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woodies
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thinking of getting helmet cam looking for real world input from this season.thanks in advance
wondering the same thing here
I'll second that...
I tried taping my video camera/cellphone to my helmet...and I also tried mounting it on the sled. The videos I made were way better on the sled....but I guess if mounted on the front of a mountain sled it would often be covered in snow and therefore useless. I still plan to mount a nice digital camera to my sled this year and record every minute of riding.
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Ollie
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I am looking at the VIO.
Small and easy to use.
I am just looking for input as to picture quality and sound quality.
http://www.vio-pov.com/index.php
Small and easy to use.
I am just looking for input as to picture quality and sound quality.
http://www.vio-pov.com/index.php
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M-niner
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Not a fan of helmet cams. Watched alot of helmet cam videos and all I get is a sore neck and sick to the stomach. There are a few instances where I can see they are kinda cool. Some videos show the rider being filmed on a regular camera climbing a chute or something like that then immediately break to the video of that riders helmet cam during the same pull. Gives a real cool perspective of what the rider sees. Other than that they just make me sick to me stomach and make it extremely hard to judge terrain and steepness. My .02
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Wyoming T/A
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got a oregon scientific and it is a very good unit..records in 30 to 40 minute videos sections with a card inserted--will record 2 or 3 sections on 1 battery-have never filled the card in 1 ride-
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woodies
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was looking at them how easy to turn on and off? weight on helmet noticeably.pic quality.would be handy no cords and priced nice at 130 beans!
You get what you pay for
Helmet cams are priced all over the board from the low end O.S. and hero up to the vio and Motocam 360
Personally I prefer the Motocam system it can take a 4 gig card and be configured to run all day. A remote that makes a separate file everytime you turn it on or off. Thats very handy for editing and getting clips on the net.
The mic is in the mount so you dont get the wind noise that Every other cam has. Look at the features you think you need and want, these are one product that you really do get what you pay for..
heres some vid from earlier this year.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1155324206/bclid1178176715/bctid1466803348
Helmet cams are priced all over the board from the low end O.S. and hero up to the vio and Motocam 360
Personally I prefer the Motocam system it can take a 4 gig card and be configured to run all day. A remote that makes a separate file everytime you turn it on or off. Thats very handy for editing and getting clips on the net.
The mic is in the mount so you dont get the wind noise that Every other cam has. Look at the features you think you need and want, these are one product that you really do get what you pay for..
heres some vid from earlier this year.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1155324206/bclid1178176715/bctid1466803348
Problem with helmet cams are the users generally move around so much and look all directions and the head constantly bobs that it makes people queasy like being on a ship.
But for the money the oregon scientific is not a bad unit depending on what you are doing, it obviously won't give you pro video, but it's a pretty good solution.
Not my auction, just an example
http://cgi.ebay.com/WIRELESS-HELMET-CAM-CAMERA-ATC2K-ATC-2000-AT18-ATC2000_W0QQitemZ320248574752QQihZ011QQcategoryZ48514QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Specifications:
Movie Storage 640 x 480 pixels (30 or 15 frames/second)
320 x 240 pixels (30 or 15 frames/second)
160 x 120 pixels (30 or 15 frames/second)
Resolution 640 x 480 pixels (VGA QVGA)
Size 4.25L x 1.75D x 2.25H (in.)
Built-in memory 32 MB
SD memory card drive Supports cards up to 2 GB
Image format JPEG
Movie image AVI
File format interface USB (1.1)
Timer 10 seconds
Status LCD 2 digits, B & W
Focusing Fixed range from 1.5m~infinity
Deleting images All at once / last one
Auto Shut-off 30 minutes
Batteries required 2 AA Alkaline Batteries
Operating system Windows 2000/XP
But for the money the oregon scientific is not a bad unit depending on what you are doing, it obviously won't give you pro video, but it's a pretty good solution.
Not my auction, just an example
http://cgi.ebay.com/WIRELESS-HELMET-CAM-CAMERA-ATC2K-ATC-2000-AT18-ATC2000_W0QQitemZ320248574752QQihZ011QQcategoryZ48514QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Specifications:
Movie Storage 640 x 480 pixels (30 or 15 frames/second)
320 x 240 pixels (30 or 15 frames/second)
160 x 120 pixels (30 or 15 frames/second)
Resolution 640 x 480 pixels (VGA QVGA)
Size 4.25L x 1.75D x 2.25H (in.)
Built-in memory 32 MB
SD memory card drive Supports cards up to 2 GB
Image format JPEG
Movie image AVI
File format interface USB (1.1)
Timer 10 seconds
Status LCD 2 digits, B & W
Focusing Fixed range from 1.5m~infinity
Deleting images All at once / last one
Auto Shut-off 30 minutes
Batteries required 2 AA Alkaline Batteries
Operating system Windows 2000/XP
the Oregon is junk...no way to even know what you are recording until you get done
if you already have a digital camera here is a sweet little system. I am gettin one for next year
http://www.hoyttech.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=279
you can get an on/off switch so you can wire in your sleeve. Once you are set up you just tap it on/off as needed.
if you already have a digital camera here is a sweet little system. I am gettin one for next year
http://www.hoyttech.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=279
you can get an on/off switch so you can wire in your sleeve. Once you are set up you just tap it on/off as needed.
We did some helmet cam shots last year the year before. Whil eit is cool sometimes, like what others have said it can make you sick to watch. Just picking certian parts out to watch might be cool but don't use it too much in a video you put together. Also it take too much time to set up. We just say oh well and keep riding. That's our problem with any video though. We don't want to stop to take video. Everyone in our group wants to keep riding. 
I found that the camera works very well for catching other people riding. You have to ride tag though (2 sleds close) but I think the outcome is better. I agree with everyone else about the negatives. I took some footage last year on some logging roads... I think I turned my head to the side about 12 times looking for skidder trails. That got annoying real quick.
I would really like to see some ultra slow sidehilling with a helmet camera though. That would be pretty cool, I think.
I would really like to see some ultra slow sidehilling with a helmet camera though. That would be pretty cool, I think.
if you want good video footage mount the camera on the sled
right above the headlight would be perfect, just need to occasionally brush off a pile of snow.
right above the headlight would be perfect, just need to occasionally brush off a pile of snow.
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Rob1334
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no offense, but why you would be taping yourself going down a road or ditch, just trail riding? The times I would be using it for is when everyone is sitting around looking at a climb or stunt, daring someone to go, then tape it! I have seen like 10 minute videos before where there is like 20 seconds of good footage, and i'll agree, some of the best adrenaline rushes are those ones you don't see coming and those would be killer to catch, (face it, follow up attempts or recreations don't beat the first try). But won't the head bob sickness go away if you were only taping the good stuff, like hitting play before you take off to do something you wanna make stories over?
you are going to be too busy just trying to hold on to that Turbo of your to doo anything else
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firecatguy
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the scientific cam is junk
vio is hard to deal with the brightness each day!!
most of the rest have to many wires and connections
if you check out my youtube channel and take a look and my videos they were all put together with a samsung sportcam and i think havin it on yor helmet you can just look at what you need to film this cam takes up to a 4gig card and batt last all day
we dont claim to be"hardcore" and we are just gettin into the mts riding but you can get a idea of the cam quality from my videos this is just plain and simple to use and has 720 res
the best part is i just hit start stop a few time thru the day and just look and ride no monkeyin around with it all day!!make for good summer fun to play with all the clips when it gets warm out!!
vio is hard to deal with the brightness each day!!
most of the rest have to many wires and connections
if you check out my youtube channel and take a look and my videos they were all put together with a samsung sportcam and i think havin it on yor helmet you can just look at what you need to film this cam takes up to a 4gig card and batt last all day
we dont claim to be"hardcore" and we are just gettin into the mts riding but you can get a idea of the cam quality from my videos this is just plain and simple to use and has 720 res
the best part is i just hit start stop a few time thru the day and just look and ride no monkeyin around with it all day!!make for good summer fun to play with all the clips when it gets warm out!!
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This is the camera I was pondering for next year.
http://www.helmetcamera.com/
I think I will record a lot in hopes of catching that perfect moment, even if it's a matter of seconds. Then edit it with other hand held vids. Just to break it up and not need to take Dramamine just to watch it.
http://www.helmetcamera.com/
I think I will record a lot in hopes of catching that perfect moment, even if it's a matter of seconds. Then edit it with other hand held vids. Just to break it up and not need to take Dramamine just to watch it.
