I have a Go Pro Hero 3+ camera that I will take skiing this year. I do not know a helmet, but will likely rent one instead of buying it. What is the recommended attachment for the helmet cam, I see two options:
However you can pick up a helmet for roughly the same cost so it may be best just to get a helmet instead. It's the sort of thing you can use for years and you will know the full history of it unlike with rentals.
A word of warning, there was some talk of Schumacher's accident being made worse due to the helmet mounted Go Pro he was using causing the helmet to crack more easily than it would have done otherwise.
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I'd go for the chest harness mount or a pole mount rather than a helmet mount if you're renting a helmet for your trip.
The chest mount is good, solid and doesn't need gluing, but doesn't give you the most dynamic footage when you are skiing (unless you are tree skiing, or doing some pretty steep / varied stuff, which would look pretty cool no matter what).
IMO the head mount or poll mount tend to look much more interesting when played back.
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Of course you need to avoid the Teletubby look - unless you're reallllly good...
My son lost his Go Pro (twice) when helmet mounted. Doing flips in the park & stuff. Amazingly he went back and found it on both occasions.
Those go pro glue mounts can easily come off a helmet if you pull them off with the camera mounted.
A few friends who borrow go pros do that and haven't had issues.
Or you can just ski into a tree to knock it off.
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Neither of those. Use the mounts which come with the camera. Also use the bit of string, which is the leash.
I rented quite a lot of GoPros and I've never had a problem with the 3M mounts coming off. Just read the instructions and use the leash as a back up.
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Of course you need to avoid the Teletubby look - unless you're reallllly good...
My son lost his Go Pro (twice) when helmet mounted. Doing flips in the park & stuff. Amazingly he went back and found it on both occasions.
The camera isn't pointing at itself, so I'm not sure why it would matter how it looks.
If you don't use the leash, then don't ride in powder, as finding your camera in that is not likely to be quite so easy.
The GoPro 4 does have 2.4G so if you leave that on then you have a chance of locating it with a mobile phone I suppose.
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After all it is free
We have the vented helmet strap as well as this head strap:
Both work. The vented helmet strap is more secure but if you are renting a helmet, it might not have vents or vents at the right places? Then the head strap should work.
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The camera isn't pointing at itself, so I'm not sure why it would matter how it looks.
Only worried about looking like a nob. Sure it doesn't effect the quality of the footage - unless the sun is behind you. Then your shadow tells the truth
We found that the official go pro mounts still wouldn't stick well to certain helmets. The texture didn't bond well - matt, rough surface.
My helmet comes with special anti-GoPro-don't-look-like-a-pillock-on-the-slopes texture on the top surface, so that you can't make the mistake of gluing a teletubby mast to it's roof http://www.salomon.com/uk/product/allium-c--air.html
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+1 for the chest mount, it's comfy to wear easy to operate the camera and provides decent footage if you setup the gopro for the correct aspect ratio see one of my clips here taken with gopro1 + chest strap http://youtube.com/v/veHmW2t_ozA
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For skiers, the other advantage of the chest mount is that you don't get the movement from when you look behind you all the time.
Aspect-ratio wise, I think YouTube wants you use 16:9 to avoid those black bars. GoPro SuperView will give you that, or you can zoom in a tad to clear them out.
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There is also a side mount. I have used one quite often, easier to reach, less risk on chair lifts and camera can be tethered to helmet strap.
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