Ski Helmets
Garmin, the American brand known to the public by satellite navigation systems, enters the world of action camera, with the new Chamber VirB and VirB Elite. VirB The can shoot video up to 1080p at 30fps and has a waterproof coating and one 1.4-inch screen. For skiers SkiMode mode is available which helps to preserve the battery, we tested the snow Passo del Tonale.
Wednesday 18 December 2013 2 minutes reading time
The strength of the Action Cam Garmin could not be that the presence of the GPS installed in the Elite version, which is also connected to the option to send the video via wi-fi on the phone, for free apps for iOs and Android. Very handy is the great Big Keys button on the left side, easy to find when the camera is on the helmet.
It'' good quality result when testing the digital image stabilizer, which has allowed us to make movies great even on hard snow of the glacier Presena; someone will remember our movies related to skitest obtained with GoPro Hero2 and Eyecam SD21, which in tests on frozen snow were difficult to stabilize.
Two are the most interesting aspects for skiers:
1) That you do not need to watertight housing being certified IPX-7, which means it can stand up to half an hour in one meter of water, and therefore has no problems even in case of a fall in the snow.
2) The SkiMode mode, which allows you to hold the camera still turned on during the day but with the ability to go into standby when you are sitting in the chair. In the video that accompanies this article, the test of this feature.
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