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Offline Freakshow

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Early Helmet cam.
« on: September 01, 2010, 12:33:16 pm »
NOw i remember screwing and taping a video camera to my helmet 15 years ago, but these 8mm monsters from 1970 take the cake.

And i still complain today when my little lipstick cam doesnt focus properly on trail ride.   ;D ;D

There heads must have been stiff after the first lap  :D :D :D



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Re: Early Helmet cam.
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2010, 12:41:33 pm »
Only a matter of time before a manufacturer offers an intergrated helmet with camera built in, those photo's certainly show that the thinking was beyond the technology of the time....
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Re: Early Helmet cam.
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2010, 06:27:31 pm »
They used a similar helmet cam to go around the track at the carlsbad USGP in the early 80s!

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Re: Early Helmet cam.
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2010, 06:51:35 am »
They used a similar helmet cam to go around the track at the carlsbad USGP in the early 80s!

They actually started that in the mid 70's. I think Tibblin had a brick taped to the opposite side to balance things out...



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