ActionCam Damberg Kriterium
On 29th August, we went on a cool mountain biking trip around the Damberg. Here is a map of the famous Damberg Kriterium. It is about 43 km, and 850 meters in altitude (bikemap overestimates 1040m). It was a fun trip, thanks for Jürgen (who was NOT the organizer) for organizing this! Here is the route:
I got a brand new Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5, which is an absolutely excellent compact camera. It can record HDTV 16:9 videos, so I did what obviously everybody should do: mount it on a cycling helmet. The construction seems adventurous: I use the camera’s, one cut-off mini tripod, one rubber band, my cycling helmet, the camera’s wristband as a safety backup, and a healthy dose of good faith. That’s it! The whole construct may look a bit fragile, but simplicity is the key; it is actually very sturdy, because of the simple design there is almost nothing that can go wrong. The camera position is excellent too. Jürgen has made a really cool remix of the videos:
If you want the the videos in all their length and glory, I have encoded the clips with very high quality for your maximum viewing pleasure. You need a fast computer, an up-to-date flash player, and a fast internet connection (press play and then pause to start caching the whole clip if the connection is too slow.).