Friday, 4 June 2010

Helmet Cam

Onboard vids are very inspiring, and thankfully you don't need to sport one of these neck breaker monsters anymore. Who's going to give us the idiots guide low down? And what to buy? VholdR? GoPro? BP
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Dark Mill said...

I only used GoPro and VholdR both with HD.
The VholdR has a better design , it is easy to turn it on and off, and looks stronger (did not hit it with a hammer to test it). Bit the VholdR is expensive in comparison with the GoPro which is clumsier in design, the on off button has a strange place but it is cheaper.
Both have good video quality. It is not DVD but for editing and Youtube it is great.
During an enduro ride I lost one so I go with the cheaper GoPro.
For DVD quality go for VIO POV or ELMO SUV cameras. Both have the recording part separated form the lens so it is less weight on the helmet.

6 June 2010 at 10:22
daws said...

I only have experience of the Go-pro and the Vholdr. The audio on the Vholdr is easily affected by wind noise and it's almost impossible to get decent audio at speed. The Go-pro has 2 audio settings which makes for good quality sound at speed with very little wind noise.

The Go-pro is a little clunky but I'd buy another one over the v-holdr, especially the HD go-pro, the picture quality is amazing. Also the still image sequence option on the Go-Pro is pretty cool too.

7 June 2010 at 02:58
McKinley60 said...

We used both the GoPro HD and the VholdR Contour HD on the recent Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge - we'd previously used POV1s. We produce broadcast coverage. Both are a *huge* step ahead of the POV in terms of image quality, but purely thanks to its design the VholdR had the edge; it's a far more straightforward and obvious unit for helmet mounting. Additionally, the menu system of the GoPro can be pain if you're working in *challenging* conditions. At its 1080 setting the GoPro is wider (170 as against 130), but 130 is plenty wide enough. Audio is acceptable from both. Want to buy some POV1's? Cheap?

8 June 2010 at 15:37

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