Canoeing with a helmet cam
 

Trying out my new Gopro helmet cam on the South Fork of the South Platte today at a little class II drop:

http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/dkedwards/?action=view&current=spdd61409.flv

wow, that video quality is outstanding. looks like a fun trip too.

Cool!

Wow !
 

'Are we looking for Travelog short feature films becoming, a "Regular"?

For a device which is totally waterproof and fits in the palm of your hand, it seems to work pretty well. Not so good for spectator video since it is strictly a very wide angle lens. For instance, in the video, it's hard to see that when I say, 'Uh oh, we've got some swimmers', a tandem canoe had flipped in the rapid ahead of me.
Stay tuned. Next week loaded canoes on the North Platte in Wyoming.

Nice!

That was fun!

A suggestion would be to shield about the top 20% of the image if possible. Perhaps tape gray or blue colored piece of cardboard. The camera draws much of it’s auto exposure from this area and as a result, too much of the image comes out way too dark.

Question: What building was in the last image and why did you include it in the series?

Interesting thought about the exposure. Don't know how I could limit that part of the lens. It's a 170 degree lens.

I was just practicing uploading. I think it's a picture of the old Synagogue in Budapest.

I've never been able to roll a C-boat back up when capsized. Can you do it?

K-boats are a snap. I used to be able to roll one of them back up without a paddle.

I find rolling a C-boat easier than rolling a K-boat. I could roll a C-boat without a paddle at one time but I'm out of practice now.

That was neat and seem to be great quality being a helmet-cam

I just want a helmet cam to wear all the time

Next time you're out, if it's not too cold, can you perform a practice roll with that camera rolling?

are you gonna do the Colorado again this summer? I would love to see some video into Utah from GJ

That would work if you wore a helmet all the time.

Oh wait, you do. ;)

I hadn't thought about that. Yes, that could be interesting. Next trip is the freezing cold North Platte with a loaded boat so I'll wait for better conditions.

I was just thinking about a section a couple of days ago. I may do it later in the summer and take my daughter's friends along. I see that someone drowned at Black Rocks in the last few days. Drunk and no lifejacket. It's really cooking at the moment, I read that someone floated 16 miles in 4 hrs including a long lunch stop.

Awesome! Cool! WOW! Fantastic!:D

I must, must do this soon; I have an old fragile Folbot I need to trade for a rugged canoe and I need get with it.

I only started doing that after I saw you wearing yours very stylishly while doing yardwork.

Ouch!

Okay Truce?
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Erkel!

lol I forgot to put a smiley on the end

Hah! I think it was understood.

As far as I'm concerned, everything you read here should be read as if there were a smiley on the end.

:) See? ;)

lol.. But I think it would be quite fun to wear a camera for a day.

That and I need to get a suction cup mount for my car for awesome picture taking

It's funny people cant help themselves. Every year people drown when the river is high and so are the people but they think they can make it. When I lived in North Vancouver people would die in Lynn Canyon every summer and they had to walk past mock headstones to do it!