View Full Version : 16mm helmet cam?
PDX_DVX
07-20-2005, 07:38 AM
Has anyone ever seen this before? I know a setup like this has been used alot in mountain bike videos, but what kind of camera is it? The images from it look like 16mm, but I have never seen a 16mm camera that small, except for the aaton a-minima, which I am sure that isnt. Is the box on the non-camera side a battery/counterweight?
tomthemacman
07-20-2005, 09:53 AM
It's probably the A-Cam SP16. Pro8mm sells them too.
http://www.ikonoskop.com/acam/index.asp
Pretty expensive though.
discs of tron
07-20-2005, 10:42 AM
there were 16mm helmet cams waaay before the a-cam. they're little wind up box type things. i thing they usually used the little 50' mag loads of 16mm, not 100' spools.
Rosestar
07-20-2005, 12:45 PM
Kodak made a camera that would make a great helmet cam, the K-100. It is spring wound, with the longest run of any of the clockwork cams with around 40 secs I think. It has a C-mount so lenses are plentyful. They show up on E-bay real cheap sometimes. Any DIYer couid modify one into a rocking helmet cam.
check this out.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7531647085&category=11719&rd=1
Sirius_Doggy
07-20-2005, 01:01 PM
This is not 16mm, just DV video - but this is the one that I have and it works great. Records to a small Canon Elura40 that I wear in a belt pack.
I'll try and post video later.
http://www.viosport.com/store/customer/ourgear.php?page=ac2_overview
PDX_DVX
07-20-2005, 04:41 PM
That A-cam was amazing! I want one! Its probably 2x more expensive than my DVX tho!
Sirius_Doggy
07-20-2005, 04:49 PM
That A-cam was amazing! I want one! Its probably 2x more expensive than my DVX tho!
$6,250+ $420 for battery & Charger...... no lenses?
PDX_DVX
07-20-2005, 07:42 PM
wow, that's pretty insane. That is one sweet camera though. In my dreams. Anyways, the money would be better spent toward the purchase of an HVX *DROOL*
discs of tron
07-20-2005, 08:08 PM
the a-cam is fresh in some ways, but it has some serious shortcomings, imo. non-reflex. big bummer. it basically only works with a 10mm wide angle lens. they don't have a rangefinder for any other focal length. next, even though it runs at crystal speeds, it's way too loud for sync work. for that money, i'd get a bolex for handheld mos work with tons of frame rates, and an eclair acl for sync-sound work. (or an hvx.)