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It's easy to work and the quality is pretty comparable to the video on my 5mp HP camera. You have to remember you're only spending $[.]. It does only record for 15 minutes at a time but I put a 512MD SD card in there and got three 15 minute clips. For the money I paid I was actually suprised how well it works. or so on this product so you can't expect some awesome quality videos. I used it for horse back riding, videoing on the flat and over fences. For fun this camera is a good buy.
it only records for 15 minutes. I use it in a racecar.on dirt. I love this camera. The only thing I don't like is. If you want to record incar camera action this is the way go.
Our motocross video footage looked exactly like it does in real time. Bottom line is this thing is perfect for what it's made for and what it cost, and what it is.a good cheap way to archive your fun times or for some of us our painful times. I don't understand why people gave this cam only 1 & 2 stars. The video is very good and it only takes a few footage takes to get the cam set perfectly for motocross riding.
Buy it. You'll be glad you did. When it's played on a computer the picture is very good and scrolls perfectly, and the sound is really good also. It just takes a little patience (very little) and know how to set up.in other words if you can open a gift wrapped box then you can figure this thing out.
I was skeptical about this thing based on some reviews but man, my buddy and I were pleasantly surprised at how good the video and sound actually were. A good way to spend 50 bucks.
- The sun was going down when we took the videos and things got backlit pretty badly. Well, this one surprised even me. But even at sunset, if you capture the action where the light is hitting it, it is very good. We decided that baseball did not lend itself well to the cameras intended use since it was way too jerky (but still fun).
It also shows the number of video clips you have taken and there is also a button for deleting invividual clips.super simple - in fact, my five year old figured it out.The product is pretty decent quality and looks durable. Note: this will work with a MAC also if you have an sd card reader for the MAC (does not recognize via usb on MAC only via card reader). They think it is pretty cool and can't wait to discover new uses for it.In fact, we saw a cool video on the web which showed this camera attached to an R/C airplane and it gave a flyover tour of a city area which looked really really good. Our kids didn't know what to think of it and we were not sure they would even like it.
We thought the product would look dumb strapped to our helmet but it is not that obtrusive. In fact, we strapped the camera to a pole and pointed it at our action and it was great.I must say, I thought this would be a loser and am very impressed. We learned a few things - 1) This is actually a pretty good camera - while it is not the best resolution - it can capture videos akin to what you can view on youtube. After installing two AAA batteries and the supplied SD card, my sons and I took it outside to test it out. I was skeptical that this camera would be really bad - I mean, how many of these gadgets are just inferior quality with less than acceptable output. So not really that bad.
There is a blinking camera icon on the small LCD screen which indicates recording and a nifty clock-like indicator showing how much of the memory card you have used up. We decided to place it on a baseball helmet and see if we could get some live action "at the plate" video.
Biking, skateboarding, skiing, and more "smooth" & steady situations would be ideal. 2) You need good light to capture decent video.
The supplied helmet strap and usb cable are very sturdy. So you need good light.The camera is super simple to use, push a button and you hear a pleasant chime and you are recording.
The color is good and the sound is very good. Press it again and it stops recording.
Definitely a great camera for kids and adults alike who want some medium resolution fun video clips.
So, you are basically blinding people with your red laser light. It was cool to hear the wheels rolling and the viewer sees what it is like to be right in the middle of the pack. It stayed in place and did not move. The price lowered to $50 so to us that was a more reasonable price for a novelty item.After having it strapped to my helmet and watching the footage of skating in a pack of rollerderby girls it was pretty exciting. As soon as you turn it on the red laser is on and blinking.you can check where its target is which needs to be straight ahead in front of you.and until you press "record" it continues to blink.
For the quality film that it records I wouldn't mind paying about 29.99 for this toy.Also the red laser light on the helmet is very annoying. This camera will not be useful during an actual rollerderby bout becuz it will most definitely become damaged once it gets smashed against someone else's helmet or worse someone's face will get crunched by the camera. I recently used this helmetcam during a rollerderby practice. :)For this type of camera you aren't going to get top quality. I think I will get a piece of duct tape to put over the laser light so that I won't have to constantly keep my hand over it before I decide to record what I am doing. This camera, of course, had skateboarding in mind and not rollerderby. I gave this camera three stars because I think the price is a little hefty for this camera.
When my husband saw this product at Wal-Mart for $100 it was not something that we would have considered purchasing. If it doesn't fit your helmet perfectly there is a rubbery piece that is supplied to help the fit be tight.It gives an outsider somewhat of an idea of what it's like to be able to skate in a pack of rollerderby chics. It's something neat to be able to share on youtube and pass around to one another. If you want quality footage then you need to buy an actual camcorder, but I doubt that you'll want to carry it around with you as you are doing tricks on wheels. The band that comes with the helmetcam to strap it to a helmet works very well. I wish there was a button to turn off the red laser after you had made sure you know where it is targetting.
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