I bought a dash cam for my rental in Italy. A great way to record your driving experience on those beautiful Tuscany road trips.
Posted by
San Francisco/Marin County
9420 posts
What a great idea!! I saw them at Costco yesterday but didn't notice the price. Clever tip Jim..
Posted by
Vernon, Canada
32212 posts
Jim,
That's a great suggestion! I may consider that on a future trip. I suppose one could also use on of those GoPro Cameras, as that would also allow the user to wear it in pedestrian mode (I noticed a few people doing that when I was in Europe in September).
Posted by
Long Beach, California, USA
3391 posts
There is also a suction-cup attachment for the GoPro that you can stick onto the dashboard...this is a great idea! Wish I would have thought of it before our trip this summer! Next time...
Posted by
OP
Virginia, USA
792 posts
I bought a cheap Go-Pro kinda thing from Amazon called "Yi Cam". It worked great. I have all those harrowing hill town,mountain driving, hair pin turns from Florence to Sienna on the back roads on it. Great memories.
Posted by
Indianapolis
247 posts
We used our go-pro to shoot time lapses and also to record driving while we were in Italy and it worked great. We found the suction cup mount was only useful in the car. A heavy-duty clamp-mount came in handy the rest of the time.
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
32767 posts
This is the first time I have heard of folk using a dash cam for sightseeing.
They are sold in England to provide evidence of what happened in the case of an accident, or if you are the victim of accident staging fraudsters.
It might be a good idea to put it to a more pleasant purpose.
Posted by
Massachusetts
715 posts
Does your car get a selfie-stick? Will we soon see the dash cams being turned around on the people so we get selfie movies of them enjoying the roads?
Posted by
Indianapolis
247 posts
jkc - Actually I do think many "You Tube-er's" use GoPro's to video themselves while driving. Terrible. lol
I'm happy just capturing the beautiful scenery (and other crazy drivers) along the way!
Posted by
Alta Loma, CA, USA
1446 posts
What a great idea! Hubby & I are really into photography but I hadn't considered this! We will be driving all over Tuscany next year and I'm considering purchasing one...anyone have experience with after market brands or is the Go Pro the only way to go? In other words, will a cheaper knock-off work as well as the Go Pro? Thanks for your suggestions.
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OP
Virginia, USA
792 posts
Sheron, I got this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0148TNDXY?keywords=yi%20camera&qid=1447679304&ref_=sr_1_1&s=photo&sr=1-1 ...it works great