V.I.O. POV 1

I did it. I didn’t think I’d have the guts, but I did it! I picked up one of these awesome babies from Backcountry.com yesterday. I haven’t even acknowledged the impact it might have on my ski budget. I’m still in denial – or “credit denial.”

V.I.O. POV 1

I am jacked about the prospect of using this thing for fall and summer adventures – and it will be awesome for next ski season (and the next)! I got it because I like toys. I took hundreds of photos and some weak video last year on my ski trips and spent a lot of time editing the results to put together a video diary. I want to do the same for Belize. This is a very memorable trip for Liz and I and I think this is going to be a valuable asset.

I did a lot of thinking and a ton of research before I bought this kit. There are lots of competing camera options, some of which are even in HD. But all the reviews and all of the technical specs pointed me towards this one. The strongest was a review by Wired magazine. They tested and evaluated all of them. The biggest setback to the POV was its price – resolution. Granted, what am I doing shooting in standard definition? But at the wicked cheap sale price (look it up for yourself), I think it was justifiable.

Let’s face it, the POV 1.0 is bomb-proof. It has been demonstrated in many different extreme sports environments. There is no crash, slide or fall I could take that this camera won’t recover from. In fact, I am confident that should drop off some massive precipice in Austria next winter, they’ll find my body, broken and torn with a perfectly preserved, first-person record of my demise. This is my favorite description of the POV (from Backcountry.com): “Materials: Complex computers, metal, silicon microprocessors, lenses, kryptonite.”

I picked up two 8GB memory cards for this package. I don’t suspect I’ll ever fill two of these cards in a single trip (normally have a laptop to transfer files) but it’s nice to have. I scored Sandisk cards from Amazon at a steal. My point-and-shoot takes the same card, so I figure it was a no-brainer.