Oshkosh: Spirit of Aviation

November 22, 2009 by Sandy
Filed under EAA, Videos

Alex Peterson, his RV-6A and the ContourHD camera

November 4, 2009 by Sandy
Filed under RV Aircraft Videos, Videos

The ContourHD from VHold (Click on image to enlarge)

This is a video using the ContourHD video camera from a company called Vhold.

A lot of RV aircraft owners have used the Flip Video camera, which is good. Then there’s the Sony Xacti. Uses a card for memory, but has a pistol-grip like form factor. The height on both these cameras I believe could lead to shake on both units if attached using the tripod mounts they come with.

However this ContourHD has a better form factor (low profile) for cockpit video (looks like a red dot scope for a pistol actually) and has mini SD card slot.

The Flip on the other hand has on board memory, meaning you’ll have to download the video when it get’s full. With the ContourHD you can just pop in a new card. And let’s face it, SD cards (even mini SD) are cheap these days.

I do wish though, they would all add a microphone input!

Anyway, here’s Alex’s video basically straight out of the camera. Thanks Alex! (Watch him grin after each maneuver!)