Comments on: Snowboarding Helmetcam Update

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:24:52 +0000

Hey Heza, on the side it’s easier to deal with (harder to hit with that safety bar on the lift, for example). And easier to reach with gloved hands. But it was killing my neck from the unequal strain on the side.

There are some ready-made ones like GoPro and ContourHD. But they aren’t quite as high quality video, they cannot zoom, they have no display screen (so you can’t review video until you’re home), and I think no shutter speed settings or other advanced settings. Probably great for YouTube, but I plan to make a DVD, so…

By: Hezamarie

Hezamarie — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:19:30 +0000

Wow, you made that? Awesome!

What was the advantage of having the camera on the side of the helmet? Are there pro-built helmetcam’s out there or are all of them do-it-yourself?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:50:21 +0000

Hey Wendy, thanks I think you’ll like the finished product, whenever I get 1h of good video edited… hehe.

Paul, I correlate by zooming in on the cam, then adjusting the sight until what’s dead-center is what the cam’s zoomed on.

Joe, I think my system is gonna be better overall results, but it’s an order of magnitude more effort. Had the 1080 ContourHD been out when I started this project, I might have one now. But then I think I’d be disappointed. What’s the shutter speed? I love setting it at 1/500, Virtualdub stabilizer works perfectly.

By: Joe L.

Joe L. — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:57:10 +0000

ContourHD man. It’s the wins
http://www.vholdr.com/contourhd/helmetcam

By: paul savage

paul savage — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:51:38 +0000

Hi Dave,
Looks pretty good now. How did you correlate the sight-finder ?

Is the camera off centre or did you check the weights to make sure its balanced in the middle ?

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:29:23 +0000

I have no idea what you’re talking about, however, I love to pop in nevertheless!

Good post… I think?