Finished up the annual chore of prepping the household income tax returns. For some reason this responsibility has been mine since ages ago.
Looks like I'll be getting a modest refund this year, e-file worked good and I've now got a couple hundred bucks to blow on the hobby.
Happened to visit Future Shop site next... what's this... a one-day deal on those nifty GoPro video cameras, plus 20% off on all accessories. Checked my local store... yessiree they had 3 in stock. Grabbed the Rabbit keys and headed over, lets see what do I need for accessories... one of those helmet mounts for sure, maybe an extra battery... see what's on hand when I get there.
Picked up the camera, a helmet mount kit, and a back-pack battery add-on. Spent the afternoon downloading manuals and software and figuring out how to run one of these. Oh SH*T! I forgot about a tripod mount. Looking through the stuff that comes with the camera, I find something that should work as a helmet mount. What to do about a helmet... checked the garage and found a bicycle helmet that should work fine. The camera mount fits it pretty good. (I look pretty dorky wearing it, but I don't care about that stuff anymore). Next, went to charge the add-on battery pack and find it is DOA. No problem, that pack makes the camera too bulky and heavy for a helmet cam anyway. Back to the store I go. Return the battery pack and helmet mount kit and pick up an extra battery, tripod mount, and micro SD card. All set. Here's a photo of the cam mounted on the helmet.
The camera mounts up to my tripod just fine, now time to shoot some test video.
I decided to do a bit of a demo video of the LeFish build.
Here are the results... (an HD video, no less)
Now I am all set for shooting some flying video at the slope this year.