{"id":192,"date":"2012-12-12T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgc.co\/2012\/12\/isaw-a2-video-camera\/"},"modified":"2012-12-12T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T10:03:00","slug":"isaw-a2-video-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2012\/12\/12\/isaw-a2-video-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Isaw A2 video camera"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you’ve done anything a bit clever on the bike lately chances a friend has pointed a Go Pro at you or one of its close relatives. If they haven’t then perhaps you haven’t been trying hard enough. These things are everywhere. Or perhaps you should get your own camera and start recording yourself. That’s what I did.<\/p>\n

The Go Pro has been such a massive success that it has spawned a thousand imitators. Some good and some not so good. It’s one of these imitators that I want I want to tell you about today.<\/p>\n

It looks like this and its called an Isaw A1<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The design is not so exactly like the Go Pro that you’d sue but I look at it and I’m pretty sure I know where their inspiration came from. It looks quite attractive really so I’m not sure why they call it an Isaw. Probably they don’t mean “eye sore” they mean “I came, I saw<\/i>, I captured the video”, or “Veni, vidi, video<\/a>“. <\/div>\n
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The Isaw A2 ACE<\/a> looks just like this:<\/div>\n
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As you may have guessed, I was not the photographer for either of these two shots. (You’ll understand if you’ve seen my other photos.)<\/div>\n
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Both the Isaw A1 and A2 ACE are fully waterproof (to 50 metres), rugged and ready for action. The main difference between the two is the A1 shoots in 720p and the A2 ACE at 1080p. <\/div>\n
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The camera I’ve been using is the A2. Here are a few specs on it.<\/div>\n
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  • waterproof to 50m (waterproof housing included in purchase)<\/li>\n
  • high-definition (HD) 1080p (1,920 x 1080)<\/li>\n
  • weight 192 grams (including battery, mount and case)<\/li>\n
  • 1,200 mAh battery (about 3hrs)<\/li>\n
  • wide angle lens (140 degrees)<\/li>\n
  • low light sensitivity (0.8 lux)<\/li>\n
  • video and single shot <\/li>\n
  • 3hrs battery life<\/li>\n
  • 1.5 inch LCD screen<\/li>\n
  • H.264 codec (saves as mp4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    You get a good range of mounting hardware with your purchase. There’s enough there to cover most uses and then a few extra. The image below shows all the stuff you get with it.<\/p>\n

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      I started off using the handlebar clamp but the video I got with that was pretty shaky (or it flipped from side to side when I got out of the saddle and pedaled  forgetting how nauseous this would make the video). These cameras might come with image stabilization and all sorts of good stuff but they still rely on you, the photography, to do their part. I stuck the curved mount to a helmet and the video with that has been great. The Vimeo clip below shows what the video looks like when riding across a bumpy track. The track is much more bumpy that it looks and it’s all mean little wooden planks so it shakes you up pretty good. The handlebar mounted footage was okay but the helmet mounted stuff looks much better. Check this:<\/div>\n
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