hd camcorderOver the weekend, my friend drove out to a local racetrack for a day of practice on his motorcycle. I had all intentions of going but then work came up and I had to drop out. This was obviously disappointing but another friend went and brought a HD camcorder he had bought online. From various turns of the desert track, he recorded the action focusing on our friend. Practice makes perfect and over the past couple of months, our buddy has been practicing at race tracks around the area every other week. He is getting fast. I know this because I watched the HD camcorder recordings from this weekend.

Track days are about beating your own time. It isn’t a race although you can see how fast everyone else is completing laps. Our friend was right up there with the top 5 fastest people. Some of those people were on 1000cc bikes too. He uses a 600cc motorcycle. The clarity of HD camcorders sold online is hard to believe. It looks near film quality. With the right lens, tripod and camera mounts, it would not be difficult to record TV worthy footage on a consumer HD camcorder.