Sombeech
01-01-2008, 01:12 PM
Here's a new helmetcam I've been looking at lately.
I'm tired of cables going to my backpack. They get snagged everywhere, and really limit the angles you want to shoot from. If I want a wheel shot on the bike, I've got to have a cable running from my backpack all the way down to my front fork, plenty of snag opportunities.
The VholdR is made by twenty20. I think it's in the $350 range.
Recently I was looking at the ATC2K camera by Oregon Scientific, but the video quality is just crap. It's cheap though, around $100.
The same as the ATC2K, the VholdR can film in 640 X 480 and 30 fps, but for some reason, is much much better quality.
MPEG-4 - I've heard pros and cons about this in terms of ease of editing. Any feedback?
Here's the official site for more info:
http://www.vholdr.com/shoot/camera/overview
http://www.vholdr.com/sites/all/themes/vholdr/images/shoot/product1.jpg
http://www.vholdr.com/sites/all/themes/vholdr/images/shoot/product2.jpg
http://www.vholdr.com/sites/all/themes/vholdr/images/shoot/product4.jpg
http://www.vholdr.com/sites/all/themes/vholdr/images/shoot/product6.jpg
http://www.vholdr.com/sites/all/themes/vholdr/images/shoot/features/product1.jpg
http://www.vholdr.com/sites/all/themes/vholdr/images/shoot/features/product3.jpg
Best of all, it's waterproof, dustproof, snowproof..... And it looks like it has a microphone. I'm not sure if that's extra or not though.
Here are some video samples, although I'm not hearing audio so the mic might be extra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8PTBWrfPuU
Interesting concept:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdndYqS3EX4
I'm tired of cables going to my backpack. They get snagged everywhere, and really limit the angles you want to shoot from. If I want a wheel shot on the bike, I've got to have a cable running from my backpack all the way down to my front fork, plenty of snag opportunities.
The VholdR is made by twenty20. I think it's in the $350 range.
Recently I was looking at the ATC2K camera by Oregon Scientific, but the video quality is just crap. It's cheap though, around $100.
The same as the ATC2K, the VholdR can film in 640 X 480 and 30 fps, but for some reason, is much much better quality.
MPEG-4 - I've heard pros and cons about this in terms of ease of editing. Any feedback?
Here's the official site for more info:
http://www.vholdr.com/shoot/camera/overview
http://www.vholdr.com/sites/all/themes/vholdr/images/shoot/product1.jpg
http://www.vholdr.com/sites/all/themes/vholdr/images/shoot/product2.jpg
http://www.vholdr.com/sites/all/themes/vholdr/images/shoot/product4.jpg
http://www.vholdr.com/sites/all/themes/vholdr/images/shoot/product6.jpg
http://www.vholdr.com/sites/all/themes/vholdr/images/shoot/features/product1.jpg
http://www.vholdr.com/sites/all/themes/vholdr/images/shoot/features/product3.jpg
Best of all, it's waterproof, dustproof, snowproof..... And it looks like it has a microphone. I'm not sure if that's extra or not though.
Here are some video samples, although I'm not hearing audio so the mic might be extra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8PTBWrfPuU
Interesting concept:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdndYqS3EX4