A couple of weeks ago I ordered a video camera and it arrived today. I’ve had a quick play with it after work but it really needs proper sunlight for a clear picture. I’ll be giving it a good workout this weekend and report on the quality and functionality after I’ve had a chance to play with it for a while.

The brand is Vholdr and it’s their new Contour HD camera. It’s very small for a HD camera but the only thing that’s HD is the video size really. The quality of the frames is more than adequate but I wouldn’t go shooting a movie with it. The appeal is that it takes wide angle video at 135º which makes for some really stable footage. It also has a SD mode which outputs half the resolution but doubles the frame rates for some excellent action captures. It captures to micro SD cards which are pretty cheap and I purchased a spare battery plus a small suction cup mount to attach it to flat surfaces on cars. It should stick to any panel which will yield some very interesting angles. It comes with a helmet mount kit and a goggle mount kit. Price for all of that came to a little over AU$500 delivered from the US.