ContourHD – HD Helmet Camera by VholdR
- The world’s first wearable HD camcorder
- Choose from two video settings: High Definition or High Action
- Armored body is wearable anywhere
- Record over 8 hours of action video; one-button record function
- Easy Edit software (Mac and PC compatible) makes it automatic to import your videos from the camera
Product Description
ContourHD is the world’s first High Definition wearable camcorder that combines amazing video clarity (choose between High Definition or High Action), a wide-angle lens (135 degrees), single-button simplicity, and a click to share online experience.
Perfected for outdoor use, ContourHD can switch between crisp HD quality video (captured at 30 frames per second) or SD quality video (captured at 60 frames per second). This camera is the ideal complement to your outdoor gear with its all-in-one design ContourHD has no wires or separate recorder. Instead it records up to 8 hours of HD video to its own internal memory card (compatible with up to a 16GB microSD card). It’s light (4 ounces) but armored aluminum body enables you to capture video in any weather conditions. ContourHD’s Trail Mounts seamlessly attach the camera to your body, helmet, goggles, or vehicle for hands-free recording…. More >>
ContourHD – HD Helmet Camera by VholdR
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5 comments
Holczhammer Mãrk on December 29, 2009 at 12:21 am
It is a good camera I like it very much except for the fact that many of my records were lost.
I have some movies taken from my gsx-r 600 by this camera and those which were recorded properly (example: [...] or if this link was removed by amazon, search for: [...]) are quite good however in some cases after stopping and checking the camera I learned that it stuck on recording and only by temporarily removing the battery will reset the camera.
In this case the recorded video is still on the memory card (I bought a 8g sd card) but it is not accessible and I only can delete it. I can’t copy it to my hard drive and there is no way to fix the movie by any means (by any software I know).
The downloadable video editor from the contourhd site work on my office pc but fails with no error message on my home pc, most likely because I have a web cam at home and the software fails to detect this camera properly.
As to the fact that I bought 2 contourHD 1080p I’m very disappointed and I don’t recommend it for those who need a camera which can take vibration.
This one obviously can’t.
Hansen Tsang on December 29, 2009 at 1:32 am
This video camera is designed for action. It failed. First the HD mode doesn’t work in action shots. Then the CMOS sensor is not appropriate for action shots either. The rolling shutter creates a swimming image when ever there is any vibration. Action shots are full of vibrations so what good is it?
Matthew R. Mcgill on December 29, 2009 at 3:02 am
Purchased for bicycling and motorcycling. I would rate quality of construction 7 out of 10, ease of use 8 out of 10 and software 4 out of 10. Camera seems to take decent video but editing is time consuming with the provided software and I have been unable to find alternative software to work with the file format. Customer service responded to an email I sent them admitting they knew they had a problem and were working on it but I have not heard back from them on a fix. Compared to the software that came with my flip video recorder their’s is terrible and I had to use Quicktime software just to view my videos because their’s is so jerky. If I knew then what I know now I would have not purchased this item.
Steve Depraida on December 29, 2009 at 3:12 am
After having a customer service issue, Vholdr gets 5 stars for working with me to resolve the issue. Can’t really comment on the camera as we are still working on software recognition issues. I will report back as to the outcome.
Lars Nelson on December 29, 2009 at 5:18 am
The camera is small, so portability is great. It is also priced well. I bought the windshield mount for my car, and it mounts fine. Picture quality in the wide angle mode looks bad (I don’t remember the mode name), too much like a bubble. The other video mode worked great, except for 2 things. 1) The audio recording was broken on my camera. There were only faint sounds, or no audio at all. 2) The color recording broke after two days, trying to record after that only recorded completely distorted colors. It could be a good camera if you get one that works. As the other reviewer mentioned, another bad thing is that there is no lens cap or cover.