Good helmetcam?

[KTM200/stevo0987]

so i need a helmet cam i was thinking in the 200-500 price range the ones i am going is a contour hd or a gopro?? what would you guys recommend

[george formby]

so i need a helmet cam i was thinking in the 200-500 price range the ones i am going is a contour hd or a gopro?? what would you guys recommend

They are both good, different mounting ideas & each has it's own foibles.

Have you thought about goggles with a built in camera?

I have been playing around with a scuba mask with built in camera & it's pretty good. Not as good as my go pro but then I have never been diving with it.

[slofox]

I have been impressed and very happy with the Replay HD.

I chose it over the GoPro range because of its form and the ease of mounting. Pics look pretty good to me.

Check a few out if'n ya want...you can crank the definition up to full HD and full screen it for best illustration of the camera's capabilities.

http://youtu.be/OrRctakFL3I

http://youtu.be/l0BPDzg2TZM

http://youtu.be/7jV7lYYQMGc

There's more on Ewe Choob - look up slofox13 vids.

[glukasil]

nikon aw100.......cmos , full hd 30fps , 720p 60 fps , 480p 120 fps..............cool slomo videos........ records in mp4.

optical and digital shake protection.....

it is not a helm camera but it is easy to make a bracket

priced from 480.

there is a slomo video 120 fps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqOu4ewMW_U

there is full hd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDbCVTCdRvY

[Scuba_Steve]

If your not in a hurry, it might be worth waiting a bit to see whats coming & if the likes of GoPro & Contour have to step up their game with the soon to be entrance from Sony & LG into the "action cam" market.
Sony for one is speculated to bring high speed (60fps) 1080p recording to the market with 120fps 720p & of-course Sony's Steady-cam tech, but only time will tell prediction true or not. Either way with Sony's success in the camcorder market & their expertise in making sensors (the sort the others use) coupled with the carl zeiss lens (as always) they just might bring a formidable opposition to market & I'd say LG will make a good go of it too.

[Shadykiwi]

Seen a few people raving about the liquid image google cam. There are plenty of examples on youtube. I use the gopro HD 2. Its cool and can be used for many different things, not just riding. Only downside is the fogging when its really cold. Like Taupo in winter...

[george formby]

Seen a few people raving about the liquid image google cam. There are plenty of examples on youtube. I use the gopro HD 2. Its cool and can be used for many different things, not just riding. Only downside is the fogging when its really cold. Like Taupo in winter...

You need one of them little bags of silica gel (?) in the back.

[BoristheBiter]

Drift hd,

http://driftinnovation.com

NZ importer,

http://www.akm.co.nz/

Bigger battery, bigger capacity capable card, more mounting options, brighter image.

My 2 cents.

[Shadykiwi]

You need one of them little bags of silica gel (?) in the back.

Your right. I saw some from Gopro, but was wondering if those little ones that come in shoe boxes for example, would work?

[Jay GTI]

Your right. I saw some from Gopro, but was wondering if those little ones that come in shoe boxes for example, would work?

You can also use the open back for the case, I don't get fogging in any weather or temp, plus it makes the bike sound better.

[cheese]

I've got a replay XD, I really like it, but the battery is a bit limited.

Comes with heaps of extras, car charger lots of mounts.

[ding322]

I have also got the Replay and think its an excellent package. I like the low profile then its on the helmet and it takes pretty good video.

I did notice on the Replay XD americain site there is an external power harness for it witch you could set up to run off a lipo battery in a pack to increase the run time. Not sure if the kiwi distributer has it or can get it tho

[roadkillnz]

I've owned a GoPro HD for quite some time now, and am still exceptionally happy with it. The Version 2 looks tempting, so I can do PIP showing ahead and behind at the same time.

Helmet and chest mounted on my dirt bike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKNjmGyA8HM

Here's footage showing it mounted on the road bike. Rolling shutter seemed to cope alright with the shaky vtwin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGBNe7xdPAg

What ever you go for, check out high resolution sample footage of whatever you're looking at and see if you can see any wobbly/ripple effects when going over rough terrain etc. When viewed on large HD TV's it'll look even worse. The early Contour HD's were atrocious. Not sure what their current offering is like, but I like their features like built in GPS.

[motor_mayhem]

Have a Contour HD and it's great. The three qualities that make it great are the laser alignment, they stick out off your head a lot less and the on off slide switch makes it much easier to be sure you were only turning the camera off or on as opposed to one button that does both functions alternately.

My current one has taken a fair beating and will be due for replacement soon.

Given the current offerings would probably consider a Gopro 2 or Contour+

[cheese]

LOL true, I've made 1 video too high and 1 too low so far.....

FML....