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Permalink Reply by Duppie on November 24, 2010 at 12:59pm

This bad

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on November 24, 2010 at 1:29pm

Maybe it's the same thing. But I wouldn't have much faith in it, if they can't even get their specs right.
25 fps or 30 fps? 8 gb or 16 gb max memory?

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Permalink Reply by Craig S. on November 25, 2010 at 5:39am

Howard,

That camera wouldn't make a good paper weight. If you're looking for a "helmetcam" in particular, you cannot go wrong with a GoPro or better yet, a ContourHD http://contour.com/camera/contour_hd?gclid=CKbV7e6xvKUCFUS5KgodJVgGZA

Both products have excellent reputations in the professional cinematography and broadcasting listservs that I frequent. I like the Contour a bit better as it uses LEDs as an orientation guide; neither camera has a viewfinder.

If you're looking for a video camera as an occasional "helmetcam" then I love the Flip Mino HD.

I own a Panasonic DMC-TS2. Waterproof, crush proof and for a full auto point-n-shoot, with a little adjustment to the exposure index, it actually takes decent photos as well as better-than-it-has-every-right-to-be 720p AVC-Lite video. That camera would be light enough to mount on your helmet occasionally.

As with anything, you get what you pay for.

Happy Turkey Day.

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Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on November 27, 2010 at 3:22pm

It would be bad.

The way low-quality cameras record video is by writing the frame from the top to bottom. When you turn the camera, the top row gets the current frame, while the bottom row is still being written with the previous frame. This is known as rolling shutter.

This video shows footage from two cameras, side by side, to demonstrate the effect of rolling shutter.

The camera you linked to will result in the video footage on the right, under 3 CMOS.

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