Well, the video bug has bitten me again. It's actually been percolating for a little while now and was born from our bike rides. See, we ride through a bunch of really cool areas and I've always wanted to capture the experience somehow. The solution, of course, is to have some sort of camera that records the ride.
A still camera isn't really practical and not what I want. I don't want to pull over and take a picture. I want to record video that I can then edit and make into a kind of travelogue. There are basically two options - mount the camera on the bike, or mount it on me. Mounting on the bike limits the visibility of the camera as it's fixed in position and can't see the various views I'm seeing in different directions. It also would get a lot of road vibration and probably wouldn't look very good.
So, the solution is to get a helmet cam. Yeah, like the kind the skydivers wear when they jump out of planes. There are two main contenders in the small, relatively inexpensive helmet wars - Contour and GoPro. Initially, I liked the Countour since it was small and relatively unobtrusive (as much as a camera mounted on your helmet can be unobtrusive). Recently though, I'd been hearing a lot about the GoPro so I looked into it further. Here's their promo video
Not that I want to jump off a mountain on my skis or anything but that's some pretty cool video.
Anyway, I did a little more research and decided to go with the GoPro camera. I got a helmet mount and a few other so I could attach it to the bike as well for some other shots.
For a test, I attached it to the top of the car and drove around. Kind of boring footage but I wanted to make sure I aimed it properly and could bring the video into my editor and cut and trim. That all seemed to go okay so, if it ever stops raining, I'll try to get some bike footage.
Should be fun.
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