Sunglasses Camcorder by blackpuddinonnabike, on Flickr
Sunglasses Camcorder en Face by blackpuddinonnabike, on Flickr
Sunglasses Camcorder Buttons by blackpuddinonnabike, on Flickr
For the princely sum of £15 on eBay (and there are plenty available at that price) I've replaced my dead Veho Muvi. I was looking for something that could be worn easily and comfortably on a head not wearing a helmet - and a pair of sunglasses seems a good plan.
They're comfy to wear, and feel pretty solidly built. Easy to use, which is probably just as well given the fabulous pigeon English of the instructions booklet. "Use USB Line connect compter, clik can to movd compter on the tabletop playing (when wil to use PC Camera, must standby statns".
Allegedly records at 30fps, but looks a little bit closer to 25fps (I'll put some examples online after a couple of commutes), but copes with changes in brightness quite well, and records indoors with no issues (so should be reasonably good in the duller, darker days). One thing I've found is that my set-up has my head tilted down (obviously my eyes are looking more straight-ahead, I'm not riding staring just in front of my front wheel), so to make sure something is in shot that you want to record then you have to very deliberately stare at it.
This also ties in with the angle of the lens not being the widest (I think the new Veho Muvi Atom has something like an 82 degree range), but since it's a camera only to be worn on the head and not handlebar mounted then the width of the lens isn't as important as it will always point where you want it to. And of course, being head-mounted, it means you get none of the shake encountered by handlebar-mounted systems.
One slight issue, there's a date stamp on the replay (February 2007... With the time constantly counting) which is a bit annoying. There is a PC mini-CD that I think can be used to turn off this feature. I'll be trying to find out on my other half's laptop...
First impressions? Very very good (when you consider the price).
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