Car Audio Backup Camera

This charger can be used for car or home and allows me to charge my camera battery out of the camera or keep my backup battery ready to go.

I use this to recharge my backup batteries in my car while I'm still using the camera. Also it speeds up battery charging overnight by allowing the charger to charge one and to connect the camera to a USB power port on it at the same time to recharge a second battery from one wall socket outlet.

Within 5 minutes I had the camera out of the box and into the fish tank. Then it was on the dog. The horse. The car. Me. The SJ4000 didn't disappoint me in all the ways I wanted to use it straight out of the box. The onboard firmware is very clean and tidy, the power button changes between modes while navigating menus is accomplished with the volume and shutter buttons. Plugging it into a USB port on the pc presents you with 2 options, either to use it as USB storage or as a live PC camera (webcam). Both of these functioned flawlessly. All and all the interface and use of the camera is simple enough to appeal to non-tech savvy people, but also presents some more detailed options/configurations for those that like to tinker. The included accessories provide an easy means to adapt the mounting of the camera to various objects, but you'll need a separate accessory pack to take it to the next level. The camera in its water tight case feels extremely sturdy, but also very light weight. In addition to being dunked in a water tank, my camera has suffered multiple drops as well and come out perfectly fine. The image quality really shines in bright light, but you can get passable performance in low light conditions. I filmed my wife working her horse just as the sun was setting low on the horizon and found it to be acceptable. Anything less than the light of a bright sunny day causes color correction issues that the auto-balance doesn't seem to account for. For example, I walked the dog late in the evening and my purple shorts came out in the video as a soft blue. Unrelated to image issues the only other quality concern was audio, with the water tight case the audio is mostly muted and without the case it has a very minor 'tinny' sound that distorts the audio. Despite some of the shortcomings, which I think of as being very minor, I really like this product. Next week I strap it to a friend's 1000 dollar RC car.

I had my first Porta Brace back in 2003. I have rated it 5-stars in the past. I can't help but praise only the durability and versatile use of their bags and cases. In my recent rentals of HD cameras, they are all using Porta Brace cases. I am not surprise anymore. The rental package includes all the accessories to the camera, charger, extra batteries, on-camera lights, wireless audio, zoom microphone, audio cables, extra tapes, manual, tripod accessories, they all fit perfectly in the case. It's like I throw everything in the case and I still safely find a spot in the case. Granted that the shoulder strap is wide, soft, comfortable and durable, it get's heavy at times but it feels solid to lug around. This CAR-3 Cargo Case did just that. It has now become my everyday case to carry around my camera and accessories. It has become a single item in my checklist since when I open the bag, I already memorized what item should be in the certain pocket or position inside. When I pack-up my staff in the field, it is the same case, I check the pockets to make sure that I am not leaving from the location without any accessories left behind. I give Porta Brace CAR-3 Cargo Case 5-Star rating for overall versatility, durability, and practical everyday use.

I like the audio beep when you start your car so you know it's recording without having to check it. It's practically hidden behind my rear view mirror so I can't really see it. I had to brake really hard in traffic recently, and I heard it beep immediately after, signifying the video clip being saved in case there was an accident and the clip was needed. So that feature works well. I prefer there being no screen on the camera itself (to make it smaller) and instead connecting to your phone to place the camera properly. I can't speak to longevity of the camera yet, but everything seems great so far. Video quality is good, more than adequate. You can see sample footage on YouTube, though keep in mind the original footage will be higher quality since YouTube compresses video when uploaded.

I can connect my audio recorder (LINE OUT) to my video camera (MIC IN) and no need to record audio unless using as a backup on the original audio recorder. Using a ZOOM H8 your able to adjust the settings and you are good to go.

I had this on the camera as a backup while I recorded interviews using Sennheiser lavs. My editor used the audio from the Rode VideoMic Pro by default because it sounded so good. I will have it on my camera always now!

Used to connect devices to the car audio input.

I use this drive as a backup to my backups that I keep in my car. This is my second one, and so far they have been great drives to store backups of my weddings on.

Well made, bought this as a backup for Audio Kit