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Hi Jayanth

From where you have bought the SJCAM ? Did you paid any customs?
I am also planning to buy from the official site but afraid of getting caught and paying the heavy customs.

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Hey Monu, i brought it through my friend from US. But recently my friend brought it through aliexpress , it got caught in customs but he paid the duty. 4.7k for cam + 1.3k duty.

I Would say go ahead with aliexpress, they have some discounts on 11th Nov , you can get it SJ4000 Wifi for 65$ (4.3K). In case its gets caught you have to pay around 1.2k. But make sure you buy from a genuine dealer (Pu-hu Digital??)

Regards,
Jayanth

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Thanks alot Jayanth for the detailed description

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Just some observations and talking senseless

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guys just recently bought a gopro, and am in two minds whether to fix it to the bike wind screen or to the helmet.

the bike view would be superior (the banking effects would come out beautifully) but given the deplorable condition of indian roads, the video might also come out shaky.

helmet will obviously not have that problem but head shake, head turn, all that will come in the video.

any suggestions?

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Try all the mounting and record at the same road, now watch which is not jerky, good position, then decide.

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I prefer the helmet mount ... it will record what i see . So fair enough. And less jerky compared to bike mount.

Thanks
Peeths

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I think you should go for the helmet mount. Sure the view will be amazing if you mount it on the windscreen, but a first person point of view will have much more immersion. Cheers

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Helmet mount.
on bike you cant move it to show left or right, whereas while leaning you can keep head steady.

Or get two mounts, interchange it occasionally.

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To continue the discussion regarding helmet mount of Action cam, I had read somewhere that this is not the most safest option. The reason is the helmets are already designed to have an optimum distribution of forces in the event of a crash and installing a helmet mount is an additional source of a point load on the helmet surface, if your cam gets in contact with any hard surface in the event of a crash. So in worst case, it can theoretically cause the helmet to crack, if you fall, hitting your cam first on the road.

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Really... ? I didnt know this ...

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i can understand the uneven load distribution point, to counter that, i will stick the cam on the helmet using cello tape to find the best position which will cause the least amount of uneven loads, and then use the provided sticker.
but the cracking of helmet cant be because of the camera, because it is connected using a plastic link, a weak link, it will immediately break and will not cause damage to the helmet per se. whatever happened to the helmet must have been because of impact with the said hard surface itself.

as someone else suggested, i will be using two mounts, 1 on the helmet and the other on the bike windscreen, and alternate them as required.

thanks guys.

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Yeah there where rumors through out the inter-webs that Schumi would have escaped serious injury if it were not for the GoPro mounted on his ski helmet at the time of that fateful accident. But definitely a Ski helmet is much less protective than a Motorcycle helmet.

If you think about it, there would not be any mounting point on a motorcycle that is 100% safe. Even a bar mounted cam can impale you in a freak accident. Or a chest mount can puncture your rib cage, in that fateful moment. So it is our call how we wish to proceed. That being said, we would'nt have been on the road if we wanted 100% safe. Better stay home.

And googling about dangers of helmet cam gave me some links where Contour (another action cam company) explained that since mounts are secured with 3M adhesive tape, it would give up much early in the event of an accident, avoiding serious impact to your helmet.

Personally, I really like this cam;
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I would love to mount it on top of my helmet, but the question is how to fabricate mounting arrangement for it.

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thats exactly what i meant when i said "weak link" ;-) it would be the first thing to break away, rendering it harmless to the biker. ideally, the way i see it, in the event of a crash, the safest place to be (paradoxically) would be clinging to the bike itself, assuming one has installed crash guards. because once free of the bike, one becomes a projectile, hitting other moving objects and getting secondary injuries.

i was only looking for the best vantage point to mount the camera. and while the helmet seems to be a nice place, i am looking at ways to mount it on the bike windscreen. for that i am thinking of making a special mount with a rubberized base to reduce the amount of vibrations that can seep in. for safety (of the camera itself) the base will be secured to the windscreen with 2 bolts. lets see how it turns out...

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as we say in hindi, jitni cheeni daaloge, utna meetha hoga...
i'm not saying you should only go in for the most expensive action cameras, but this camera u have shown will not do justice to any video u take, it simply wont have the frame rate capability and will have stuttering.