The backcountry snow has been thin so we’ve been skiing Alta and touring up Snowbird for training. With the latest storm we were drawn outside the boundaries for the first tour of the season.
We’ve picked up some new helmet cams and we’ve been itching to get them out for a test run. Our previous helmet cams had many issues which didn’t give us much on snow perspective in last years flick. It’s a little early for a full review, but here is a taste of what the VholdR Contour HD cam provided from a surprisingly nice afternoon on Cardiac Ridge. No post production work was done and I’ll clean the lens next time (if it’s not sub-zero temps).
Looks like the other helmet cam videos. I can never tell how steep it is, what it is really like, etc. Can you angle the camera up just a slight notch so that the viewer (camera) is looking downhill a tad more? That might give me a better perspective. Otherwise, all I can tell is that some hands and skis come in and out of the picture from time to time. The quality is really good, but with snow and the way the light works, it seems very hard to give the viewer a decent perspective on what is going on. Just my 2 cents.