Alpental/Summit West, Feb 10th & 15th, 2010 – Contour HD Wearable Cam Test

Posted by: TNT in Trip Reports

Feb

Took the new Contour HD cams for a test run or two last week and we liked the results. See what you think compared to the original cam “VholdR” that we have used on most of our prior vids.

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February 16, 2010

Plinko

Dude! Looks good! Image stabilization is about the same as the VR, not much improvment there. Resolution is probably a big step up, but online the viewing options only go to 480p (which just doesn’t do HD images justice). If you’re main use is web posting, I’d save a big chunk of money and stick with the VR. If you’re doing more, then the HD is a logical next step (and obviously requires much larger storage and higher processor speeds for editing, and all that)
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February 16, 2010

alpinekat

Watched this here and on your youtube channel. I was trying to see if it was just me or if our poor excuse for a winter has turned the snow yellow or if they need to install some outhouses on the hill. Unfortunately there is a pronounced rainbowing in the picture with a pinkish hue on the far right and most of the field in the yellow snow range. It didn’t seem to matter if you were looking into or away from the sun. Other than that loved the video and sound track as usual. I am happy to see you are busy uploading again. I missed living vicariously through your helmet cam. Thanks for all the hours you spend making me smile!
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February 18, 2010

TNT

Going back out today to try the cams on Std setting and see how that does per Plinko’s suggestion.
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