Desert Dingo Racing

Tag: GoPro

  • Testing the GoPro Motorsports cameras

    The video quality from the GoPro cameras is much better than you can tell from this clip. I’m testing different frame rates to figure out what we can get away with and still get decent video. This is 12 frames a second.

    Here’s a view from the camera we’ll mount on the roof. We considered mounting it behind the driver and co-driver looking out the windshield, but the shot didn’t look good. Now it looks like we’ll go with it mounted on the roof, over the co-driver and between two of the night driving lights. This was rendered at 15 frames per second. In reality, the video is TV quality.

  • Desert Dingo Racing teams with GoPro to capture, upload video during Baja 1000

    GoPro Motorsports digital video camera

    October 30, 2008, San Jose, Calif, — Desert Dingo Racing and GoPro have teamed to capture and broadcast high quality digital in-car video during the 41st Annual Baja 1000 offroad race in Mexico this November.

    Desert Dingo Racing competes in Class 11, which is limited to pre-1983 Volkswagen Beetles and allows for only minor modifications to the engine and suspension. The Desert Dingo VW (No. 1102) is the official World Diabetes Day car in the race and the team is hosting a drive-a-thon fundraiser to raise money for diabetes awareness and education programs conducted by the International Diabetes Federation.

    “We’ve tested a couple of different camera setups in the car and were never satisfied with the results,” said Desert Dingo team member Jim Graham. “GoPro’s Motorsports HERO unit is extremely durable – which is crucial for desert racing – and the 170-degree field of view will let us capture all the action.”

    Read the entire press release here.