OK firstly there are a couple of ladies here too 🙂
Yep it can take a battering.
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I can get about 1-2 hrs of filming HD on the HD I expect the new ones to be better.
I was running a full day of riding in the alps turning off for lifts/lunch etc.
Mounts for Everything and more – helmet mounting can look Sh*t if it’s just a floating head with no reference. I prefer chest strap but varying angles makes for a better film.Couple it with a mini tripod or one of the gripper things for varied filming.
In the car would mount fine etc but really going to be dull, there were some 30s loop vid camers with BB/Magnet contact switch that would reloop until impact then hold last 30s of filming.
Good editing software is better, this also needs computing power. The new ones will also generate bigger files again. I have a lot to get rid of but having at least 1TB of storage is good. If you go away for a week a laptop becomes essential to back up unless you have a lot of cards.