A few months ago the fine folks at Replay sent in a few of their XD cameras for some testing ans this subsequent review.I personally have been playing with the Replay XD camera since before the El Diablo run and I have to say it a great way to catch your live action both on and off the bike.The XD shoots in 640×480 at 1.3 Megapixels, which is great for any and all sub-HD filming.
The Camera is small (about the size of a tube of lipstick) and unobtrusive. It is constructed with a bomb-proof hard anodized, aluminum chassis. Powering the XD is a rechargeable internal battery that lasted me up to 5 hours on a single charge and all the recording is done with the usage of a removable Mico SD card.
When it comes down to the operation of the Replay XD, it is simply a joy. Separate ON and OFF buttons make the camera easy to operate. The camera has both visual LED and a tactile vibration (like a cell phone on silent) so you know the unit is really on or off. Unlike some of the other cameras in this market segment.
I mounted the first camera to my bike with Replay’s Rugged and lightweight billet aluminum chassis mount on my handlebars. This mount comes in a variety of clamp sizes so it can fit anything from sissybars to rollbars. With this mount the camera can be securely positioned 360° for various camera angles.
Out back, I attached the second Replay camera to the fender of my bike for some rear view action. it was simply affixed with Replay’s stock camera mount and 3M’s Dual-lock Velcro.
I could tell you about how the videos looked, but that would bore you, so I did a few sample videos and posted them to You Tube. One of me is hitting a car at 70MPH the first day I mounted it!
http://www.youtube.com/user/StreetChopperMag#p/u/4/Bgq2byi0gU8
http://www.youtube.com/user/StreetChopperMag#p/u/3/WyGF9vazWqs
My consensus is the the Replay XD is one great value. Replay kills it with its, design, size and ease of use, but the XD falls a bit short in picture quality. Nothing that bothers me, but some technophiles want HD everything, so they may want to wait for the more expensive Replay XD1080 H-D camera on the way.
I’ve heard there’s already a box in the mail addressed to Street Chopper, so I’ll hip you to just how it works when the brown santa drops em off.
For more info, check out: replayxd.com
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