First attempt head cam!

[Rupe]

Ok. First the excuses........

 

what a rubbish tree to climb, wobbly, prickly old acacia. Job to shorten one large limb and remove another plus a bit of deadwood. Batteries ran out half way through, I guess I should move faster!!!!!

 

Anyway, nothing of any interest just testing the new headcam. A couple of good one handers and a rope switch at the end but some pretty poor climbing!

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ2qzzVeKnY]YouTube - acacia.wmv[/ame]

[bob]

which head cam is that

it did seem very clear i could easily identify any part of your kit

colour was also good

but did seem like the volume was low

[High Scale]

Oooh, I like the rope switch, sound is poor though Rupe, is it the same camera as Steve's?

[Rupe]

Yep, same as Steve's. Mic seensitivity is Hi so I guess thats as good as it gets unless something is wrong with it. If I ever made a video I guess I would put a soundtrack on it.

 

Quality does seem ok when viewed on here. ANy larger and its not so good. Battery life seems to be a problem though.

[old snake]

Nice vid mate,liked the trick with the rope!! Gonna have to try that one. Like others have said though the sound did seem a bit low.

How long did the batteries last mate?

[Rupe]

Half an hour!!!!!!!!!!! On standby most of that time too....

 

 

Have just found a settign that turns off the LCD screen whilst in use, thats good cos if its on yer head then you don't need the screen on. That should save the batteries a bit.

[alex_m]

like the others im impressed with the rope trick. never thought of it.

i suppose that would only work with a vt/pulley or similar.

[Mick Stockbridge]

Looks good Rupe. The batteries may need charging and draining a few times before they're at full power, which may have something to do with the low volume aswell. Not that I'm an expert on these things.

[old snake]

Half an hour!!!!....thats pretty poor.

I imagine the LCD screen would drain it a bit but thats still not great.

The picture quality and colour looked really good though.

 

So whats your verdict on it so far Rupe,worth the money or not?

[Rupe]

No. Works with any set up. The marlin spike knot is to stop the system self closing which probably wouldn't happen with a prussik knot. i.e. the if friction hitch gets snagged or touches a branch, then as you pull you would advance the hitch up the rope making the sytem shorter and it won't come back to you. A prussike is less liekly to do this but a marlin knot is still advisable. (I should have set the knot better as it came back to me in a bit of a mess)