Head Cams - which one to buy?

[Meandtheboys]

So I am looking at getting OH a Headcam for when he goes mountain biking, also looking to borrow it for the odd horsey event.

I have narrowed it down to the Contour HD2 or the Gro Pro Hero 3....................can anyone point me in the right direction or recommend any other brand - looking to spend no more than £300 and ideally would like some mounts etc

Thank-you in advance................

 

[fuzz]

What about the 21 Pro Action Camera. Its an HD camera with a screen on the front and its only £169 with all accessories. You can get it at www.21pro.co.uk and see it in action on the British Snowboard Cross Team facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/britishsnowboardcrossteam)

Hope this helps

 

[keepcalmanddriveon]

Hi folks,

Happened on this thread purely by accident - I'm a horsey broadcast engineer, so I know more than I should about cameras.

We use the GoPro stuff for professional purposes all the time - they're brilliant. Get one. In fact they're used by pros all over the industry - Top Gear, for instance, use them on most of their crazy stunts & races, most notably when they crossed the channel. BBC recently used a set to film carriage driving action for a report too. If you watch 'Whale Wars' on Animal Planet, all of their footage from the small boats is shot on a GoPro - in Antarctic temperatures & salt water.

So...yeah, as you can see, great quality & resilient. You cant kill these things

& no....I wasn't paid to say that. I just know good kit Have fun & post the results!!

 

[Meandtheboys]

Hi folks,

Happened on this thread purely by accident - I'm a horsey broadcast engineer, so I know more than I should about cameras.

We use the GoPro stuff for professional purposes all the time - they're brilliant. Get one. In fact they're used by pros all over the industry - Top Gear, for instance, use them on most of their crazy stunts & races, most notably when they crossed the channel. BBC recently used a set to film carriage driving action for a report too. If you watch 'Whale Wars' on Animal Planet, all of their footage from the small boats is shot on a GoPro - in Antarctic temperatures & salt water.

So...yeah, as you can see, great quality & resilient. You cant kill these things

& no....I wasn't paid to say that. I just know good kit Have fun & post the results!!

Many Thanks - it was my favourite but its always good to hear other peoples opinions

 

[Meandtheboys]

What about the 21 Pro Action Camera. Its an HD camera with a screen on the front and its only £169 with all accessories. You can get it at www.21pro.co.uk and see it in action on the British Snowboard Cross Team facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/britishsnowboardcrossteam)

Hope this helps

Thank-you I had not looked at this one but I think OP has sold on the Go Pro one

 

[jess31]

Hey hun, completely unrelated to ur OP but just wanted to let u know that I can't reply to ur message on my tablet or phone and my laptop is playing up, not sure if u got my text about horse? Let me know.

 

[keepcalmanddriveon]

Have fun...planning to use a couple of GoPros for my HDT season next year, keep the sponsors happy eh?