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Finally A GPS Enabled Helmet Video Camera

Track your adventures with GPS embedded videos for the initial time. The new ContourGPS is the latest camera from one of the massive helmet camera manufacturers Contour. Playing Canon to the Gopro Nikon (or vice versa) they took their well-liked and embedded a GPS reciever inside the camera.

Embedded GPS in still digital cameras has been a hot topic considering that last year and now has made it to the action video camera realm thanks to the ContourGPS.

Some uses these the new GPS enabled videocams can be utilised for:

training feedback on course runs
archive routes and run lengths you raced so you can revisit the course once more
tracking competitive information for races
share distinctive videos with embedded GPS information, in contrast to other POV videos
Contour camera with a proven track record
reasonable price only a slight premium over standard ContourHD 1080p camera
lots of mounting choices compatible with earlier ContourHD cameras

Contour wisely kept the camera the identical size whilst retaining all the 1080p recording options including:

Full HD 1080p, 1920 x1080 at 30 fps
Tall HD 960p, (1280 x 960 @ 30fps designed for sports like surfing that benefit from a taller image
Action HD 720p, (1280 x 720 at both 30 and 60 fps) for smooth motion and decreased blur and rolling shutter effect

The Contour helmet cameras are exclusive amongst video cameras in that they are built specifically for capturing action sports so they are encased in a rugged weatherproof case to withstand shocks and drops as nicely rain and mud splashes. Because shooting sports is different than everyday shooting these new cameras normally sport a a lot wider lens, 135 degrees in the case of the ContourGPS vs usually 50 to 55 degrees for a regular consumer video camera.

Yet another widespread feature of action sports cameras like the Contour are the customized mounts for attaching to all types of sports gear from surf boards to car bumpers.

The ContourGPS is still one of the lightest action cameras at five.3 ounces with the battery and microSD card. With support of up to 32gb memory cards the ContourGPS will run out of battery life just before you run out of space.

Contour is giving away their new Storyteller software for video editing and embedding of the new GPS data onto the redesigned Contour web web site to view the extra data. The moving GPS map runs alongside the video in a unique player on their website so the GPS functions will not show up if you post the identical video to Youtube or other sites.

We strategy to have more on the Contour GPS cam once we get one for review.

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