Photo-Finish? Maybe
Hmmmm....heres an idea. I got a little Kodak video camera for my birthday that allows you to view one frame at a time. So I thought of filming my cars in action and view the video results of the half way close races. Does this seem feasible?
Discussion
While slowing down the video to a single frame can help you see narrow finishes (which is what I do as well), how well that works really boils down to how many frames-per-second your camera shoots. I'm not sure what the standard is - probably 24 or 30 FPS - which can show you a lot but it often gets blurry. If you want to get all Mythbuster slowmo on things, you'll need a camera that can shoot 100s of frames per second or more so each frame is clear.
Believe, I've thought about getting a higher FPS camera for racing but it's just way out of my budget, they run hundreds of dollars and I just can't justify that...but it would be awesome. I should see if someone is selling one second hand...hmmm...
While slowing down the video to a single frame can help you see narrow finishes (which is what I do as well), how well that works really boils down to how many frames-per-second your camera shoots. I'm not sure what the standard is - probably 24 or 30 FPS - which can show you a lot but it often gets blurry. If you want to get all Mythbuster slowmo on things, you'll need a camera that can shoot 100s of frames per second or more so each frame is clear.Believe, I've thought about getting a higher FPS camera for racing but it's just way out of my budget, they run hundreds of dollars and I just can't justify that...but it would be awesome. I should see if someone is selling one second hand...hmmm...
Also depends on how fast the cars are going! My track is slow compared to yours and some others so a regular camera seems to work just fine!
Thats what I do.