I'm not keen on buying a go pro and was curious if anyone has successfully mounted a phone to a helmet, and how?
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Have a hunt around for a car dashboard mount for your phone, maybe?
It'll look ridiculous, and the first time you take a tumble or fall afoul of someone bringing the lift bar down too far you'll probably have to buy a new phone.
Please do post pics of your setup, when you're done
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
and maybe a chest harness if you don't want to expose it too much on your helmet.
Although, by the time you've bought all that, you're into entry level territory for a decent, proper helmet cam.
Thanks Feef & Serriadh I may just make my own. It seems a bit pointless buying a £300 camera to use it once or twice a year, only to be out of date within a couple.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
You find all sorts of things to do with it, not just skiing.
And tbh, you don't need to spend £300 on a camera, nor do you need to worry about it going out of date.
My 'old' Drift HD can record at 1080p at 30fps and 720p at 60fps, which is easily good enough for most things and especially so if you're just going to downgrade the quality to a reasonable file size or share on facebook and the like.
Or check out eBay, there's loads of deals on older models of cam for even £100, which brings some basic models into line with the cost of just renting one for a week
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
I got myself a chilli-tech bullet cam which I've been using this season if you are after something cheap that does the job, they also do a more go-pro esque model too. For some reason the bullet cam I have isn't on their main page
If you just want to grab some reasonable vid at low cost, there are of course the 808 keyfob cams which give very good results for a few quid, to a few more quid (£20+) for 720p , to a lot more quid for 1080p (~£60+)
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Tingbot, How about a cheap neoprene sleeve for the phone from ebay. Cut a hole in it where necessary and bash in a big eyelet from cheap eyelet kit to stop it fraying. Then sew on some inch wide elastic as and where necessary. Total cost about a fiver and a bit of time, if it doesn't work not much lost?
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Tingbot wrote:
It seems a bit pointless buying a £300 camera to use it once or twice a year
Ahh, sounds like the real problem is that you need to take up a new sport. Have you considered mountain biking, kiteboarding, kayaking?
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
I got an Ion camera from Sport pursuit a couple of months ago, exceptional value!1
It was about £150 including everything I needed to mount on my Ski Helmet, and it produces some really good quality video.
Win Win.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
Thanks for all the advise guys, I bit the bullet and found the SONY HDR AS15 for £150 at Argos (from a supposed £219). Looks to be a good buy for the price. Should come in handy with diving as well as the case will go down to 50+m, also does 120fms slow mo.
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(from a supposed £219). Looks to be a good buy for the price. Should come in handy with diving as well as the case will go down to 50+m, also does 120fms slow mo.
