Small hands-free video camera for high-flying, dangerous activities

vamen

Hey folks,

Hard to believe as this may be, I've never really owned a video camera in my life. I had one handed down to me recently but I've never used it because all of the things I'd want to film require the use of both of my hands.

I was looking for a decent, fair-priced camera I can use hands free. Maybe a helm cam, or something that clicks to clothes, or something like that. I want to be able to film from my view doing things such as: hang-gliding, rock climbing, spelunking, zip-lining, white water rafting (the latter perhaps the least since I figure water will be an issue for less expensive cameras).

Any of you folks have experience with something that would work well for these exciting activities?

Thanks!

Donovan Puppyfucker

GoPro.

vamen

Thanks, that looks about like what I need. I'm going to read up on them.

Donovan Puppyfucker

Watch some videos that have been shot on them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO21JbLYgnI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rluPEDDf5UI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VAJaZAV-gQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIu5B3Fsstg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3xBbmKPfpk


EDIT: No, I don't work for the company or anything, I just think they're really nifty.

acidlacedpenguin

I just picked up a gen2 creative labs Vado HD for $30 with the intention of mounting it to my 1/10 R/C drift car to record my mad driftan skills. Haven't done so yet, but if you're on a super low budget you can find them and flip minoHD 3's on clearance for under $50 usually.

vamen

Thanks for the suggestions folks, this is just what I'm looking for.

Chris - those user movies are perfect. I enjoyed the seagull stealing the camera one

Mr Heist

If you want something super disposable at some expense of image quality, you could check out micro camera. $20 for standard def, $50 for HD. I've never used one, but they were making a pretty big buzz last year-ish for mounting on model rockets or the like.