Sweep Cam (aka head mounted camera)

A quick and easy way to build a head mounted camera.

This was whacked together a couple of days before a dragon boat race as a way to show the paddlers what the sweep sees in a race.

Something simliar could be used in a variety of sports to give feedback to the atheletes about their performance.

You could use any number of small cameras, including mobile phones.

Step 1 Select a food container

First select a food container that fits your camera. The camera in this picture is a cheap little unit, nothing special about the quality, I liked it because it recorded directly to an SD card and was very light.

If you're wearing the thing on your head, it would be nice if the whole thing didn't weigh too much.

Try to select a container that fits the camera as closely as possible.

Comments

[carbon]

And there's nothing quite like electrical tape and rubber bands to make something look suspicious. Anyway: Might I suggest just taping a camera to a helmet?

[carbon]

And with any headcam, you just have to learn to keep your head steady at all times; and with just that you can get some pretty good results. Also: I suppose fabric tape has the afforementioned effect, but upon reconsideration, I find that good ol' duct tape works the best. Good work, all told