Well my vholdr helmet cam arrived today (on my birthday too).

It was relatively cheap too only €363. The weak dollar really made a difference though.

Camera cost $349.99 (€221.34)
Shipping cost $77.95 (€49.30)
Import charges €91.64

I have just taken the first video and it looks great for such a little camera.

It seems to have a very wide angle lens which should be great, but it does seem to wash out colors.  This is probably because they configured the codec to drop colour so it can keep the frame rate high.

Now I just need to buy a nice helmet.

See first helmet cam post

Well I suppose I could get more than a Rubiks Cube for my birthday.

I have been looking at getting a helmet cam for when I go snowboarding in Hintertux.

The good complete systems are quite expensive, around 800 Euros for a good one, then I need a helmet too, they cost around 40 Euros.

The Elmo SUV

Elmo SUV @ Vegaoptics

The VIO POV 1

VIO POV 1 @ Vegaoptics

I now wish I had bought a better camcorder when I did last year, then I could just get the helmet cam and connect it in, but my DCR-HC37 doesnt have audio or video input.

I think I’ll have to make do with my current camcorder this year, its not even 1 year old yet, at least I’ll have my Rubiks cube.