377 21 #1 December 6, 2006 I am not a camera flyer, just a fun jumper with a question. I have played around with the $29.95 digital camcorder you can buy at Rite Aid and CVS drug stores. For the money there is nothing remotely close, 20 minutes of video and a built in color LCD screen for playback. It aint no Sony, doesnt have high resolution, and the lens is all wrong for jumping, but still... its only 30 bucks. Is there a SAFE way for a camera novice to mount this on a helmet? At $30 I dont care if I lose it so a breakaway mount is OK. Is Velcro mounting safe for this? Is a hand mount a better idea? All info appreciated.2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #2 December 6, 2006 Dunno about mounting, but you can hack these cameras so you can suck out their contents and reuse them. There's a forum on how to do this at http://camerahacks.10.forumer.com/index.php and a magazine article about it at http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/08/how_to_cvs_vide_1.html Good clean geek fun... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricTheRed 0 #3 December 6, 2006 try duct tape...illegible usually Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SabreDave 0 #4 December 8, 2006 You may not care if it gets torn off but think of what is below you. Is it empty fields always or something else. I know I wouldn't want a terminal velocity anything hitting me in the head!SabreDave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
