Camera

IMHO that is what seperates high end from non... i dont have 5k to spend on hardware.. and my videos look that way...

Great info here guys. I was impressed by the HD Helmet Hero and enjoyed running through their video library. Wow. I looked into the Sanyo and was equally impressed. My quandry is this. It looks like the HH would be the best choice of gear as far as bolting it onto the end of the spin pole and getting great footage of the boat for training purposes but wouldn't be able to shoot without the wide angle (fisheye) lens effect. So shooting one boat from another boat wouldn't be that great and there is not a zoom. The Sanyo on the other hand can shoot from farther away etc but would be more difficult to bolt up to the spin pole and it doesn't look like you could adapt a wide angle lens. It would require additional waterproofing to handle spray also I would think. I'm pretty lame on the technical side of things so I'm wondering if I've got this right or not. Any help? Thanks. Ed

Gee Ed, you could be our in-house videographer! If only you were a class member. <img src="<>/frown.gif" alt="frown" title="frown" height="15" width="15" />

My accountant won't let me join until after Jan 1. But watch out after that. Ansel Adems got nothin on me.

Not to confuse matters for ya, but coming soon... one more option, the ContourHD. Were working on a review of this camera that we hope to have ready in January.

Brian. Thanks for the review on the Sanyo. That was very well done. Ed

This ContourHD looks promising
The laser sensors are interesting too..

maybe we can attach it to sharks so that we can have lazer beams....

i love this thread. i'm looking for a camera and i recently jumped over to Mac. i was so tired of having to wipe my hard drive and reinstall windows to get it going fast again. i went so far as to have a laptop that i refused to install any programs onto it to avoid the inevitable slowdown. it didnt work. i was always chasing possible viruses, etc. my computer always felt like an exercise in binge and purge dieting. then i made the jump to an iMac... it just works all the time. it doesn't get bogged down over time. since then i think i have replaced every windows-like device. the router(time-capsule), laptop, phone(iphone). i'm definitely one of them now. the thing is, i used to like fiddling with my computer now i just want to be able to sit down and have a pleasant computing experience. it will never be for everyone but those who try it will take their kool-aid in an IV drip.

i also want a camera to mount to my boat just cuz it looks so cool and i want evidence of this cool sport before i'm too old to do it any more. gopro, contour, sanyo... i like the options. now only if apple would make a camera...........

. . .kool-aid in an IV drip.

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The difference in platforms becomes kind of obvious when you look at the instruction manual for the GoPro. Why should I work so hard to get this done? Of course I'm writing this on a PC since I'm such a cheapo.

In WINDOWS, double click on MY COMPUTER and you will see a “Removable Disk” icon. If you do not see this, close the MY
COMPUTER folder and then re-open it and the ““Removable Disk” icon should appear.
Double click the “Removable Disk” icon. Then double click the “DCIM” folder icon. Then double click the “100GOPRO” icon. The photo
and video files will be in the “100GOPRO” folder. Highlight the pictures or video files and drag them to a folder of your choice or double
click a file to view it.
MAC USERS: Simply plug the camera into your MAC with the included USB cable and the MAC OS will recognize the camera as either
a mass storage device or external hard drive. You can also use iPhoto to import photos from the camera onto your MAC.

I've had the Oregon scientific 4yrs and it's only let me down once when I was hit by a water spout. It is waterproof, very shock proof, when we got slammed the card got corrupted but the camera works fine. They're cheap enough to mount 2 on your pole for each side and come with good mounting kits. No HD but it records up to 4 hrs on lowest quality. I put a couple of sailing vids on youtube using Windows moviemaker with no problem and you can take stills off it.
regards