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markhr
07-29-08, 05:37 AM
Helemt camera users and future users.

Very interesting if you were planning on buying a Vio POV.1 (720*480) as the Toshiba (1280*720) is MUCH cheaper. It's also SD card storage so there's no harddrive to destroy through constant vibration.

The downsides are the size, the video quality isn't full 1920*1080 and it's not waterproof.

If you don't mind that then the picture quality may allow for legible number plates at 30m unlike the pixelated mess (at that distance) with current helmet cameras.

http://news.google.com/news?ned=uk&ncl=1230886238&hl=en&topic=t&scoring=n

http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/16434/17458/toshiba-camileo-h10-high-def-camcorder.phtml

Toshiba Camileo H10 camcorder launches
SD based HD

NEWS: 28 July 2008 10:56 GMT by Amy-Mae Elliott
Toshiba has introduced the latest model in its Camileo range with the addition of the Camileo H10, that the company describes as "a portable and very affordable SD based HD camcorder".

With a palm-friendly design, the H10 is an SD card based high-definition digital video camera with 5x optical and 4x digital zoom, which is able to shoot footage at a resolution of 1280 x 720p.

All video is encoded in the H.264/MPEG4 format to the 64MB of integrated storage, although the device also supports up to 8GB SDHC cards, offering the ability to capture up to 4 additional hours of broadcast quality film at Toshiba's reckoning of approximately 30 minutes HD video per gigabyte of memory.

Weighing in at 340 grams, the Camileo H10 can operate as a digital still camera and features a 10-megapixel CCD image sensor. There is Night Mode for low-light shooting and various special effects on-board too.

The H10 has a 2.7-inch TFT LCD display, HDMI output, video stabilisation and motion detection. Available from the end of July 2008, it has a typical purchase price estimated at £179.99.

edit: hd quality


markhr
07-29-08, 05:44 AM
Now if they could make a full 1920*1080 helmet cam that doesn't cost 10k...

http://www.toshiba.com/taisisd/indmed/products/prod_detail_ikhd1.jsp

http://www.videomag.gr/cms/images/stories/newsimages/toshiba_hd1_2.jpg

rlrct
07-29-08, 06:26 AM
That still looks like a lot to mount on a helmet.


n4zou
07-29-08, 06:45 AM
The Vio POV.1 is a real helmet mountable video camera system. The Toshiba Camileo H10 is not. You really can't compare them as the H10 is a hand held camera. The Vio POV.1 has a camera that can be remote mounted from the control and video head and has a wireless remote.


http://www.vio-pov.com/images/detailed/d_16218.jpg
Vio POV.1


http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2008/7/toshiba-camelia-h10.jpg
Toshiba Camileo H10 camcorder

markhr
07-29-08, 06:59 AM
That still looks like a lot to mount on a helmet.

Yup - there are helmet mounts out there but they all seem to involve counterbalance bags of sand.

I was kind of thinking of just a manfrotto magic arm and/or clamp on the handlebars. It won't get those, sometimes crucial, sideways glance shots but it doesn't add more weight to your head.

Better still, if someone came up with a mini steadycam that you could handlebar mount and probably help, with the camera's vibration control, minimise juddering.