Oregon Scientific AT2K helmet vcam vid.

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yamaslut

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beachjunkey said:
Anyone taken any more video with one of these? Someone handed me footage in Daytona but I thought it turned out pretty bad. I'm looking for some more comparisons. Thanks
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I'm gonna use mine at the JK benefit next month....
 
rasper99

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beachjunkey said:
Anyone taken any more video with one of these? Someone handed me footage in Daytona but I thought it turned out pretty bad. I'm looking for some more comparisons. Thanks
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This might be what you already have but just in case it's not:
http://www.barry-blanchard.com/movies/jetski/freeride/2007_01/daytona/Daytona_07_Full.wmv
It's from brianhorn.

Clips 2, 4 and 8 below are AT2K video from our Pacific Northwest freerides in December:
http://www.barry-blanchard.com/movies/jetski/freeride/2006_12_new.html
 
beachedflunkey

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WaveDemon said:
is it just me or are thos clips pretty choppy?
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Yeah I seen them before too. The footage that is in the wavejunkies daytona vid is from a camera like that and seems to be choppier than nick's footage too. I remember a couple guys talking about trying out better SD cards to see if it'd help. Looking forward to the flipoff footage :cool2:

edit: I just watched clip 4 above. It's not as bad as the footage I had. I had the worst case of vertigo cleaning out the best 20seconds out of 35min of footage.:1244: :1244: :1244:
 
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rasper99

rasper99

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WaveDemon said:
is it just me or are thos clips pretty choppy?
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In clips 2,4 and 8 choppy isn't the problem. The guy who was wearing the helmet cam has a twitchy head.

The video from our January freeride shot by other people is much less twitchy. I haven't edited it but have the raw video is available in a smaller size (320X240). Links to it are below. Doesn't show the full quality but it shows that December was twitchy not choppy.

The links below are big files so best to right click to download and save as. This one was on the included strap so it does slap around a bit. Mike was riding a blaster:
http://www.barry-blanchard.com/movies/jetski/freeride/2007_01/freeride/Mikecam.wmv

This one was riveted to the helmet. Jeff was riding and SXR and SJ:
http://www.barry-blanchard.com/movies/jetski/freeride/2007_01/freeride/Jeffcam3.wmv

In regards to the 10X thing:
Our crew bought the SD cards recently when they bought the cams. When I copied the videos off the cards onto a PC it went very fast so I assume they are decent speed card. If someone was using an old SD card they had for years it could be a problem.

These cams aren't meant to be kick butt and Hi-Def. They are cheap enough to be just short of disposible. They DO put you where the action is!

The first link above is the only video that Mike shot before his cam went for a swim. He used the strap and it didn't stay on. He was a bit pissed about losing $200 of cam and card. He would have been a lot more pissed losing $600+ of higher quality equipment.

These cams are a tool. They have a learning curve. It's going to take some practice for people get used to the fact they are now a cameraman and not just screwing around in the surf. You need to get a feel for what it sees, etc. We bring a laptop to review the vids on the beach and make corrections.

Maybe couches would make better camera platforms (you knew they had to have some purpose). Start with rule #1 - Keep the sun at your back. The Daytona clip I posted had some great action but was looking towards the sun and getting a lot of glare.
 
godocgo

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i got one of these i opened up and never used with 2 san disk 2 meg cards. woulkd like to get 150 shipped for it. i got over 190 in it with the cards.

lee
 
godocgo

godocgo

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i got 2 of the san disk 2 gig cards not one of them. these cards are more expensive then cheapy 2 gig cards. i paid 125 for the unit plus 45 for each card. what is it worth?
 
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