3 Extreme Sports HD Camcorders for 2010

With Summer fast approaching, the outdoor sports enthusiasts will be preparing for another year of outdoor recreation and adventure. What better way to remember all those hairy moments of white water rafting, skiing, climbing and potholing than to buy a good HD camcorder to record all of those thrills and share with fellow adventurers later. So I wrote an article to help guide you in the right direction when looking to buy a good HD Camcorder:

The extreme sports guys using a head cam, dash cam or helmet cam to record the action in high definition have 3 great options, the Oregon Scientific ATC 3K, GoPro Helmetcam and the VholdR ContourHD action cam.Oregon Scientific ATC 3K
This Waterproof helmet cam for extreme sports has a 48 degree wide angle, 32 Mb of internal memory which can be expanded to 4GB with an SD/HC card, and a 3 button operation for easy use as a head cam or dash cam.

Mounting straps for use as a helmet camera or dash cam in all outdoor activities and extreme sports is included, as well as a stand for use as a webcam.

GoPro Helmetcam
This helmet cam is claimed to be the worlds highest performance on-board Professional-grade HD video and stills head cam for extreme sports outdoor activities, recording at 60 frames a second.

With a quick-release mounting design, a rechargeable lithium-ion battery unit lasting up to 2.5 hours on a single charge, and capacity to take a 32GB card.

Shoot stills too with this helmet camera or dash cam automatically at 5 MP resolution with selectable intervals.

VholdR ContourHD action cam
This action cam for outdoor activities and extreme sports records in full 1081p high definition at 30fps or 60 fps on microSD memory cards.
A 2GB card is included, with the option of adding up to 16GB of extra flash memory for up to 8 hours of recording time.

The ContourHD head cam or dash cam lens is fixed focus, a built-in mike records the sounds, and an easy one touch switch starts or stops the recording.

So there you have it, camcorder reviews for 3 Head cam or Dash cam HD  Camcorders which will attach to any motorcycle, car, ATV, jet ski, snowmobile or boat, or use when sailing, swimming or doing snow sports.

About the Author

Art Speck is an experienced videographer having worked for 30 years in the business.

Being retired now gives me time to enjoy my passion for video cameras and in particular high definition camcorders.

The year 2010 is digital HD Camcorder year, with every major manufacturer bringing out new, low cost HD camcorders with an enormous amount of new technology which lots of folk do not understand, so I have decided to write lots of articles like this one to explain the choices between features, brands and formats.

For a quick access to over 100 new HD Camcorders view this website.

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