ATC2K Waterproof Action Cam
by Oregon Scientific
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Customer Review: Go where no Cam has gone before
Summary: 5 Stars
I attached the ATC2K camcorder to the included elastic strap mount and put the thing on my head before heading out for an encounter of the 3rd kind with Orca whale pods in the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington. The previous year, my brother had been out there...waiting and they came. Right under his kayak and around his kayak, but he could not paddle and operate his handheld camcorder so he missed getting any action except for sounds...mostly his giving off expletives as the whales surfaced nearby and then moved on.
This year I came for the event prepared to capture the moment on video. As fate would have it they never stopped where we were waiting but the ATC2K camcorder worked perfectly while my arms and hands were free to paddle. Maybe next year.
Customer Review: Not worth the time, maybe worth the money
Summary: 2 Stars
I have owned this camera for over a year now and will stop using it from now on. The poor video quality is just not worth the time and effort. At first I thought it would be good enough for YouTube but the bad quality video you shot to begin with then gets reduced further by YouTube making the end result simply terrible. The camera deals especially bad in darker, poor lit places, such as riding your bike in and out of tree shadows.
The sound is completely unusable, just walking with it will sound like you're in the middle of a tornado.
The only good thing I can say about this action cam is the amount of ways you can attach this camera to whatever it is you're into. It comes with a load of straps and mounts. BUT for an action cam I'm now looking elsewhere.
Customer Review: Worthless for Snowboarding (Action Cam?)
Summary: 1 Stars
No video stabilization. That means all of your videos come out shaky... very very shaky. I tried this Snowboarding and it was completely useless. I'm guessing it wouldn't be any better mounted on a bike or an ATV.
Also, the max card you can use is 2gb. MAKE SURE YOU PURCHASE 2GB IF YOU BUY THIS CAMERA (I bought 4 4gb cards that were useless). This also means that the max recording time is 1 hour at the cameras maximum resolution, which is about VHS quality.
I will probably end up using this to perform elaborate pranks on my co-workers by mounting it on their cube. I can't really see much else of a use for it.
Go buy a camcorder and mount it to your helmet with duct tape, you'll have better results.
Customer Review: 1st person view/head-cam
Summary: 3 Stars
I tried using this for a bike ride ... and there's mixed feelings.
1) i had no display to view my video so i had no clue (until after the fact) that what i was recording was clipped or at an angle. Maybe a laser guide and/or a level to help.
2) since the cam is so small, it was hard to keep the camera as still as possible, which caused a video so jerky that it makes the Blair Witch Project a joke. Standing still and moving it is fine ... but once in motion on the bike, it was starting to make me feel dizzy.
3) On the positive side, it is a neat way to capture video doing things you normally cannot (ie. biking, snowboardin, etc...). And for the price that Amazon gives, it's a decent deal.
Customer Review: Save up for a better option
Summary: 2 Stars
I wish I would have listened to a few of the reviews that said to save up for a better option. This thing is REALLY bad in low lighting. The videos I have in low lighting are very pixelated and not even worth while. And when I say low lighting, I mean not a super sunny clear day. If it's as dark as a lit room of your house you will not get quality shots. I have yet to use this on a nice sunny day, but so far I'm a bit disappointed. I couldn't imagine using it for trail riding going from light to dark. I realize it was only $90 or so, but it's still very worth while to save up and spend an extra chunk of cash.
The only redeeming qualities of this thing is that it seems to stand up to shocks decently.