Oregon Scientific ATC-1000 Action Hands Free Video Camera

I got one of these on clearance for $20. I wouldn't pay much more, you can get the same quality with most real cheap digital cameras. But I am using it as a dog cam, strapping it o the underside of a skateboard, various other ideas and it's pretty cool for that. If you want a real quality helmetcam get one of the ones that plugs into your regular camcorder and spend a couple hundred bucks on the camera alone. If you want something cheap and fun and don't need high-quality get one of these puppies.

This camera doesnt work correctly, it films during 30 seconds and then stops, for begin again is necesary to remove the batteries and insert it again and then the camera films 30 seconds more.

I consulted with amazon about this problem and the answer was that the camera works with lithiun battery, then I used this kind of batteries in my camera, but its work is the same, worked 30 seconds more.

I need to solve this situations, I think that my money is lost.

This camera is very simple to use and its minimalism is a strength. However the low resolution and frame rate at maximum resolution as well as lack of support for higher capacity SD cards (>1gb) limits it's appeal. Its also useless in low light situations. If it supported 640x480 @ 30fps and supported 2gb SD cards, it would be a five star camera.

I use it in my motorcycle, and is perfect for this.
compact size, I can attach it almost everywhere in my motorcycle body, with a 1 GB SDcadrd there's more than enough time to shoot a trip.
And very easy to plug in the tv to review the shoots.

cam in nice and lightweight, nice to have sd card so can change at will, batteries could last a bit longer though