Improving H.EXP 7.0: 7.0+ and 7.1+

The H.EXP 7.0 was designed thinking to put every kind of cameras in, but obviously cameras with light weight and small size makes to wear the helmet more comfortable. Recently I bought a Panasonic Lumix DMC FT1 (TS1 in USA) and I was looking for the best way to carry it on the helmet.

CMOS: wobble - jello effect -

In my first experiences with wobbling of footage after stabilization process,I thought it was caused by cheap lenses distorting the images, but the main factor is the CMOS sensor inside many photo cameras, video cámeras and most of 'one-piece helmetcams' that you can buy.
It is the result of operation by 'rolling shutter', opposite to 'global shutter' usual in CCD sensors.

7.0 (universal mounting)

Everytime that I start a experiment, I expect it will be the definitive. One more time, I was sure that it would be in this way.

Face-Cam from La Palma

A speciality of HelmetCam that occasionally you can see in the web is when the camera focuses directly to the face of rider. The first video I saw was THIS from Ft William taken by Sam Hill. (Probably it is well-known),
The next is a video recorded by Spiri and Ruben, in La Palma, (Canary Islands, Spain), and they recorded too a 'How to do' where we can see exactly how they did it:

el pino 08 on board (Jeta-Cam) from montonm on Vimeo.

H.EXP 6.1 -cam-back-

After of (relative) success of chest-cam, completly integrated in the backpack, I tried to do something similar but looking backwards. The objective was to obtain a clean image, without the hump that usually appears when you put the camera at helmet.

H.EXP 5.1 -camera at stern-

Recording backwards videos is easy with a bullet-cam. But you need change the angle of the camera or to use a second clip, better. In this experiment I was intending to put the cam behind helmet enough to avoid the usual close-up of the backpack. (I did not achieve it...)

H.EXP 4.1. -chest-cam-

This is a mounting to hold the bullet-camera in the chest, fastened to the strapes of backpack.

H.EXP 3.1. -not everything is invented-

We continue experimenting. Now trying to put the cam in a lower position to include handlebar into the frame.

H.EXP 2.0 second Helmetcam EXPerience

Is here the new recording system: One bullet cam Viosport Adventure Cam III  connected into miniDV  camcorder placed in the camelback, and a LANC switch to command on-off and rec-stop operations

Helmetcam Experience 1.0

In fact this was the second prototype, but the first that was completely functional.

You need to attach your videocamera (one Canon MV5 is here) at a helmet with good adjust to head.  There are some tricks to obtain good results: 1) Positioning the weight lower as possible; 2) Using an apropiated counterweight; 3) Using a wide conversor lens (standard lenses usually are not wide enough for on-board recording)