World Famous Comics: Digital Blue Tony Hawk Helmetcam
Digital Blue Tony Hawk Helmetcam
From: Prime Entertainment Average Rating: Binding: Electronics Format: CD Label: Prime Entertainment Manufacturer Minimum Age: 10 years Model: Tony Hawk HelmetCam
Features:
Film Extreme Sports Moments with the Only Camera Endorsed by Tony Hawk
Lightweight Self-Contained Unit Records Video and Audio at the Touch of a Button
Software Lets Users Create Their Own Videos Alongside Footage of Tony Hawk
Add Animation/ Graphics/Music and More
It Even Comes with a Real Laser Pointer for Targeting
Product Description: Get ready to make your own action sports movies with the Tony Hawk HelmetCam and your PC. With the Tony Hawk HelmetCam with 32 MB of memory, you can capture several minutes of action for your videos. Just strap to any helmet, aim laser targeting feature, press record, and start shooting. Edit and add special effects on your PC, share your action sports videos, start making action sports videos starring you or your friends, then turn your computer into the ultimate editing suite! Recommended for ages 7 to adult.
Worth the Money You have to remember you're only spending $[...] or so on this product so you can't expect some awesome quality videos. For the money I paid I was actually suprised how well it works. I used it for horse back riding, videoing on the flat and over fences. It's easy to work and the quality is pretty comparable to the video on my 5mp HP camera. It does only record for 15 minutes at a time but I put a 512MD SD card in there and got three 15 minute clips. For fun this camera is a good buy.
I LOVE IT! I love this camera! I use it in a racecar...on dirt. The only thing I don't like is ... it only records for 15 minutes. If you want to record incar camera action this is the way go!
Incompetent, or constant complainer????? I don't understand why people gave this cam only 1 & 2 stars??? The video is very good and it only takes a few footage takes to get the cam set perfectly for motocross riding. It just takes a little patience (very little) and know how to set up......in other words if you can open a gift wrapped box then you can figure this thing out. When it's played on a computer the picture is very good and scrolls perfectly, and the sound is really good also. I was skeptical about this thing based on some reviews but man, my buddy and I were pleasantly surprised at how good the video and sound actually were. Our motocross video footage looked exactly like it does in real time. Bottom line is this thing is perfect for what it's made for and what it cost, and what it is........a good cheap way to archive your fun times or for some of us our painful times. Buy it! You'll be glad you did. A good way to spend 50 bucks..............
Pretty Darn Nice Camera - For What It Is I was skeptical that this camera would be really bad - I mean, how many of these gadgets are just inferior quality with less than acceptable output. Well, this one surprised even me! After installing two AAA batteries and the supplied SD card, my sons and I took it outside to test it out. We decided to place it on a baseball helmet and see if we could get some live action "at the plate" video. We learned a few things - 1) This is actually a pretty good camera - while it is not the best resolution - it can capture videos akin to what you can view on youtube. So not really that bad. The color is good and the sound is very good. 2) You need good light to capture decent video. - The sun was going down when we took the videos and things got backlit pretty badly. But even at sunset, if you capture the action where the light is hitting it, it is very good. So you need good light. The camera is super simple to use, push a button and you hear a pleasant chime and you are recording. Press it again and it stops recording. There is a blinking camera icon on the small LCD screen which indicates recording and a nifty clock-like indicator showing how much of the memory card you have used up. It also shows the number of video clips you have taken and there is also a button for deleting invividual clips...super simple - in fact, my five year old figured it out. The product is pretty decent quality and looks durable. The supplied helmet strap and usb cable are very sturdy. We thought the product would look dumb strapped to our helmet but it is not that obtrusive. We decided that baseball did not lend itself well to the cameras intended use since it was way too jerky (but still fun). Biking, skateboarding, skiing, and more "smooth" & steady situations would be ideal. In fact, we strapped the camera to a pole and pointed it at our action and it was great. I must say, I thought this would be a loser and am very impressed. Our kids didn't know what to think of it and we were not sure they would even like it. They think it is pretty cool and can't wait to discover new uses for it. In fact, we saw a cool video on the web which showed this camera attached to an R/C airplane and it gave a flyover tour of a city area which looked really really good. Definitely a great camera for kids and adults alike who want some medium resolution fun video clips. Note: this will work with a MAC also if you have an sd card reader for the MAC (does not recognize via usb on MAC only via card reader).
Tony Hawk Helmetcam I recently used this helmetcam during a rollerderby practice. This camera will not be useful during an actual rollerderby bout becuz it will most definitely become damaged once it gets smashed against someone else's helmet or worse someone's face will get crunched by the camera. This camera, of course, had skateboarding in mind and not rollerderby. :)
For this type of camera you aren't going to get top quality. If you want quality footage then you need to buy an actual camcorder, but I doubt that you'll want to carry it around with you as you are doing tricks on wheels.
When my husband saw this product at Wal-Mart for $100 it was not something that we would have considered purchasing. The price lowered to $50 so to us that was a more reasonable price for a novelty item.
After having it strapped to my helmet and watching the footage of skating in a pack of rollerderby girls it was pretty exciting. It's something neat to be able to share on youtube and pass around to one another. The band that comes with the helmetcam to strap it to a helmet works very well. It stayed in place and did not move. If it doesn't fit your helmet perfectly there is a rubbery piece that is supplied to help the fit be tight.
It gives an outsider somewhat of an idea of what it's like to be able to skate in a pack of rollerderby chics. It was cool to hear the wheels rolling and the viewer sees what it is like to be right in the middle of the pack.
I gave this camera three stars because I think the price is a little hefty for this camera. For the quality film that it records I wouldn't mind paying about 29.99 for this toy.
Also the red laser light on the helmet is very annoying. As soon as you turn it on the red laser is on and blinking...you can check where its target is which needs to be straight ahead in front of you...and until you press "record" it continues to blink. So, you are basically blinding people with your red laser light. I wish there was a button to turn off the red laser after you had made sure you know where it is targetting. I think I will get a piece of duct tape to put over the laser light so that I won't have to constantly keep my hand over it before I decide to record what I am doing.
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