I've had a few people ask me about the camera mount on my Tiger so I thought I'd write a bit of info on it. The device itself is unbranded (was about £40 off eBay (~US$85)) although the actual CCD sensor inside is made by Panasonic. It runs off 12v (+/-1v) and produces a standard composite video signal which runs to a camcorder with external video/audio input in my tankbag.
I didn't want to risk using the Tiger's charging system directly connected to the bullet camera because it puts out up to 14v which is technically too much for the camera. So I run a mains inverter in my tankbag which supplies power, both to the bullet camera and camcorder. Not the most efficient way of doing things but, hey ho, it works.
Image quality is hard to describe with a screen grab from a moving video stream because of the interlaced nature of video (i.e. it will always look better moving than still) but nevertheless, here are some examples.
Low light level photo here
Higher light level photo here
I have also hosted a short video of a trip I made to Snowdonia about this time last year. The actual video encoding quality is a bit ropey I'm afraid because I only have limited web space to host the file, but it gives you an idea of the framerate (25fps so the same as normal PAL TV).
Please excuse some of the lurching too - rider error induced by having a top box which was heavier than a battleship :wink:
Video is here
I didn't want to risk using the Tiger's charging system directly connected to the bullet camera because it puts out up to 14v which is technically too much for the camera. So I run a mains inverter in my tankbag which supplies power, both to the bullet camera and camcorder. Not the most efficient way of doing things but, hey ho, it works.
Image quality is hard to describe with a screen grab from a moving video stream because of the interlaced nature of video (i.e. it will always look better moving than still) but nevertheless, here are some examples.
Low light level photo here
Higher light level photo here
I have also hosted a short video of a trip I made to Snowdonia about this time last year. The actual video encoding quality is a bit ropey I'm afraid because I only have limited web space to host the file, but it gives you an idea of the framerate (25fps so the same as normal PAL TV).
Please excuse some of the lurching too - rider error induced by having a top box which was heavier than a battleship :wink:
Video is here
