http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/ Engadget Comments for Oregon Scientific busts out head-mountable ATC-2000 webcam http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Oct 24th 2006 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Oct 24th 2006 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Oct 24th 2006 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Oct 24th 2006 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Oct 24th 2006 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/
"Oregon Scientific Develops Better Way To Make People Think Others Actually Care What They're Doing..."

As a small videocam for extreme sports and the like, this is great, but as a webcam... no thanks. I can't stand the plethora of videos on YouTube of people who think they can sing, or think they're funny, or think they can dance. This is just an evil weapon in the hands of today's teens. The world doesn't need to see your buddy wipe out... save it for your friends only.]]>Oct 24th 2006 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Oct 24th 2006 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/
At least the camera is smaller/shorter than the previous generation. I assume it also encodes to MPEG-4 like the previous gen.]]>Oct 24th 2006 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://travelsinparadise.com/gearreviews/technology/videocamera/ATC2000.html

It's 2 hours for 2GB]]>Oct 24th 2006 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Oct 25th 2006 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Oct 24th 2006 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/
Still, it's inexpensive and looks like fun. Don't forget the AA batteries.]]>Oct 24th 2006 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Oct 24th 2006 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/
The 2GB SD card is a huge improvement, but I will say this... if you buy the most expensive high speed SD card, it won't mean it'll take better video. It means the opposite.

I bought a 2GB Rocketfish SD card and it didn't look NEARLY as good as the SanDisk 2gb car that cost about $50 less. SO BUY A SANDISK card!! It'll work better for some reason!

The video quality is very good for such a small unit, WAY better than the super lame 15fps from last year.

It takes only 2AA instead of 4AAA which if yu ask me is a blessing as well. The batteries are less of a jumble when you're organizing your batteries.

The manual says this camera IS Mac compatible. (Why do people buy Macs... they're not WORLD compatible. I guess cause they're "pretty".... pretty useless.)ANYWAYS!

I'm very impressed with my camera. I've mounted it on my bike, my car, my dog, my head, my leg, just about everywhere, and it RULES! Can't wait to take it skiing.

Oregon Scientific came through on the public's request for a higher fps rate, a better battery management system, more storage, and tougher/better looking design.

Don't be afraid to buy it! You'll be glad you did. Just make sure you get some NiMH batteries to go with it!]]>Oct 26th 2006 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.travelsinparadise.com/gearreviews/technology/videocamera/ATC2000.html
The specs are from Oregon Scientific directly. The video wasn't 3 chip quality, but how can you beat the price! ]]>Oct 25th 2006 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/ As for Mac compatibility, the 1000, like many low-end digital cameras, cannot be seen by a Mac when plugged in on USB. I do not know if they upgraded the USB on this 2000 to fix that. However, I just read the SD card with a multi-format memory card reader, watch the raw AVI files in Quicktime, and edit them in iMovie. It works great. One limitation... any files longer than about 14 minutes have to be broken into chunks to import into iMovie. This requires QuickTime Pro ($30).
You can see my flying films on YouTube.. search on "cragins"

Craig]]>Oct 25th 2006 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Oct 26th 2006 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/
Thanks so much, keep playing hard and recording everything!]]>Nov 1st 2006 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/
Here is a copy of my mail...

Hello,

I saw a remark from you on some of the feedback forums related to this camera and it mentioned to contact you with comments or suggestions. So, here it is...

I purchased one of these cameras just before Christmas and a 2GB Adata card as well. With the card in the camera would not turn on but it would with the card out. The card was formatted FAT 16 Or just plain FAT for those people that do not have the FAT 16 choice. Yet the card would not work. This is the brand that is sold in your on-line store for use with the camera. I would like to see a compatibility chart for different brands of SD cards. Although I can't for the life of me understand why some cards work and some don't. Like your comment about 4GB being an "increased size" What is this about? Is there not a standard that says in order to be a SD card it has to meet specific dimensional guidelines as well as electronic ones? Why should a 2GB be bigger than 1GB or a 4 bigger than a 2. Now that I'm seeing 8GB SD cards out there will they work as well or am I to assume they are bigger yet than a 4GB and will definitely jam in a SD slot?

If you know of incompatibilities it would be helpful to list them on the sight to steer the consumer away from them. By the way that same 2GB Adata card works fine in my Garmin Palm Pilot so it's not a total loss and oddly enough the 256MB card in the Palm works in the ATC2K but only gives a little over 7 minutes of recording time at full resolution and 30 FPS frame rate.

Thanks for reading.

Jim Yankel
Pittsburgh PA
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VGA = 640x480
QVGA = 320x240
QQVGA = 160x120

32MB, or onboard memory =
VGA 30FPS = 52s, 15FPS = 1min 20s
QVGA 30FPS = 1min 36s, 15FPS = 3min 14s
QQVGA 30FPS = 5min, 15FPS = 11min 10s

2GB =
VGA 30FPS = 60min, 15FPS = 96min
QVGA 30FPS = 114min, 15FPS = 230min
QQVGA 30FPS = 356min, 15FPS = 794min]]>Oct 26th 2006 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Oct 31st 2006 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/
"We have not tested the unit with a 4GB card. I cannot confirm or deny
whether or not any card with more memory being compatible with the ATC-2000."]]>Nov 1st 2006 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://stuntcams.com/shop/product_info.php/products_id/52?osCsid=9aeedbc01795520a99a3113b9dc89e85

I'm going to post video here once I get it uploaded as well, so check back often.

jay]]>Nov 1st 2006 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/
I found this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDBHrY2oGRM&mode=related&search=) Video on YouTube, which was recorded with the ATC-2000
The video seems to suffer from some sort of wobble in the picture. Can you confirm that this comes from the camera itself, or could it be due to a weak mount on the motorcycles frame ? Or maybe it was generated, when the video was edited after recording, because of a low video bitrate.

Did you see this wobbling in any of yur videos coming directly from the camera ?

What about your videos ?

Cheers,
Thomas]]>Nov 3rd 2006 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Nov 16th 2006 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/
How is the 4gig SD card bigger? i was under the impression along with everyone else i spoke to that the size is standard, so i went to Fry's and purchased a 4gb SD @ 150x and went to the store in Santa Monica Ca to test it out and the guys there tried 2 different Units and none of them took the card and read Err.

Im Curious exactly what card did you test at 4gb? im interested in a few units only if i can verify it does work with a 4gig! thanks ]]>Nov 29th 2006 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/
one of the guys at the german subsidary here in germany did some filming with the ATC-2000 through the windshield of his car and uploaded the UNCOMPRESSED AVI to megaupload for me to download and have a look at it. You can find the video here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H92195HL
I think, megaupload has a download limit, so maybe someone else can provide another download source after downloading von megaupload.
It seems, that it was filmed during twilight which results in a pretty dark picture. Could be due to a improvable brightness detection, maybe ??

Anyway, see for your self.

Cheers]]>Nov 7th 2006 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/
I ordered 2 of them yesterday, should have them by mid of next week. I got them for recording ATV trips. I believe that mounting them on a helmet will produce much better video since the human body wil act as a shock absorber. I will post video as soon as I get mine.

Could anyone post a short uncompressed video clip of it helmet mounted or hand held at full resolution/30fps? That would give prospective buyers a better sample of what it can really do.]]>Nov 3rd 2006 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/I saw it on an English site where it is about 250 dollar, and tthis sounds rather expensive.

Thanks]]>Nov 7th 2006 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://stuntcams.com]]>Nov 5th 2006 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/]]>Nov 6th 2006 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Nov 6th 2006 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://helmetcameracentral.com/2006/11/06/oregon-scientific-atc2k-atc-2000-helmet-camera/ - This post will be updated as more information is avaiable.

Thx / Chad @ hcc.com]]>Nov 6th 2006 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/I asked the guy from orgen scientific, how he mounted the cam in his car and he said, that it wasnt mounted at all. It was simply lying on the dashboard. Thats why its shaking quite a bit.

What do you guys think about it ?
How about your sample videos ?

Cheers,
vid_rooky]]>Nov 8th 2006 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/]]>Nov 9th 2006 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/
That "wobbling" problem;

My opinion is that problem is caused by the whole mounting system.
As you can see, there`s only 1 narrow plastic strap around the camera unit, and its placed in the middle of the camera.
I think that piece of duct-tape on both ends of camera should make it way more stable?
After all, picture quality is good, i`ve seen all 3 clips, incl. that uncompressed one..was recorded at 30fs, but playback was only 23.30fps on QuickTime??

This might be exellent camera, but IMO, mounting the camera is not stable enough...needs to be fixed immediately.
]]>Nov 9th 2006 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/ I didn't have those problems w/ the vibrations with my setup. I think it was where and what he mounted the camera to.

I've also purchased their 520 Res camera - http://stuntcams.com/shop/product_info.php/cPath/21/products_id/28 - for some DVD footage that i'm taking and that resolution is much better, although i'm taping it w/ a camcorder and I have to put everything in my backpack before shooting.

jay]]>Nov 8th 2006 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Might need some Blu-Tack tapemasse by Bostik between the helmet and cam..

]]>Nov 9th 2006 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/thanx 4 ur answer]]>Nov 10th 2006 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzoVK5zM4sM

Youtube compressed the video a bit. The real video quality is better.
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I received my helmet cam (ATC-2K) last week and I’ve been experimenting with motorcycle video. The sound recording is TERRIBLE. There should be a standard mic input jack to eliminate all the physical contact noise. (OREGON SCIENTIFIC, ARE YOU LISTENING?) The audio is muffled and wind noise is horrible. I taped a small wind sock over the mic pickup but that did NOT help.
I have contacted both Gabrielle gelmer@oscientific.com (suposedly from OS) and also sent an E-Mail to the OS Support (yeh, right) staff and have had no reply from either of them.
The helmet mounting strap is way too short to mount to any real helmet. It needs to be at least 50% longer to be of any use.
The round handlebar or frame mount is nice and solid but it transfers so much engine mechanical noise that the recording is worthless. There needs to be a way to isolate the mic from the camera body (see above).
Is this camera REALLY USB 2.0 capable? I have found that a 700Meg transfer is taking over 16 minutes, even when attached to a 2.0 USB port. Pretty slow for 2.0.
If this camera is truly Firmware Upgradeable as was mentioned in the review, PLEASE work out the bugs and send us an update for the sound recording problems.
The video is pretty good but all the other problems (Too short straps, mic noise picked up from physical contact, muffled voices) detract from the overall quality of this camera.

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thx]]>Dec 19th 2006 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Jan 1st 2007 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Jan 19th 2007 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/oregon-scientific-busts-out-head-mountable-atc-2000-webcam/Jan 22nd 2007 4:09AM