Go pro cam

nah but that video was sick. seems it would be annoying as hell to have with you at all times.

 

the 150 one is still really good and definition isnt bad at all so if you dont want to spend to much get the regular one its still ballin

 

I had the original one and now have the $150 dollar one. When you get it to work right it was cool but half of my videos are of my stupid face as I try to figure out if the friggin thing is on or not . I have the wrist mount but the deck mount option looks a little more manageable. The wrist mount feels weird and is distractiing to surf with IMO. Hope this helps.

 

wow from that video, that camera looks amazing, is there anyway does anybody here know if you could attach one of them to a bodyboard?

 

yeah ebodyboarding did it search it on youtube

 

Flip HD Ultra records and streams 720p and you can buy a housing for it for like 50 bucks. The camera itself costs about 180 USD

 

true it really depends if u are will to drop the extra $$ do it and u are gonna get a better camera so really its on how much u got. Personally i would buy the surf HD and then buy the helmet accessories so i dont just use it for surf

 

check out the panasonic lumix tough camera thats what i have
it takes awesome pics and its waterproof

 

one thing its more expensie then the hero but it still looks real good

question how u attach to your board did u have o buy an attachment or make some weird thing contraption

 

Surf Camera

A way better method of taking a camera out surfing with you is the Surf Camera. It will never be in your way.
GE just came out with a new waterproof camera. You can by them together as a Surf Camera Combo.

 

buy a set of rechargeable batterries for $20 for the old style - or even better buy two sets then you have a spare set ready to go.

 

The go pro is very heavy and bulky and the battery life will only last you 20 minutes with video if you are lucky. The digital waterproof cameras like Pentax, Olympus, Fuji will last at least two full hours. GE has a new waterproof camera that will last 3 to 4 hours out in the surf.
Using these cameras in the Surf Camera case makes it very easy to surf with.

 

make sure you check all the specs on the "waterproof" cameras - some of the cheaper ones are only rated to 10' depth (like Fuji Z33WP)

Don't know about you but I wouldn't trust such a lightweight in heavy surf - fine for the pool but not if there's a chance you'll take a beating

 

The 10' rating is over a long period of time. Going down in short squirts twice that rating has no effect on the Fuji z33wp.
The picture quality of the z33wp isn't all the great but it still way better than the go_pro and unlike the go_pro you can use it on land. It has smile and face detection qualities and much more. The battery life with the z33wp will also last much longer than a surf session.
You can check out the surfers review on the z33wp here.

 

I'd love to see footage from one of these used during some nasty east coast winter swells

 

Here some surfer shots using the z33wp. I've got way more photos using this camera but I don't have them organized like I do in this link.
As you can see the quality of it isn't all that great.
I'm using the GE G3wp right now and I'm pretty impressed with it. G3wp surfer shots.
btw - I am in no way a professional photographer. Anyone can do this with their waterproof camera using the Surf Camera case.

 

Thanks Scott!

For a cool website to feed all the egos of we "wannabe" surf photographers.
http://surfershot.ning.com/profile/MDSurfer?xg_source=profiles_memberList
The full screen slide show is especially cool.

 

Only got one day of this in the beginning of the summer but it's with the Hero cam. Check out like 7 min on that is all that is really decent, it's not edited.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=113918694863&subj=1105525342