Bullet cam advice

[Woody]

Hi guy's,
I'm in the process of sorting out a bullet cam for use in the car after realising that the cheap'ish flash based ones aren't too good and the sounds a bit naff.....
So - I've narrowed it down to 2 options:
The DogCam Pro 480 sports bullet camera system
or
The RF Concepts 480 bullet camera system

I can see that the cameras are both 480 lines and both have the same size/angle lens.
Also the RF Concepts one has water proof connectors and comes with a hood and a carry case.
Now not being that technically minded with AV stuff can anyone tell me the major differecnces between these? and whats the quality of the microphones like?

Cheers

Chris

P.S have a Harddrive multimedia player/recorder and miniDV cam corder to connect them too so no problems about a recording device.

[carlosvalderrama]

Not quite the answer to your question, but I have the Dogcam 480.

I'm quite impressed with it, it's small, tough and easy to use. Quality, refresh rate and sound is all good.

[Big 968 Dave]

Theres always Fast Films aswell....
http://www.fastfilms.co.uk/index.php

[Shaun_E]

I'm on my 2nd RF Concepts one - make of that what you will! The first one died after about 3 years - I don't know exactly why but suspect that it was because I was using an unregulated supply.
I bought the replacement from them but also bought a 12V regulator from Dogcamsport.
I would go for a 580 line camera - the quality is noticeably better for not much more money. In fact RF Concepts only had 580 line ones when I ordered my replacement. If you are recording to a low resolution solid state recorder then it doesn't matter but if you are recording to mini-DV or MPEG-2 recorder then it's worth it.
Oh and the Dogcamsport variable gain microphone is very good.

Edited by Shaun_E on Thursday 30th October 11:08

[dt8]

I would recommend ActionCameras (www.actioncameras.co.uk) - have purchased all my bullet camera equipment from there, quality and service is second to none. Would stay clear of rfconcepts, DogCamSport stuff is pretty good tho.

[Woody]

Cheers for the info guy's.
Will checkout actioncameras later on.
Thanks again.
Chris