Got the new Vholdr HD helmet cam last week just in time for my 3 day trip to East Fort Rock trail system (aka China Hat). Here's a vid of trail 50 heading south on my WR300. Please note this vid has been compressed using Adobe Premier Elements http://www.vimeo.com/5172791 Vimeo only allows one HD upload per week, so that vid is unfortunately not in HD. This one is, but I'm not riding my Husky. Here it is in case you want to see some HD helmet cam action though (please ensure it say's 'HD is on' on the view screen. If not, just click the wording and it'll open a new window in HD). Please note this vid has not been edited or modified... loaded straight to Vimeo from the cam. http://www.vimeo.com/5170965
Holy cow! That's some beautiful forests up there. And the weather looks lovely too. I could almost smell the wet trees and earth while I was watching those videos.
Great Video. Although is fun to lead, way better video when you can chase a bike for all to see. Second one is very clear. Oh ya nice riding area too.
Yep...great video....keeping up good pace like that makes for great footage....especially when you are chasing down another rider... brilliant scenery is icing on the cake... I enjoyed that...good stuff thanks Brandon
Thanks. I've got a few hours of vids to cut through. Those were just the only ones short enough to upload without a bunch of cutting. That place rules! The WR was really liking those 4th, 5th gear trails. Racked up 171miles over 3 days. Forest!?!? That's our desert I lived many a years in SoCal, so I know the scenery here is beyond comparable. Thanks for the kind words. I'll post some more later as time allows.
And I lived in Washington near Olympia for a year, so I know something about riding in the lush woods, but yeah....that stuff you were riding in in the video looks pretty lush to me, especially at this time of year down here.
Very cool...nothing like some uncrowded moist trails for roosting with your buddies. Thanks for sharing
Here's a few more on the WR. Quality is not as good on this site, but it gets r' done. http://www.vholdr.com/video/file0010e http://www.vholdr.com/video/file0002e
Man...the picture quality is pretty damn perfect and the sound is much better than the non-HD version. Do you have it mounted on the side of your helmet? I love the first video...technically fun...my kinda of riding!
Yeah. If its on the right side then its stuck on the side of my helmet with the adhesive pad. On the left, then its the goggle strap. I love that lava rock section in the first vid. The 300 just motors over it at idle. Love it!
Curious. About how large is that 4+ minute video/file size prior to uploading? It seems they are no longer available?
If I remember correctly it was around 170mb untouched. Vimeo doesn't compress it too bad, but it does look better and much larger on my computer or TV vs. any of the video sites. The vids uploaded to vholdrs site look pretty bad, but its a free site, so I can't complain too much. I changed the file names on some files. Here's the vids: http://www.vholdr.com/users/pc
Jeff uses one all the time. They seem to hold up pretty well to being ripped off by trees, getting coated in dust, slopped by mud and being rained on. The only trouble with rain is that the rain drops on the lens makes the videos pretty blurry.
Thanks Dirtdame. Blurry rain vids are no problem, I just wanted to make sure the camera wouldn't break if it got wet. Some of the web info I've gotten on the VholdR's say they look suceptible to rain/moisture related failure... definitely not intended for "water-proof" applications like my GoPro. The video quality of the HD VholdR is a lot better than my GoPro.
certainly not waterproof, but it is fairly water resistant. I've had mine in some moderate rain and it did fine. The back of the cam (where the battery, sd card and controls are) are not covered well as-is. If I know I'll be riding in Oregon Sunshine then I'll tape the seams.
