I'm not sure what Alexei is using to record his videos, I think it might be a digital camera that takes video too. I know he uses a tripod held up with bungee cords, seems to work alright for rallycross but does move around a fair bit.

The setup I have is a bullet camera from http://www.chasecam.com , their 520 line version with audio.



This camera feeds into my miniDV camera which I just use as a VCR, basically. Chasecam also sells a nice digital solidstate recorder that uses memory cards, which if I didn't already have the video camera I'd be using.



For mounting, I use their triple suction cup mount, which works great for rallycross stuff (as long as you make sure the surface you're attaching it to is perfectly clean, it has come loose when I've been careless and not cleaned the dust off). I don't think I'd trust it outside the car for stage use like I've done for rallycross, but it works well inside. They also sell lots of different mounts for rollcages, etc.





As you can see in the following videos, the suction cup mount is very stable, even in a stage car on a rough road. This is mounted to the windshield.

http://media.putfile.com/Mark-Williams-Test-Day---Run1

http://media.putfile.com/Mark-Williams-Test-Day---Run-3

http://media.putfile.com/Defi-mulgrave

Hope that's helped. Of course, lots of people use normal small videocameras as well, on rollcage mounts or the like, with varying degrees of success.

Yeah, that's what I used to have, a bar that u-bolted to the headrest bars and then had a tripod mount on the end of it, which my miniDV camera would then sit on the end of. It worked well enough, but for sure wouldn't work for stage use or seats without removable headrests.

http://media.putfile.com/Sherborne-Lake-Road-Pre-rally-check

The rattle is in my camera itself, nothing I did got rid of it, which is part of the reason I bit the bullet and went to the bullet camera

On the Sherborne video I was using the miniDV camera's built in lense. I think if I got really into the settings I would have the ability to set the exposure level manually in the camera. Now, with the bullet cam, it seems to do a much better job balancing itself. I don't have any control over it myself though, no.

Sorry if this takes the thread way off topic, but here's all the videos I've used the camera for over the summer. I don't think any of them has blown out like that Sherborne one did with my old setup. (ok, going through them, the one in James' car looking through his interior did)

http://media.putfile.com/2007-Rallycross-Round2-Run2

http://media.putfile.com/2007-Rallycross-Round2-Run3

http://media.putfile.com/2007-Rallycross-Round2-Run4

http://media.putfile.com/2007-Rallycross-Round2-Run5

http://media.putfile.com/2007-Rallycross-Round2-Run7

http://media.putfile.com/2007-Rallycross-Round2-Run7-67

http://media.putfile.com/emilie-tubing-23

http://media.putfile.com/King-of-the-Hill---run1

http://media.putfile.com/King-of-the-Hill---run2

http://media.putfile.com/2007-Rallycross-Rnd2-Run5

http://media.putfile.com/2007-Rallycross-Rnd2-Run4

http://media.putfile.com/2007-Rallycross-Rnd2-Run3

http://media.putfile.com/2007-Rallycross-Rnd2-Run2

http://media.putfile.com/2007-Rallycross-Rnd2-Run1

http://media.putfile.com/Bancroft-Rallycross-round3-run3

http://media.putfile.com/Bancroft-Rallycross-Round3-run4

http://media.putfile.com/Bancroft-Rallycross-Round3-run1

http://media.putfile.com/Rallycross-James-run1

http://media.putfile.com/Rallycross-James-run3

http://media.putfile.com/Rallycross-James-run4

http://media.putfile.com/Bancroft-Rallycross-Round4-JVrun1

http://media.putfile.com/Bancroft-Rallycross-Round4-run2

http://media.putfile.com/Bancroft-Rallycross-Round4-run3

http://media.putfile.com/Mark-Williams-Test-Day---Run1

http://media.putfile.com/Mark-Williams-Test-Day---Run2

http://media.putfile.com/Mark-Williams-Test-Day---Run-3

http://media.putfile.com/Defi-Elmitt

http://media.putfile.com/Defi-mulgrave