Night time test of the Mini DV D001 on a MTB. In the dark. In the snow.
OK got mine this afternoon – so I had to try it at night / in the dark.
After your guys enthusiasim here I decided to get one for the kids at Christmas for their karts (kids includes me!!). Another sucker for a gadget!
So to test it I brought it out for a ride. It happened to be getting dark, and snowing, and about -4C. I didnt have time to do anything other than bar mount it – sorry.
Light wise – on the right was magicshine on high. On the left a DX MTE SSC P7 5 mode on high. On the helmet, a Fenix P3D modified to run on a 18650 2P on turbo. Total about 600 + 500 + 200 lumens, apparently. Without the snow it would look way way darker I think,
Video link below (it still uploading).
Anyway, overall – physically it's tiny!!! smaller than my thumb. Actually its unreal!
I got 50mins+ recording at around -4C. I got a 4GB Kingston Class6 card. Recording 50m took less than 1/2 of the card. Whats weird is that the video doesnt reflect what the ride looks like to the human eye. The bar lights give a big spread of overall light (but the magicshine is brighter) but in the video the helmet light dwarfs both of them. It must be a cumulative thing that the camera records. When things get technical the detail pretty much gives up. You can get the idea on the steps at 02:15. Some parts on the vid look scary when they werent and v.v.
Supplied mounts are ok – I've broken one already just from this gentle commute type run with no crashes. Araldite to the rescue!
Daylight performance is radically better – but others have posted examples of these. There's little chance with fast moving bedroom antics!
Overall – It's great! This could be the "magicshine" of DV cameras – but in daylight.
Video here:
http://www.vimeo.com/8322558
The original looks slighly better on my PC.
Compared to what I thought I'd get for peanuts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx0Y7YuHHpo
or:
[list]http://www.vimeo.com/7788133[/list]