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Offline BKmetz

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New Accessory, Laser-Light-Camera
« on: June 24, 2019, 02:37:53 PM »

I ordered a new accessory today, a rail mount laser-light-camera from Viridian. It's going on my P09 which is my home defense pistol. I'm very interested to see how clear the video and audio is. I'll post some photos when I get it and it's mounted and running.



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Re: New Accessory, Laser-Light-Camera
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2019, 08:18:45 PM »
It should be neat to see how it films during recoil. I look forward to the follow up. May if run flawlessly.
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Re: New Accessory, Laser-Light-Camera
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2019, 01:17:14 AM »
The gun-cam arrived today. All I had time for was to unbox it, charge the battery, download the viewer, and take some photos. I hope to test it out on the range next week. I'll start with my usual photo-tutorial.

The gun-cam comes in a simple blister pack.


The unit is made of high quality materials, aluminum body with polymer pieces. Size wise it's the same as most pistol laser/light units. Comparable in weight also. The camera is basically a cell phone camera so it doesn't add much weight, size, or use much power. The battery pack is around 40% of the size, and the battery is as big as it is because green lasers suck a lot or power compared to a red laser.


The business end of the unit. Left side is the camera, top is the microphone, right side is the LED light, and the bottom is the green laser.


Bottom of the unit showing the USB charging/data cable on the left, battery compartment in the center, and on the far right are the adjustment screws for zeroing the laser.


The bottom of the unit with the battery removed. Before you can charge the battery you have to remove that piece of plastic film. It prevents accidental battery run-down. The battery is rated at 1000mAh at 3.8V to 4.3V.


The unit plugged in and charging. Green LED means the battery is >50% charge. Yellow means <60% memory. The unit comes with 32gb of built in memory, probably a micro-SD card.


Th unit comes with a USB cable that doubles as a charging cable and a data cable. One end is a standard USB A that can plug into any USB port for charging and data. The small end is interesting. It looks like a HDMI Micro Type-D plug. Standard USB Micro on the left (typical for any Android phone), and the Viridian plug on the right.


Another view of the USB small end. Again, standard USB Micro on the left, Viridian plug on the right.


Continued in the next post.

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« Last Edit: June 28, 2019, 02:18:56 AM by BKmetz »
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Re: New Accessory, Laser-Light-Camera
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2019, 01:17:32 AM »
Disclaimer, the following photos are posed. The pistol is empty and checked empty. The P09 has no magazine, and the slide is back so there are no rounds in it.


The gun-cam mounted on my P09.


The business end of things. Smile, you're on gun-cam! The unloaded and checked unloaed pistol is aimed at my cell-phone and not at me or anyone else.


When you buy the gun-cam you go to Viridian's website and download the manual (PDF file) and the viewer software. The viewer is simple to use. Open the viewer and plug in the USB cable into a port on your PC. The viewer software is only Windows at this time, sorry Apple fans. The viewer has a basic menu. I synchronized the gun-cam to my PC clock, set it to override the earliest written file, turned on the time stamp, and set the video resolution to 720p. 1080p uses a LOT of memory fast. I'll play with both resolutions.


A 26 second video at 720p resolution, The audio is better than I thought. I'm speaking in a normal tone of voice.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Wyv4YwTKiB3Skkkj9

And that's all I have for now. I'll post some more videos after I get some range time in.

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« Last Edit: June 28, 2019, 01:59:48 AM by BKmetz »
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