Possibly applicable for st***th well, I've been considering attaching a car-cam to my open rig stand for outdoor festivals if I can find one with decent low light capabilities. I just started looking at them on a whim before a festival last month.
Pros-
Typically a quite small and discreet "SD pencil-microphone like" 1080P camera (designed to attach to the rear view mirror, but could be mounted with the mics).
Typically has a ~10' USB cable to small remote recording deck with SDHC card (put that in the recording bag with the audio deck at the base of the mic-stand).
Can be start/stopped at the deck or set to record continuously (no 30 min limit), writing gaps-less files of user defined length
Can be set to stop once the SD card is full or to continuously overwrite the oldest files on the card.
Can be powered by any 12VDC source, potentially using the same batteries as the audio rig.
Can be set to begin recording as soon as powered is applied.
Some appear to have displays on the remote recording deck.
Cons-
No zoom.
Wide angle only.
Low light performance?
Could be good as a full-set long wide view shot, especially for those not interested in messing around with a camera. Just set it and let it roll.
Thoughts?
Anyone use some of these things?