Originally Posted by
Shimagnolo
I just checked the RidEye specs: field of view 170. Ugh. That is the same as the Contour Roam I used to use. It makes everything look much smaller and further away, resulting in fewer pixels used to render a license plate.
I'm keeping my eye on the
Barnacle Bandit. It comes in your choice of wide or standard view. It's advertised as having a 'loop record' option. I figure I could easily Macgyver up a front mount like that shown in their photo, and velcro one upside-down on the bottom of my saddle for the rear view.
They have to improve the battery life: it currently maxes out at about 1.5 hours in full 1080p (vs. about 8 hours for the RidEye). The RidEye also automatically marks video segments as read-only when it detects a crash (i.e. when the bike is tipped), and you can manually mark video segments read-only by pressing a button (that's where my avatar came from) - no mention of whether the Barnacle can do that.
Like anything else bleeding-edge, in five year's time we'll look back at today's camera technology and laugh. But I might still be using my RidEye's (assuming they don't break) - I've still got a flip-phone, complete with antenna sticking out (it makes calls, which is all I want a cell phone to do), a 2003 model mp3 player (the audio output sounds the same as anything newer, even if it is a brick with a monochrome display), and a bulky digital camera. Bluetooth? What's that, some species of shark?
