Review of the best HD video cameras for ski helmet

on Monday 5 September 2011
by Rino Galeno

FOTO: Le migliori telecamere HD da caschetto

Called Action Cams or Sport Cams, are small cameras mounted on various substrates that allow videotaping of your skiing adventures, or generic exciting moments. For those who love to ski, shoot and edit their adventures is a must. These cameras can be mounted on the ski helmet, directly on the snowboard, on the ski boot or even on a ski pole. The image quality and especially the ability of the digital stabilizers on consumer products have reached levels unimaginable a few years ago. We have reviewed the best products with some sample videos.

HD Helmet Hero by GoPro
The GoPro Helmet HD 1080p Full HD is the flagship company GoPro, a wearable cameras with higher performance at 1080p HD to the world. Professional quality at 1080p, 960p and 720p HD at 30 and 60 frames per second (60fps at 720p). Record up to 2 ½ hours with one battery charge and up to 9 hours in total with a 32GB SD card. The camera can also automatically photograph a 5-megapixel camera at intervals of 2, 5, 10, 30 and 60 seconds during exercise. The HD Helmet HERO is compatible with all other accessories GoPro HERO. This makes it easy to extend the functionality of the same, which can be mounted, for example, on vehicles, handlebars, seats, surfing, or can be worn on the wrist or chest. The casing is water resistant to 60 meters (180 ft) and its coating polycarbonate protects from accidental drops. To customize even more camera accessories and kits are available different lenses. If you want to apply it to the ski helmet you can buy a package of supports provided a special ad hoc adhesives curved and flat plates, an elastic band to the head, a perforated strap helmets.
info: www.gopro.com
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ContourHD 1080p
The new VholdR camera is able to Shoot Full HD - 1080p (1920x1080), HD Tall (1280x960), Action HD (1280x720), contour HD (1280x720) and Fast SD WVGA (848x480). In addition to offering more image than the previous software allows you to configure the contrast, exposure, metering, and the gain of the microphone. ContourHD 1080p requires a very recent hardware of high capacity data storage (up to 15min/GB). In the package, the mini-camera and the accessories needed to fix it quickly to the ski helmet, cycling or car / motorcycle. Wide-angle lens that came to six 170 ° f 2.8, H264 codec (file extension. Mov), internal microphone, external microphone input + external microphone clip included, Mini HDMI Mini HDMI + cable - HDMI to view movies directly from the camera to the HDTV.
informazioni: www.contourhd.it
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V.I.O. Advanced Point-Of-View (POV) 1080p HD
The product POV.HD V.I.O. is the most flexible, robust and easy to use point of view of HD video system available. Ability to Edit on the field: Tag scenes while recording from the recorder or the remote control is wireless; Allows you to automatically highlight and tag in-the-field, exposure compensation, adjust the color saturation and contrast shooting conditions especially bright or gray. Measure of exposure, setting the automatic exposure control sampling zone. Four Methods of registration: Clip mode (Start and stop the recording action of the POV), loop mode (capture movies from the past), loops & forward mode (Capture + movies from the past continues to have in the future), picture mode. Powered by 4 AA batteries. Wireless remote control included.
info: www.vio-pov.com
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Oregon Scientific ATC9K HD Action Camera
ATC9K Action Cam is in HD, the perfect companion for adventure and sports professionals who want to capture the most exciting experiences during the practice of extreme sports. DVD quality full HD high-definition resolution photos 3M/5M "G" sensor, sensor for measuring the force of gravity during acceleration optional GPS sensor, which allows users to locate their position, speed and distance traveled on the PC, simply by using Google Maps or Google Earth Waterproof up to 20 feet deep laser pointer (indicator) White Balance: Microphone: Built-in mono with AGC (Automatic Volume Control) and speaker TFT 1.5 "color LCD can be used with multiple accessories included.
info: www.oregonscientific.com
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