contour HD

[gusto77 0]

Opinions on the Contour HD camera? Please don't reply with buy a GoPro instead.... just want opinions on the Contour itself.. thanks!

[DSE 3]

SEARCHis your friend.

[Hellis 0]

Good camera.
The mount you get with the camera is not recomended.
IMHO you should either use the 720p mode or 1080p with a wideangle lens. 1080 without wideangle is not enough.
Its not as good as the GoPro when it comes to windnoise, but who uses the audio from a jump anyway?
The aiminglasers are very handy.

As DSE says there are a few threads about it in the past.
Is it anything special you want to know about the camera?

[shropshire 0]

I love mine .. it's no a PRO camera (but neither is the joke/toy ..GO-PRO - which I think is 'kin ugly).

I use the Contour a lot - it's small - low profile and at £250 cheap as chips.

If you want to sell stuff to the BBC, buy something else.. If you want to have fun and record 'some stuff'. It's great.

My first effort

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Hellis 0]

Why do you record/render in 480?
You have a 1080p camera and you only use 480p?


Two of my more serious videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXoOD8dQZrQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwmNrvP7asw
Even if youtube has the best flashvideo quality its not even close to the real video.

[shropshire 0]

Hi - It's the 1080p and filmed at that .


Arg... I see what you're saying .. I must not have been concetrating when I uploaded it to YouTube ... whoops

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Hellis 0]

I dont think its when you uploaded it.
If the sourcefile is 1080, youtube will make it 1080.
Are you sure the file you renderd is 1080?