On-bike Cameras

Video Cameras

DV in

• Panasonic PV-GS85 - no AV in
• Panasonic PV-GS320 - no AV in, no S-Video in.

AV in

• Sony DCR-HC96 - AV in/out, S-Video in/out (adapter), DV in/out ($509.95)

Digital Video Recorders

Solid State

• Sting by Sonic. Custom DVRs made by Sonic were used in Long Way Round.
• Cylon Systems provides complete, Archos-based kits to UK police.

Hard Drive-based

• Archos

Bullet Cameras

• HelmetCamera.com offers several types of waterproof camera. All use Sony CCDs.
  • 380 - $169
  • 480 - $259
  • 560 - $299

• StuntCams has a 520-line Sony CCD camera with pre-wired composite, mini-mic, and battery pack for $185.

Connectors

• This page refers to a four-conductor phono plug in the Mouser catalog.
• This catalog page shows a four-conductor miniplug to RCA cable, which looks a lot like the one that ships with the Archos 5th Gen travel dock.

Resources

• This thread mentions LANC which allows external control of video cameras.
• This page mentions that nearly all Sony camcorders support video-in.
• Hooli-Cam, a page on setting up an on-bike camera.
• DogCamSport, in the UK, has a list of cameras with AV inputs. Note that the information may not be accurate for the US market.
• http://www.ovrlnd.com/DoItYourself/ProjectHooli-cam.html a page on setting up an on-bike camera.