Jlbg
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Hello! I’m looking for a camera, am not savvy on this subject at all, and don’t know if what I am looking for exists. So I’m hoping there is someone out there that can guide me.
I’m looking to get my boyfriend a dash cam for Christmas. Of course he wants something with a smooth, clear video at a wide angle but also one that can work well while on gravel, rutted roads. He is anti-cell phone and apps and gps so it needs to be one that we can upload the videos directly to his computer either via usb cable or memory card. And turn off any GPS functions.
He would also like to be able to easily move it from vehicle to vehicle (so for example he wants to use it in his personal vehicle primarily but move it into his work truck or my car when taking those). From my research it seems many (maybe most or all) come with wiring that needs to be hooked up inside the car. That won’t work well for moving it, I assume.
In an ideal world he would be able to use it outside of the car as well. Basically he wants a GoPro (versatile and all) but in the car would be the primary use and I reached out to GoPro and they don’t recommend using their cameras as dash cams.
So I don’t know what to do. Is there a GoPro like camera out there that can double as a dash cam?
Of course affordability is something I need to consider as well.
I greatly appreciate any assistance I can get. Thank you for your time!
I’m looking to get my boyfriend a dash cam for Christmas. Of course he wants something with a smooth, clear video at a wide angle but also one that can work well while on gravel, rutted roads. He is anti-cell phone and apps and gps so it needs to be one that we can upload the videos directly to his computer either via usb cable or memory card. And turn off any GPS functions.
He would also like to be able to easily move it from vehicle to vehicle (so for example he wants to use it in his personal vehicle primarily but move it into his work truck or my car when taking those). From my research it seems many (maybe most or all) come with wiring that needs to be hooked up inside the car. That won’t work well for moving it, I assume.
In an ideal world he would be able to use it outside of the car as well. Basically he wants a GoPro (versatile and all) but in the car would be the primary use and I reached out to GoPro and they don’t recommend using their cameras as dash cams.
So I don’t know what to do. Is there a GoPro like camera out there that can double as a dash cam?
Of course affordability is something I need to consider as well.
I greatly appreciate any assistance I can get. Thank you for your time!
In Pennsylvania summers there's not too much high heat to cause it's internal battery to fail early so I'd go with that type instead of the super-caps. It can record about 45 minutes on it's internal battery but in driving you really want external power; fully recharging the internal battery can take a few hours. The downside of this cam is it's sensor which doesn't do well in low-light compared to newer technology, but it's rock-solid reliable and relatively cheap. You need a windows computer to set up and update the Mobius; there's a free app and there's a Mac version of this but I know nothing of how it works as I'm not a Mac user. A newer cam like this is the Gitup F1, though it isn't quite as good in daytime dashcam use. This one does better in low-light and has a small LCD screen you can use to set it up and run it.