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by **Steve9R** on Wed, 26 Mar 2014 7:04 +0000

yep.. i got myself the DR500GW-HD a couple of weeks ago.. excellent camera.. here's one of the vid snippets from it Ive taken.

by **Rocket55** on Wed, 26 Mar 2014 7:36 +0000

Nice one Steve, although I'm not sure why you backed off, you've got a bullbar

by **packeteer** on Wed, 26 Mar 2014 7:40 +0000

lolz Rocket

btw Steve, is it possible to do anything about the mount? seems like it blocks half the viewing area

by **Steve9R** on Wed, 26 Mar 2014 8:55 +0000

Rocket55 wrote:Nice one Steve, although I'm not sure why you backed off, you've got a bullbar

+ 120db Airhorns (hence why the audio is off

)..

packeteer wrote:lolz Rocket

btw Steve, is it possible to do anything about the mount? seems like it blocks half the viewing area

Yeah ive moved it since then so its not obstructed by the mirror mount anymore.. now its a full picture (good thing they gave me 2 x sticky pad things for it

)..

Imagine though if I HAD hit him.. a hit from the rear is instantly my fault.. until now, where the video footage proves beyond doubt he was in the wrong..

Steve

by **singlespeed** on Wed, 26 Mar 2014 5:43 +0000

singlespeed wrote:After researching these cameras for a while I settled on the Powerucc Panorama II, mainly because it gets great reviews, uses a Sony Exmor sensor, and is compatible with Mac (viewing software). It's very easy to install the cabling for the camera and the GPS receiver because of the gaps in the side pillars and headliner. From the driver seat it's hardly visible anyway. The installation is very clean, I opted to go under the mirror rather on the side because I wanted to be able to access the buttons/menus without hassle.

I'd like to see how others have installed them as well.

Here's mine:

Here's a couple of sample videos from around Melbourne. Make sure you watch in HD 1080P, even then the Youtube quality isn't as good as the raw MPEG file from the camera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l6hVYALLNs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCsQw1Zt054

by **amitch888** on Wed, 26 Mar 2014 7:16 +0000

Steve9R wrote:+ 120db Airhorns (hence why the audio is off )..

And I thought it was because you had Justin Beiber playing full noise again

Good to see some footage from some of these dash cams 8-)

by **packeteer** on Thu, 27 Mar 2014 7:33 +0000

I'm tempted to buy one just for offroading

by **Steve9R** on Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:17 +0000

packeteer wrote:I'm tempted to buy one just for offroading

Thats what prompted me as well.. as my GoPro has had a bit of an accident.. :cry:

so it was eitehr replace it with another GoPro, or go with one of these..

Steve

by **Ezzy** on Thu, 27 Mar 2014 4:49 +0000

How long will one of these record for? In regards to using it the place of a go pro or other cation cam?

by **Wazza80** on Thu, 27 Mar 2014 5:07 +0000

Anywhere from 4.5hrs to 7hrs at best quality depending on the mode it's in on a 16g card. Dashcamsaustralia.com.au have heaps of info on them to check out.

by **Ezzy** on Thu, 27 Mar 2014 7:15 +0000

Worth while looking at then always thought for some reason that they didn't record for long enough to challenge the go pros. Thanks wazza

by **Dave** on Mon, 31 Mar 2014 7:45 +0000

Steve9R wrote:yep.. i got myself the DR500GW-HD a couple of weeks ago.. excellent camera.. here's one of the vid snippets from it Ive taken.

I thought WA was the only place they did that. Very common over here and not much fun when you're riding a motorbike when it happens as well.

Ended up going a Roam2 camera that I could easily swap between the bike helmet and car, unfortunately it doesn't have GPS/speed etc, should have got the next model up... Oh well.

by **Wazza80** on Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:18 +0000

Who would be interested in a group but for a dash cam. Either the DR-500 or the DR-550. Some places offer discounts of more than 20% for multiple buyers. It would be from a Australian seller so no problems with warranty...

by **Rocket55** on Sun, 13 Apr 2014 1:45 +0000

Keen

by **CraigB** on Sun, 13 Apr 2014 6:39 +0000

yup i'll be in - been looking at the 500 for a while now. What kind of $$ for group buy?

by **Rocket55** on Sun, 13 Apr 2014 7:12 +0000

Wazza80 wrote:Who would be interested in a group but for a dash cam. Either the DR-500 or the DR-550. Some places offer discounts of more than 20% for multiple buyers. It would be from a Australian seller so no problems with warranty...

Wazza, if you're serious about it, probably best to start a separate thread in the group buys section viewtopic.php?f=62&t=8069 so as not to pollute Steve's thread.

by **Steve9R** on Mon, 14 Apr 2014 9:20 +0000

If you guys are serious about a group buy, I am happy to run it.

We'll move that discussion to that thread though.

If you are interested, please go to : viewtopic.php?f=62&t=8069&start=80#p326393
and post up that you are interested, as we need an indication of numbers so we can get pricing together.

Steve

by **packeteer** on Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:19 +0000

I'd be keen on a group buy, but would prefer a newer model based on Q7 chip (iirc)

by **Steve9R** on Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:33 +0000

such as ?

by **packeteer** on Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:38 +0000

sorry mate, I'm on the road atm. the info was on dashcamtalk website, but I wasnt able to find it..

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