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Helmet cams

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leone
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does anyone know of some good ones that are fairly inexpensive?
Nov 13 2005 4:56PM
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foodisfun
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i don't remember the thread but someone was asking about this camera that had a like helmet cam, and everyone was saying how it was bad, but then someone suggested a website that had helmet cams that looked really good. i know that doesn't help, but if u can somehow search and find the thread on the camera someone gave a link.
Nov 13 2005 6:25PM
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Ostrix
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I'm sure you could rig your own really cheap. Some video cameras have an external camera option where you would have your minidv cam in your pocket with jsut a small camera you could strap to your hemet, bike, car, whatever. Just a thought...
Nov 13 2005 6:31PM
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Wolverine21
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i was looking at these http://www.bulletcam.com/ they are small waterproof and sound pretty good if i have some extra cash this winter i might get one
Nov 13 2005 6:34PM
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FUUUCK
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samsung has one
Nov 13 2005 6:35PM
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skisf4x4
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the samsung is the one that prettymuch sucks... poor battery life and minimal memory (its all harddrive).

search for "viosport"... i have one on order. they are very similar to the bullet cams. i don't have it yet, but it came highly reccomended by my base-jumping friend.

downside is you will also need a miniDV style cam with inputs like someone else said
Nov 13 2005 6:39PM
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Abscratch
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yeah deff samsung, extreme sport camera
Nov 13 2005 7:10PM
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WBKrz
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Ebay has a lot on sale for cheap!!!!! If that doesn't work go to froogle.com it is like ebay, but it's google
Nov 14 2005 11:23PM
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Henry
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VIOSPORT for sure. best helmet cams out there, mtv uses them for a bunch of shows. www.viosport.com
Nov 14 2005 11:35PM
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foodisfun
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yea that was it. those look so sick.
Nov 14 2005 11:43PM
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scratchproteen
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my freinda few years ago got one of those mini cameras from like walmart or target for 100$ we have better regular cameras now we just rigged it up to a helmet that fits all of us and we will trade the helmet
Nov 14 2005 11:50PM
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Kevo
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That website has some terrible skiing footage.
Nov 14 2005 11:53PM
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skier150
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I am getting some inexpensive helmet cams in stock this week. They are under $90. I will test one over the weekend and let you know how it worked out.
Nov 15 2005 10:56AM
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leone
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when you buy just the helmet cam without a video camera, when you record something do you have to hit record on the actual video camera or is there something on the helmet cam
Nov 15 2005 4:29PM
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skier150
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The one I just got in is just a helmet cam, it has a button on it to start/stop recording.
Nov 15 2005 5:17PM
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Wolverine21
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so for the helmet cams you have to hook them up to a camcorder in order to record
Nov 15 2005 5:24PM
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leone
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is that the typical case with most helmet cams?
Nov 15 2005 6:59PM
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Grimace.
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samsung has a new water proof
head cam
with built in
512mb
Nov 15 2005 7:05PM
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Snowcase
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dude i crap 512 that sucks but no really its not too bad if it was like 20 gb it would be alot better
Nov 15 2005 7:06PM
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Grimace.
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r u serious
20 gb of flash memory is like 30 hrs
dude way to much
u can also expand it
Nov 15 2005 7:08PM
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Snowcase
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o yea true its not high deff and I made ur icon
Nov 15 2005 7:12PM
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Grimace.
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lol
yeah bp gave it to me
its sick
Nov 15 2005 7:16PM
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Snowcase
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yea it is....
Nov 15 2005 7:18PM
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Grimace.
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what program did u use?
Nov 15 2005 7:18PM
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Wolverine21
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so what would i have to get in order to use the helmet cam like what would i hook the camera up to to store the video
Nov 15 2005 8:19PM
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Grimace.
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u would by an external lense that would hook up to a camera
make sure the camera has an input video feature
Nov 15 2005 8:23PM
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Wolverine21
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would a digital camera with a larger memory card work?
Nov 15 2005 8:27PM
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Grimace.
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it should but u have to make sure it alows another lense than the built in one.
Nov 15 2005 8:31PM
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awsomecoolguy
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helmet cams are sweet to watch
Nov 15 2005 8:34PM
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Grimace.
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there good when there done well
i've seen some bad ones
Nov 15 2005 8:35PM
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leone
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is there any store that carries them cause i'd want to see it close up instead of buying online preferably
Nov 15 2005 8:44PM
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Grimace.
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r u looking for just the lense
or a camera and lense?
Nov 15 2005 9:11PM
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leone
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if by lense you mean the little thing on the helmet then yes, just that, but of course plus a mounting system and the necessary wires to run to a camera which i have and it would be nice to have a button on it to start and stop recording
Nov 15 2005 9:16PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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I'd love to get a helmet cam, unfortunetly I'm not radical enough to get gnarly shots
Nov 15 2005 9:22PM
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skisf4x4
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if you can think outside the box, you can get some gnarly shots with a helmet cam without doing anything too extreme. there were some sick "helmet" cams mounted on a ski just doing 180s, 3s, and 5s in some videos a few years ago.
Nov 15 2005 10:01PM
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leone
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i think there was some of those shots in ready fire aim with candide thovex
Nov 16 2005 3:31PM
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skisf4x4
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thanks, thats exactly what i was thinking of. i have a poor memory for names.
Nov 16 2005 4:28PM
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Odd_Job
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i've got the samsung one... got it as a grad present. the helmet cam is alright, but like everyone says, the battery life does suck (only for the helmet cam itself... the camera has good battery life though) it is only 512 internal memory which amounts to about 15 minutes of footage on the highest setting but it does have a MemoryStick slot, so you can buy up to 2 GB of extra memory. its a decent camera, real small, and decent price. unless you really do a lot of helmet camera shit or plan on filming a short video/dvd, the samsung is a decent option.
Nov 16 2005 4:56PM
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leone
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what do you guys think is the best helmet cam under 200 bucks?
Nov 16 2005 7:28PM
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Wolverine21
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whats a good camcorder to get to hook the helmet cam up to or any other device that i can hook the cam up to
Nov 16 2005 7:36PM
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e.will
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i have that, its pretty good, battery isnt as good as i thought it would be, but i really lik it..
Nov 16 2005 8:04PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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Id rather get Bc footage with it, helmetcam park shots are usually kinda silly
Nov 16 2005 9:08PM
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Grimace.
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i was thinking about getting one but the price really turned me off for what u get
Nov 16 2005 9:39PM
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Henry
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viosport has a remote that you can clip onto your jacket or anywhere
Nov 16 2005 10:29PM
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leone
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do you know how much it costs?
Nov 17 2005 9:51AM
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