@rand asks:
I’ve been thinking of getting cameras to collect evidence in case of a crash (like with a motor vehicle). But the cameras I’ve seen seem to all have drawbacks. (Battery life, low resolution, too many extras, pricey).
I’d like to find a 4k camera, long battery life (or a swappable battery). Does not need a screen, wifi, etc.
Q6. Do you use a camera for documenting rides? What would you recommend?
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A6:
I got a Garmin Varia a couple years ago when I started more gravel/road biking. My hearing/attention not being as good it is an early heads up for approaching vehicles and has been great for that (also changes light pattern). I paid extra for video version, mostly out of curiosity. There's two video recording modes: all of the time, and when radar detects something. It's 1080p or 720p, audio optional. It saves a LOT of video, broken up into a fixed file sized chunks w/datestamp, wrapping to overwrite older videos after it fills. An "incident" option makes a file that doesn't get overwritten.
The videos I've looked at have been good, maybe if it is mounted higher the view of driver might improve (esp. big trucks)?
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