Three years
ago for Hanukkah, my parents bought me a helmet cam, specifically a Contour
1080 HD helmet cam. I watch A LOT of
skiing videos on YouTube and other websites and I had been wanting one for a
while; I was so excited when I got one.
It brought a whole new level of fun to ski trips with my dad.
There are
two main brands of helmet cameras, the Contour and the GoPro. After extensive research on the two brands, I
asked for the Contour, which seemed like the all-around better camera (I love
it!). The Contour has a ten-hour battery
and you can buy a larger memory card to hold eight hours of video. It comes with two different mounts so I put
one on my helmet and gave the other to my dad for his helmet.
I bring my
Contour out with us every time we go skiing in case the opportunity for good
footage arises. You can film
point-of-view skiing of yourself or have somebody else film you.
After a
long day of fun but exhausting skiing, lying down and watching footage of
yourself skiing is awesome. Not to
mention those hot summer days when all you want to do is go skiing, so you go
to your computer and re-live the best parts of the past ski season.
If I’ve
learned a new trick in the terrain park, my dad will always offer to film me
with the Contour and if my dad ever wants to see how he’s skiing, I’ll always
film him. Having the helmet cam with us
on our trips has not only made them more fun but it keeps them alive long after
we return home. I highly recommend
buying one for all your father-son skiing excursions.
P.S. If you decide to buy a helmet cam, I highly recommend the Contour. I have friends with the GoPro and they are not as happy with it as I am with my Contour. The Contour has come out with many improved models since the 1080 HD that I use. I've heard nothing but great things about the newer models.
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| My dad (left) and me (right) from my helmet cam mounted on the end of my ski pole |
I was a little skeptical when you told me you bought this camera. I thought it might be blurry because we were moving so fast and I thought the snow would get on the camera. But I was definitely wrong. Every video we took was clear and when I got home from one of our ski trips I was even able to show my parents the footage.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds amazing! My boyfriend has a GoPro2 and it has like a thick plastic cover to prevent water from getting in. Do you have to put a cover or something? I don't do skiing that much but can it be attached onto something else?
ReplyDeleteYeah Paul, the video is suuuch high quality for such a little gadget, and it's really nice to be able to show people the footage.
ReplyDeleteDiana, yeah the GoPro2 is a sick camera. One of the things that's nice about the Contour is that the camera itself is both water and shock proof so you don't need a case like the one you need for a GoPro. And yeah you can attach a GoPro (or a contour) to virtually anything. There are so many different mounts you can attach to anything you want!