Stealth Cam DS4K Review | Dual Sensor | Setup and Footage. This video is an unpaid trail camera review of the DS4K Stealth Cam. I’ll show you how to setup the DS4K for 4K video to capture great footage.
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Review of the Cycliq Fly6 rear facing action bike camera combined with a light. I Show how to set up, how to use, with sample videos from the Fly6, along with video from a vehicle dash cam following behind.
Fly6[v] Action Camera, Tail light combination
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Accidents happen as they say, and I am no different. Long story short, I recently had a fairly major knee surgery resulting in an extensive knee rehabilitation process that is still a work in progress.
If you ever find yourself in the same situation, there are couple of things that you will certainly need because you are going to be on no weight bearing activity or “NWB” for quite some time(1-3 months), depending on your situation. I would consider these items mandatory.
Next: The next couple of weeks are going to be tough, real tough. Keep your chin up and stay positive. My first couple of weeks (weeks 0-2) after surgery, i was in a locked knee brace, so zero flexion movement. Tough to get around in with no flexion. Follow the Dr’s orders here exactly as prescribed. Namely the following
After the 0-2 week period you’ll probably have your first follow up with the Dr. Its at this point, that it becomes all about getting your ROM and Flexion back to the knee. This is a huge challenge as your knee has been immobilized in a straight knee brace for 2 week with trauma involved. Your doctor will give you exercises. I am not going to give them here because i am no doctor, but i would say do the exercises as often as you can every day. Your doctor may say 3 x per day. But this is for the masses; and you want to get your full leg capability back right? So make it your mission. Do some of these exercise every hour, or every 90 min. The key is to move as often as possible. I can assure you, that even in between 60-90 mins of rest, you will stiffen back up.
A couple of things that helped the most in getting my ROM back.
Somewhere around 3-5 weeks after surgery.Again, your doctor or physical therapist will give you exercises to do at certain phases of the healing process. Ex: 2-4 weeks, 4-6 weeks, 6-9 weeks, just depends on your situation. Frequency is the key to get your mobility back. So if you have access to a pool, start walking in the pool once you get to the 25%-50% weight bearing, then easy spin on the bike trainer for 20 mins in the evening. In between all that try and do the prescribed rehab exercises 3-5 times a day so the you are moving every 60-90 mins. Nothing strenuous at all, but just moving the knee joint.
I really hope someone finds this useful someday. Feel free to ask me any questions in the comments.
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Life changed dramatically for me recently as a result of a car accident with a distracted driver. In an instant I was broadsided by a car running a red light at 45 miles an hour. Unfortunately, there were no real witnesses, and no ticket was issued. His word against mine. Months of hospital bills, insurance, and legal bills later, I vowed to never let that happen again.
Enter the Dashcam. I needed something that I could use just in case another situation were to occur. It needed to be simple(turns on and records automatically), small form factor, and high enough quality to capture details in most situations.
I purchased the BlackVue DR650S-2CH. What follows is everything you need to know.
Unboxing:
Once you have removed the contents from the box you only a few items.
Installation:
Obviously, the placement of the camera is of utmost importance. Every vehicle is different in terms of the front/rear window placement. I wanted to make sure that my camera did not obstruct my view in any way, yet still had good field of view.
Interior Pano view:
Exterior view:
Driver side view:
Passenger side view:
As you can see, the unit fits quite nicely behind the rear-view mirror.
Next, you’ll want to run the DC input cable. I am no pro with running cable in an automotive situation, so this something that literally anyone can do. With the use of the Pry tool, you can easily route the cable around the windshield, to the passenger side, under the glove box, and to the DC power source. The same process is followed for routing the cable for the rear facing camera(although routed on the driver side).
General Usage:
App Usage:
Video Review with Sample Video:
Summary:
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It’s been 2.5 years since I purchased the DJI Phantom 2. I suspect there are quite a few other pilots out there that have a functioning PH2, but have dead batteries. Unfortunately, DJI no longer sells the accessories for PH2 series drones. At some point I had a significant crash that damaged the battery and needed replacing. I purchased some knockoff battery(can’t remember from where), that lasted about 3 flights and then would not hold a charge above 20%. Since then I came across Powerextra, which is selling batteries for just about anything you can think of. I checked and sure enough they also carry the Intelligent replacement battery for the DJI PH2 series quads.
Unboxing:
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Wrap-Up:
So far I have charged/discharged this battery about 10 times and have had no issues. I typically like to have 2 of these batteries for my needs…max flight time of about 40 minutes on any given day. At $62.99 on Amazon, it is still more than I would like to spend on a battery, but I can now hold off upgrading the quad for a while longer.
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Recently I found myself in San Jose, CA with a couple hours to spare before hopping on a flight back home to NC. I figured i would have about 4 hours to spare so i called ahead and rented a bike from UDC Bike Rental. I was able to pick up a sweet Specialized Roubaix, with everything I needed for a good solid ride.
So i met a couple friends from work at 7a.m. sharp, and set out on Mt. Hamilton. I rigged a GoPro camera to the bike and set it to Time-lapse mode to take a pic every 1 sec or so. Throw in a little Foo Fighthers, and we’re off. Good Times!
In my limited travel experience to any of the mountains near San Jose, I failed to pack any warm cycling gear for this ride. It was about 50 when i started, and about 35F and really windy when i got to the top of Mt. Hamilton. At first, it wasn’t too bad, but on the descent, you’re not actually doing any “work” on the bike, so you start to cool off really fast. In the end, it wasn’t anything that a hot cup of coffee couldn’t fix.
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Here is a video from my first Scuba Dive. We took a trip down to Florida Springs with Gypsy Divers from Raleigh to get certified as Open Water Divers . I must say, i am liking the capabilities of the GoPro Hero4 Black more and more every day.
In short, I absolutely loved the experience of scuba diving.
The experience is different:
The people are different:
The sounds are different:
The sights are different:
Things that I learned that are the most important for scuba enjoyment:
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As I write this I am somewhere over the U.S. Yay for in-flight wireless! Over the past few months. I have had quite a bit of practice becoming “proficient” flying the DJI Phantom 2 to see what things look like from above. Being able to add a GoPro Hero4 Black to a PH2, along w/ Fatshark FPV flying is simply amazing to me. It’s one of those things I have dreamed about since i was a kid. My favorite things to video by far are remote areas and the untouched landscapes. I have been all over the NC inner-coastal areas…not the beaches that most people know about. The inner coastal areas are very sparsely populated…the kind of place where people still wave when they pass by in the car.
Here are some of the scenes that I captured, with a little Green Day thrown in as well.
My experience with flying around people has been one of curiosity. People who see you fly are very interested, and want to know all about it. So, the cool thing is that I have met people that I would have otherwise never met. I had a nice chat with one of the DOT crew members from the NC Ferry boat in the video. Along with another photographer for Yacht Shots, in Oriental, NC. He told me about another couple from area that is sailing all over the world, while taking the DJI quadcopter along for the journey. You should check out the videos. Some of them are simply stunning like this one from Iceland.
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A couple of months ago I picked up one of those DJI Phantom 2 Quadcopters that you have heard about in the news recently. The “media” likes to refer to them as drones, so they have a much more exciting & negative association. The media would have you believe that these things will be buzzing outside your window, snooping in on every conversation you are having, and threatening world humanity as we know it. In reality, it couldn’t be farther from the truth. These machines are just plain FUN toys. If you attach a decent GoPro camera, have a small bit of patience(acceptance of failing at first), you can capture some of the coolest video footage that would otherwise cost you the price of whatever it takes to rent a helicopter.
Here is a quick snippet of some footage I captured recently just testing some things out.
A couple of things that I have learned so far:
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Lightning has always fascinated me. Every time I see a big lightning strike, I am wondering if anyone else saw it. The flash of light and the strike is so momentary. Illuminating for split second and then forever forgotten….that is, unless said lightning hits the Pecan tree in your front yard and creates are gnarly scorched, burnt stripe all the way down to the ground.
Recently, Ann and I were across the river from Bath, NC when this spectacular light show of storms was rolling through. The view was perfect. We were on the south side of the Pamlico River, and there was a ribbon of storms skirting over the north side of the river. We had a clear line of sight across the open water.
Here is what we captured.
I only had my camera phone with me at the time, so some of the shots are a little grainy. But, I’m not sure if my handycam would have been any better, as it has a tendency to keep auto-focusing, especially as it is getting dark.
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