kamkar
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My take is.
It its a minor thing, no problem hitting the button.
Some cameras actually save 2 whole segments from each camera, in which case you dont even have to "race " to the event button, but can pull over, light up a ciggy, curse the other guy and then press the button, but sadly that is not a trend but i really like that feature in now vanishing Street Guardian products.
If its a BIG thing, well car is not going anywhere and at least here first responders is taught to turn off vehicle, so footage would be there as regular files.
And i doubt that i could go BIG ( pretending Denmark are not flat as a pancake ) that i could get shunted down some ravine / mountain side, and end up there camera still powered but me unconscious or dead, but even so i would have to sit there for many many hours before the card are full and get back around to recycling the accident footage.
And of course no one would see it / react to it.
The occasional in camera format are still a recommended exercise, though i must admit it is rare i do it often, also with test cameras well i run my suite of memory cards thru them, and with my amount of driving and 256 GB cards, that almost take a whole year.
But every 3 month or so should be fine, though as you mention with the RO memory space, if you have a lot of activity there more often might be a idea.
For the little share stuff i have also made it a rule to when i have pressed the button say out loud why i did so, CUZ when you come for the footage many weeks later, it is not always obvious why you pressed the button.
Also the photo many systems also snap in that moment a good marker to dial you in on the event itself.
It its a minor thing, no problem hitting the button.
Some cameras actually save 2 whole segments from each camera, in which case you dont even have to "race " to the event button, but can pull over, light up a ciggy, curse the other guy and then press the button, but sadly that is not a trend but i really like that feature in now vanishing Street Guardian products.
If its a BIG thing, well car is not going anywhere and at least here first responders is taught to turn off vehicle, so footage would be there as regular files.
And i doubt that i could go BIG ( pretending Denmark are not flat as a pancake ) that i could get shunted down some ravine / mountain side, and end up there camera still powered but me unconscious or dead, but even so i would have to sit there for many many hours before the card are full and get back around to recycling the accident footage.
And of course no one would see it / react to it.
The occasional in camera format are still a recommended exercise, though i must admit it is rare i do it often, also with test cameras well i run my suite of memory cards thru them, and with my amount of driving and 256 GB cards, that almost take a whole year.
But every 3 month or so should be fine, though as you mention with the RO memory space, if you have a lot of activity there more often might be a idea.
For the little share stuff i have also made it a rule to when i have pressed the button say out loud why i did so, CUZ when you come for the footage many weeks later, it is not always obvious why you pressed the button.
Also the photo many systems also snap in that moment a good marker to dial you in on the event itself.