Originally Posted by rando
Just for grins, I thought I'd film my commute. has anyone done this, and what kind of Helmet cam is good? I think I will need a 1 gig memory card to film 35-40 minutes. any recommendations, things to avoid?
I got a Tony Hawk helmet cam from woot.com for $45 shipped. It uses 2 alkiline (not rechargable!) AAAs and a SD card. It films 320 x 240 at 15 fps for up to 15 min a clip until the SD fills up. 15 min = 133MB on the card. I've been able to use some 512MB and a 1Gig card so far.
I had problems with the helmet mount - the video was tilted counterclockwise about 25 degrees and aimed towards the ground. Next I tried fastening to my light mounting off the aerobar. It points straight and true but bounces too much. The effect is a strage wobbling at 15fps that is rather naseous.
I would guess that the camera could be a slight deterent if ponted out to troublemakers or at least be a posthumous witness