Helmetcam Newb

I had a $100 Amazon gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket....OK it
was actually about to expire and decided to get an entry level HC to test
the waters.

I bought the Oregon Scientific ATC-2K (IIRC, Wuds, you have one of these
don't ya?) and have played with it just long enough to have a few questions
for the GOR guru's. Overall for PC playback the video is pretty darn good, I
haven't tried to upload anything to the net yet. I taped a lap and a half on
our mini-HS course today and for ~ 4 minutes of taping, I got 147MB of raw
video! :eek: I don't expect to get "Chevy Show" (showing my age here)
quality video out of this unit, but it should serve the purpose of giving me
a good base to work with to see if this is a toy I want to spend more on in
the future.


So.........

1. Anybody with specific rec's on do's & dont's for this device?

2. Software.... what do you guys use for editing the raw video to get it
down to respectable sizes? (Cheap is good, free is even better)

3. Recommendations for posting sites? (You Tube, etc.)

4. Mounting tips? (Top, side, handlebars....angle?) I mounted it to the top
of my helmet today on a plane even with the visor and found out that this
gives a great view of the handlebars and front fender....guess I need to
look up more! :lol: :lol:

5. The sound quality is pretty lame unless a) Its a really loud noise or b)
you hit something *with* the camera, like a tree then it *is* very loud. :)
So for vids do I stick with my preference of ambient sound only or add
tunes....and if tunes...what, how, etc.

Anything else?

Thanks for any advice, now back to your regularly scheduled programming.


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03 Kawasaki KDX 220R
01 Honda XR100
03 Yamaha TTR 125L
90 Kawasaki Bayou 220
03 Husky ZTH5221
01 Kubota B1700

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"KW" <keith_warrennospam@alltel . net > wrote in message
news:25363$47fc0b39$4b5876ab$7311@ALLTEL . net ...
>I had a $100 Amazon gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket....OK it
>was actually about to expire and decided to get an entry level HC to test
>the waters.
>
> I bought the Oregon Scientific ATC-2K (IIRC, Wuds, you have one of these
> don't ya?) and have played with it just long enough to have a few
> questions for the GOR guru's. Overall for PC playback the video is pretty
> darn good, I haven't tried to upload anything to the net yet. I taped a
> lap and a half on our mini-HS course today and for ~ 4 minutes of taping,
> I got 147MB of raw video! :eek: I don't expect to get "Chevy Show"
> (showing my age here) quality video out of this unit, but it should serve
> the purpose of giving me a good base to work with to see if this is a toy
> I want to spend more on in the future.
>
>
> So.........
>
> 1. Anybody with specific rec's on do's & dont's for this device?
>
> 2. Software.... what do you guys use for editing the raw video to get it
> down to respectable sizes? (Cheap is good, free is even better)
>
> 3. Recommendations for posting sites? (You Tube, etc.)
>
> 4. Mounting tips? (Top, side, handlebars....angle?) I mounted it to the
> top of my helmet today on a plane even with the visor and found out that
> this gives a great view of the handlebars and front fender....guess I need
> to look up more! :lol: :lol:
>
> 5. The sound quality is pretty lame unless a) Its a really loud noise or
> b) you hit something *with* the camera, like a tree then it *is* very
> loud. :) So for vids do I stick with my preference of ambient sound only
> or add tunes....and if tunes...what, how, etc.
>
> Anything else?
>
> Thanks for any advice, now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
>
>
> --
> KW - aka DirtBikeDad, GA-Spode & warrenmountain
> 03 Kawasaki KDX 220R
> 01 Honda XR100
> 03 Yamaha TTR 125L
> 90 Kawasaki Bayou 220
> 03 Husky ZTH5221
> 01 Kubota B1700
>
>
>
>