this bad boy looks pretty good anyone got one? how are they? . i know there seems to be an audio problem but that doesn't bother me. anyway my friends offering me a deal on his wants a go pro. i have a 1080 how much different is the picture quality?
Wow that sucks... That on the +2? Must be the GPS... Both roams I've had have never run out of battery in a day of boarding. Actual video shooting probably about 1.5 hr. Unfortunately there's no real battery meter on the roam, so I don't know how close to 0 I ever was. :dunno:
I got the ROAM. dirt cheap and works. Haven't managed to finish battery or card so far. How much you guys shoot? All day on? I do "best run" takes... pow stashes, woods...small 3-4 min segments.
I do the same, sometimes pop it on on the first chair or if I'm heading up and want a vid of somebody coming down. Otherwise I click it on at the start of a run, stop it when I pause, restart, etc. The roam's so bloody easy to use it's been foolproof for me.
Only got 2 vids, just a fast groomer and some trees. I'll have to mount on it on my helmet so its not so jumpy. Takes a great picture and the GPS feature is awesome. I used 720/60fpm.
I forgot to charge it before I left so it died after a couple hours.. pretty excited though!
What are other owners doing with picture settings? Found anything that works well? Im going to set one setting up as 1080p, and one as 720p 60fps for slow motion edits.
Yeah that's exactly how I have mine, mode 1: 720/60fps and mode2: 1080p. I have only had helmet POV up until now so I haven't edited anything. I just picked up the pole mount and found an old carbon ski pole for $5 I am going to use for the pole. I think edits always look better with multiple POVs.
Yeah I'm not found of the Helmet POV, I feel like carrying a pole around would get old though.
I like to watch it though, I wish I would of had one last week when I was ripping through the trees and hit a stump. That stopped me pretty quick, haha.
Sorry to hijack the thread slightly, but a few of you mentioned the Roam - delighted you seem so happy with it as I'm getting one, but is there a significant difference from Roam to Roam 2? Is the 2 worth a $50 difference in price (bearing in mind that the 2 comes with a micro SD I suppose it's only 25)? I'm inclined to think for the price difference I'd be better to get the newer 2, seems it's only slightly improved but improved all the same.
I'm getting the Roam 2...amazon.com has it once in a while for $169, so I'm jumping on it next time they drop the price. You could hack a Roam to do the 720p 60fps. The Roam 2 is completely waterproof...roam 1 up to 1 meter...and you can get it in snazzy new colors....though I just want black.
For what it's worth, here's a little video I just made of some snorkelling I did last summer. This was in 960p 30 fps... First time I've ever had the camera underwater. It feels weird swimming around with the thing in your hand but it did fine, no issues.
Then I left it out in the rain all night. Again no issues...
Im not going to post this on CL or the buy sell forum, nor am I going to ship anything because im just to lazy and i dont care, but i thought i let some people in on some deals that pass by me from time to time to you guys.
If you want a brand new Contour + 2 still in its original packaging with all it comes with for $300 let me know. You would need to pick it up from me downtown Vancouver.
I'm also finding that there are missing videos on my +2. I took 9 full run videos and at least 7-10 short 15-30 shots on the lift but only 3 are showing on the camera when I open storyteller.
Strange....are you running a Mac? If so how many do you see in iphone when you plug it in? Can you stick the SD in your comp direct or via a USB attachment?
Just Curious..i noticed my Contour ROAM is water proof to 1 meter as per the contour site, but there is no such info on the +2. Does anyone know the water proof rating of the +2 without the case?
I comes with a waterproof case. Without the case it says it's "weather resistant" which I interpret to be just from normal water from landing in the snow or riding in light rain.
I purchased the contour roam 2. I really enjoyed the quality of the videos, but one time I fell and it came off. The mount didn't come off, it just slid right off the ridges. After loosing 200 dollars never thought of buying another one.
You didn't have to safety strap mounted?!? :dunno: I attach mine to the goggle strap or the helmet, if the mount or the camera fall off at least they're still attached. Haven't lost a camera yet... :blink:
FYI, I use a cheap $15 Kingston 16 gb class 6 card, no lost vids yet...
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