Magnifying bubbles on back window Forums

Anonymous

...what do they do exactly and are they worth getting.

Dopeyngrumpy

They act as a lens and allow you to see more clearly just how close you are to denting the pride and joy... I had one for years in the back of a Ford Galaxy and swore by it (and about it when it fell off) but you'll need something big if you're to see it from the drivers seat as it is a lot further away.

Forgot to say - they're not expensive and if you can see through it from the drivers seat it has to be worth a go.

I'm all posh with a reversing camera now - wonderful

David

Anonymous

Many thanks for the info. I managed to drop my video cam in the lake on holiday a few weeks ago and althought the mechanics and picture work OK, the lcd touch screen has gone solid - I suppose reacting with the water. I was wondering whether to stick this on the back somewhere and wire it in to a monitor on the front for a reversing camera. At £800 it could be the worlds most expensive reversing aid.

Many thanks again.

theboadacea

[quote:45d8c4013a="Pusser"]I managed to drop my video cam in the lake on holiday a few weeks ago ..... [/quote:45d8c4013a]

Gutted! d'oh!

Was it a digital video camera? I am thinking about getting one ... what are they like? Is it easy to edit the film on a pc/laptop?

thanks

Leigh Very Happy

Anonymous

It was a digi cam on mini dv tapes - a Sony.. With the aid of a DVD rewriter on my PC I make my own holiday DVD's. In fact I have also done two of several 3 hour VHS tapes and converted them on to DVD. Once digital they are forever in that quality unlike vhs which degrades every time u play it. Sony have an interesting one out which actually records on to a mini DVD disk which you can shove directly in to a dvd player or obvioulsy copy it on to the PC, edit it, add menu's and stuff and generally be held in awe by your family.

It is time consuming but worth it. If you need any help or advice, pm me or whatever.

theboadacea

Thanks for the info Pusser, just what i wanted to hear .. i can see lots of fun discs coming out to keep friends updated on my travels! Razz

I will certainly take you up on the offer of help when I have done a little more research and am ready to take the first steps.

Thanks again.

Leigh Very Happy

Anonymous

I can give you some basics to bear in mind.

Try and get the smallest vid camera you can afford. If you can slip it in a pocket then you always have it when u want it. Too big and you tend to leave it at home except for the big occassion. Do not pay any attention to digital zoom figures. Optical is the one to look for and really should be at least 10x optical. It is helpful if you vidcam has DV IN and DV OUT. DVout will either be firewire or USB - Firewire is better and is a Sony invention with others. DV out is for putting the stuff on your PC ready for editing and DV In is for recording anything even off the telly. However best use is to import vhs old stuff into it and then pass it out digitally. Most have it but it must have a lithium battery.

PC...Min spec for faultless performance is probably a mainboard with USB2 and\or firewire... 64meg graphics - 500mb memory although a gig is better (the more the merrier). Processor similar to an AMD 2600mhz or intel equiv. Best to have two hard drives, one (C Smile

for all programs and work etc and one purely for video. The DVD RW should be master on the secondary IDE and the second hard drive slave on the same. Use this second drive purely to do the work storing data on the primary drive C:

You may need to purchase a video capture card if you want to import vhs stuff although my departed Sony connected to a video recorder.

Software to do dvd editing is really a mine field. Studio 9 you would think was OK but I have had boundless probs and wasted DVD's with it. But using an LG or NEC dvd drive with neoplus to write and Movie Maker in XP to edit, I have had no failure whatever. Nero 6 suite is also good for writing.

Hope this has been of some help and more here if u need it.