How about a top helmet mount that allows for vertical adjustment?
The flat mount when used on top of an MX helmet has no vertical adjustment.
How have you guys gotten around this? I don't want to side mount my camera using the flat mount or helmet strap, mainly because you see part of the helmet in the video.
My experience with previous helmet cams, I know the angle of the camera shouldn't be parallel with the top of the helmet (you will be seeing front tire, front fender).
i bought the vented helmet mount accessory, it's adjustable but not 100% yet, i had to superglue the rods so it stops coming appart.
I can't believe there's no tripod mount either (screw hole). I think this is the only camera I've ever seen without this standard type of mounting option.
I won't pay for another mount system after seeing how they're constructed (besides, they're way over priced IMO).
I will just have to jerry-rig something to get the mounting angle I need (and so the camera is vertical on top of the helmet instead of on it's side).
Super glue is not going to last forever. Especially under dynamic weather conditions. I would recomment epoxy once you're back to fixing it again.
Here's the top mount I made out of an old helmet cam mount:
http://www.foolshosting.com/mo...
I ripped off the sticky tape from the flat surface mount (surprisingly easy) and epoxied a nut on to it. Works great.
Check out my video on helmet mounting, I run Hare scrambles and do single track trail and race super cross and my mount under the visor works great and doesn't effect my view at all and gives the true first person view.
http://www.vholdr.com/video/vh...
There's no example footage of the viewing angle you're getting. Do you have any video posted of actual footage from the ContourHD mounted this way? Seems to me it would be pointing down where you're visor is pointing in a standing position (which is most of the time).
The visor on my helmet is adjustable, but nowhere near enough to get the angle I want. I don't want to see my front tire or handlebars in my recordings.
I would like to see some sample footage however.
I've had a lot of experience mounting cameras on vehicles, the odd rally car, but particularly karts, my feeling is the best POV position is as close to the eye of the driver as possible. I've tried the top of helmets before and getting it right on the top of a helmet is really difficult, certainly as I use a number of drivers, and they all carry their heads at different angles, it's very easy to end up getting great feet shots and the track just a few yards in front of the driver, or way off into the distance, rather than where the driver is looking, and thats what normally people want the view, and the immersion of being there with the driver/rider. So I've always found the best place to the side on the eye level. In terms of the flat surface mount, it also the flattest surface on the helmet, the top has a tighter curve, and given it's design the flat mount works on the side. Finding straight ahead is reasonable easy, this leaves the tricky pitch to tinker with, and it's as close to the drivers eye as you can get. Or certainly you are sat next to/on the shoulder of the driver. Its more natural. And works well with the fsm. Most karters in the UK use one particular Arai lid, I've created a simple guide, cut out of one of the flat surface plastic packaging, that lines up the bottom edge of the lid with a rivet head near the visor aperture on the left hand side, I cut out a fsm size hole in the guide for my sweet spot. Guarantees, a near perfect position, every time. Then within a race I've got the pitch sorted.
In the UK our kart circuits are clockwise in direction meaning overtakes are done into right handed corners predominantly. The best footage, I find is from the left hand side of helmet, this gets the best view of karts ahead being overtaken, I also mount with very slightly off centre pointing to the right, this helps the view, that drivers take looking through (most) corners going clockwise.
Here's my very first test vid with the Contour, only the pitch is slightly high, we corrected it on the next heat, didn't need to touch it again.
http://www.coolthinking.co.uk/...
Hope this helps. Just years of looking for the best position for onboards. Karts and bikes have possibly more in common than karts and cars, certainly for helmet cams.
coolthinkingmedia
have you tried using the contour on karts at night time?
im down thuxton next month to try it out