound
quality is equally great; although it sometimes "breaks up" if I'm in a lot
of traffic. (You now how us formula Ford guys are..... We get lonely if
we're not running in a pack!!)
I'm putting this out to the vintage net in the hopes that there is an
"electronics guru" who could advise how to shield the camera from ignition
noise so I can move it back to the rollbar mount.
Good luck to you Brian, and thanks in advance to anyone assisting with the
ignition noise problem.
Carl McLelland
HSR-West/CSRG #247 Lotus 61 formula Ford
> I'm shopping for a Mini DV camcorder to replace the old VHS-C unit on my
> rollbar mount, and would appreciate input from others who have used 'em
> -- particularly the Panasonic PVDC252 or Sony DCR-IP55, but shared
> experiences with any of the new generation of small camcorders are
welcome.
>
> Brian Mertz
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