Capture Your Point of View (Literally!)
A lot of ghost hunting, myth debunking, stalagtite stalking, and slam dunking documentary shows these days feature a fashion accessory adventurers during the midcentury didn’t have at their disposal: helmut cam. It was once a thing relegated to novelty and comedy because the apparatus would have to be so big you wouldn’t be able to hold your head up for long. I wondered if they get them from some spy store or they are constructed especially for the tv shows or production companies. In my production days, we certainly had to make a lot of different things.
I was very interested to learn that there are entire website devoted to selling helmut cameras for a variety of uses. I sure wish that the technology had been there when we were “making movies” as kids. There were times when something that happened was so funny, I wish my brain had a “tape recorder” function. A point of view camera would have what I had envisioned but didn’t know it would come out in the realm of real life instead of science fiction movies.
For example of what they can do, one of the most popular models is the Vholdr camera. It is small and comes with a mount and is geared towards face paced action, such as downhill skiing. There are lasers that help you see what the camera is capturing in its range of vision and how it is framing the action up. They also sell Vholdr Memory Cards for them as well. I was a little surprised, though the answer is so obvious, that the technology would be based on memory cards just like any other digital camera is.
Take a look at Helmet Camera Central. You will be amazed at what’s out there.
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