Originally Posted by Abu Mahendra

Nothing wrong with mountin a Gopro on a helmet. This vertigo bit is absurd.

The suggestions so far do not address the issue of framing the images while not looking through the camera because it is perched on top of one's head. Unless, of course, your photography technique is "spray & pray".

Originally Posted by rm -rf

My Galaxy S5 phone has an optional direct photo button on the lock screen. But it's still not that simple to pull out the phone, swipe the camera icon, blind aim, and click within the photo image to take the picture. I do it occasionally.


I used to bring my tiny Canon SD800 on rides. I could pull it out of my jersey pocket, press the power button, and take pictures one second later. I did blind aiming, and cropped and straightened when editing the photos later. Maybe one of ten shots was usable, so take lots of them!

It was expensive way back then, so I made a cord loop and and put it through the wrist strap. The cord was sized to let me keep the camera in my jersey pocket, and loop over my head and one shoulder. Then I didn't worry about dropping the camera.

I still bring it occasionally. Now, this 7 mega pixel camera is obsolete, so I just added a few narrow strips of Gorilla Tape to make the case easier to hold securely, and don't worry about dropping it. The cord loop was a little annoying.