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Zac Stein · April 18th, 2003, 03:25 AM

Heya All,

Well a while ago i was preparing to shoot some 16mm footage, well the budget came, and i quite frankly don't want to push it that hard, so we are reverting back to DV, since this is just promo footage anyways.

Now here is the question, we have a car roof scene and total permission to stick things onto the car with tape and such, and i need some roof and side moving scenes. I was thinking of using a lipstick camera, with a s-video cable going into my dv cam and recording that way. I know quality will be lost, BUT it is such quick cuts i am hoping nobody will notice.

Can anyways suggest a good lipstick camera to look at?

Are they all NTSC or are there pal ones, or do most just do both.

Do they run on batteries, or need a 12v line or even A/C?

And what is the general cost of something half decent?

Anyways thanks for the help.

Zac

Alex Taylor · April 18th, 2003, 02:36 PM

http://www.helmetcamera.com/

These are designed to go on hemlets for mountain biking/motocross, and I think they're fairly good quality from what I've seen in mountain bike movies. There's also this one:

http://www.spylife.com/lipstickcam.html

Rob Lohman · April 23rd, 2003, 10:12 AM

There are some threads about this subject already available. Please
check them out here, here, here, here and here.

April 18th, 2003, 03:25 AM	#1
Zac Stein Major Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 730	lipstick on your car Heya All, Well a while ago i was preparing to shoot some 16mm footage, well the budget came, and i quite frankly don't want to push it that hard, so we are reverting back to DV, since this is just promo footage anyways. Now here is the question, we have a car roof scene and total permission to stick things onto the car with tape and such, and i need some roof and side moving scenes. I was thinking of using a lipstick camera, with a s-video cable going into my dv cam and recording that way. I know quality will be lost, BUT it is such quick cuts i am hoping nobody will notice. Can anyways suggest a good lipstick camera to look at? Are they all NTSC or are there pal ones, or do most just do both. Do they run on batteries, or need a 12v line or even A/C? And what is the general cost of something half decent? Anyways thanks for the help. Zac

April 18th, 2003, 02:36 PM	#2
Alex Taylor Major Player Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 390	http://www.helmetcamera.com/ These are designed to go on hemlets for mountain biking/motocross, and I think they're fairly good quality from what I've seen in mountain bike movies. There's also this one: http://www.spylife.com/lipstickcam.html __________________ alextaylor.org

April 23rd, 2003, 10:12 AM	#3
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