ActingLikeAKid
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Unless someone chimes in with a "Hey, stupid. You've been doing it wrong!", I may be done with 808 cameras. I don't know what the solution is, but I'm frustrated.
Over Father's Day weekend, I had two launches. One went well; one didn't. The success and failure of the launches is a different topic, but what frustrated me was that on BOTH occasions, my 808 camera (acquired from Amazon) failed to record.
Here's what happened.
Sitting on the ground:
-Press the power button. Yellow light comes on.
-Hold the shutter button until yellow light goes off. Yellow light blinks. Say "Testing" into camera.
-press the shutter button again.
-Connect camera to computer. Verify that movie was recorded. Power off camera.
On the pad:
-Press the power button. Yellow light comes on.
-Hold the shutter button until yellow light goes off. Yellow light blinks.
-Launch rocket
-Pick up rocket.
-Press shutter button again.
-Connect camera to computer. Nothing recorded.
So my questions are:
1. Am I making some sort of stupid mistake with my camera?
2. Are the more expensive cameras like the Mobius more reliable?
Over Father's Day weekend, I had two launches. One went well; one didn't. The success and failure of the launches is a different topic, but what frustrated me was that on BOTH occasions, my 808 camera (acquired from Amazon) failed to record.
Here's what happened.
Sitting on the ground:
-Press the power button. Yellow light comes on.
-Hold the shutter button until yellow light goes off. Yellow light blinks. Say "Testing" into camera.
-press the shutter button again.
-Connect camera to computer. Verify that movie was recorded. Power off camera.
On the pad:
-Press the power button. Yellow light comes on.
-Hold the shutter button until yellow light goes off. Yellow light blinks.
-Launch rocket
-Pick up rocket.
-Press shutter button again.
-Connect camera to computer. Nothing recorded.
So my questions are:
1. Am I making some sort of stupid mistake with my camera?
2. Are the more expensive cameras like the Mobius more reliable?