[Felix]

Small mountable camera, mircoSD card, simple to use... Looks like a great product, I might look into one of these.

http://www.vholdr.com/shoot/camera/overview

$280 plus shipping

Felix

 

[Ratty]

You've seriously just discovered AMCN this week yeah?

 

[Felix]

Haha, nah, just thought I'd share... but yeah I do read AMCN

Felix

 

[spooph]

I've been wanting a helmet cam for a long time, and from the ones I've looked at, the hero seems to be the best bang for the buck...
http://www.goprocamera.com/

Budget:
http://www2.oregonscientific.com/shop/product.asp?cid=0&pid=709&scid=77

Really freekin slick, but way pricey:
POV helmet cam

A few others I've found as well.

http://firevideo.net/
http://www.helmetcamera.com/acart/agora.cgi

Shopping:
http://shop.helmetcameracentral.com/all-helmet-cameras/brand/vio/
https://www.actionvideocams.com/

So, now having complicated the issue, which one you gonna get Felix?

 

[Guest]

Felix, that cam is pretty sweet. I'd like to try it out. I'm looking to get a helmet cam soon.

 

[Outinthedark]

Ew...640x480...HD is the only way baby!

 

[Felix]

Hmmm not sure, watched the Hero sample vid, good vid by the way... quality looks good. But it only runs at 512x384. Thats a good point Outinthedark, any mountable cams of this style running HD? Think it would be a little hard?

This I would look for are, easy on off, durable, basically whack it on and go.

Not sure if there is really that much between them to clearly say that one or that one?!?! Opinions?

Felix

 

[virtualmatrix258]

You could try putting a small Kodak v570 in your helmet, its slim and a very small camera. Good framerates and you can upload to High Quality on youtube, but I can understand if you didnt want a camera inside your helmet.

Maybe try some kind of mounting option using the tripod thread on the bottom?

 

[Felix]

Yeah there was that, but I'm not just interested in that. Looking for other angles, and i dont want to be mounting a camera close to the ground that doesnt have cover.

Having a hunt for some others now, I might look at a HD camcorder rca input for a lipstick cam, then make up a small backpack with all the gear in. Muffle the mic a little to cut down on noise, make up an battery pack, the only issue with that is, where ever i mount the camera I'll have a lead running to it.

Felix

 

[virtualmatrix258]

My girlfriend works in electronics and she sells alot of camera's. I'll give her the task of finding something and see what she comes up with. It is a tricky situation.

What kind of angles are you looking for?

 

[Felix]

Front faring pointing forwards, backwards towards rider and tail, tank towards dash and windscreen, helmet forwards, tail backwards, rear peg facing forwards, end of bars facing up towards rider... those kind of things.

What about HD webcam with laptop

Felix

 

[virtualmatrix258]

haha well those are some different angles spielberg!

About the HD webcam...

You could buy an Acer netbook and extend a line to a somewhat HD webcam, we havent really perfected HD webcam, its more like DVD Quality webcam.

Or, use your laptop, keep it on High Performance power settings so it doesnt sleep when you close the top and keep it in a backpack and run your wires from there on to the angles you want.

Damn...I'm good for something!

 

[Felix]

Making multiple hard fixed mounting points and have the lead long enough so I can just unclip and clip it to the next one, without having to worry about it being set right.

Felix

 

[virtualmatrix258]

Yeah I was thinking something like that, sure would have to be a durable cam, though I've seen them coated in metal lately because of travelers and every airport terminal you go through you have to drag the thing out. Mount small bases that match the male adapter on the bottom of the camera. I'm sure it could be done.

 

[spooph]

Felix, I've been looking into this as well, especially for dreamgarage.com, and I'm thinking that the best bet would be 6 Hero cams, 4 wide lenses, 2 normal lenses, mount them all up on the bike, making sure to keep certain ones on specific sides so as not to show them in the rest of the vids, and haul ass up a canyon for a good 5-6 minutes of film...

I was also thinking about building a bracket to bolt on under the rear cowl and "hoist" to suspend a camera above the rider, so you can see the knee dragging really well from side to side.

 

[metbandit1]

how would you put the camera in your helmet?

 

[Outinthedark]

Currently in my "want" list...waiting for that $100 off coupon Creative did a ways back...

http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=833&subcategory=834&product=18108

 

[Ratty]

http://www.tachyoninc.com/main.html

I intend to buy one very soon, So sometime soon you'll know exactly how it performs. but to me it looks like the choice to be made.

 

[Felix]

Ratty are you taking kickbacks from that mob? I swear i've seen you link to that site at least 10 times on this site

Felix

 

[Ratty]

Twice I believe, and nope.

I've simply spent quite a few hours looking into the various cameras on the market and different ways to do it, And compared video and audio quality. And for bike mounted picture and audio that seems to be the best.
As for vlogging Mordeth style I still recommend the V610. Which mind you I don't have.

I do however plan to have a Tachyoninc soon, And if I like it possibly 3.