Feel like a Stunt with the ATC2K ActionCamera
I’m having such a good time when descending trails with my bike I’ve always wanted to record them. Now it’s possible to do so with the ATC-2K ActionCamera from Oregon Scientific.
The ATC-2K is a sports video camera you can mount on your helmet or handlebar. It’s a very practical cam for the following reasons:
- It weights about half a pound with batteries.
- It uses two AA batteries.
- It’s reasonably small: 40mm diameter x 110 mm long.
- It uses an SD card, the same of digital photo cameras, for storage.
- It mounts easily everywhere.
- It’s waterproof and shock-resistant.
Let’s see some more features of this device. You can choose from three video resolutions: 640 x 480 pixels, 320 x 240 pixels and 160 x 120 pixels, and from two frames rates: 30 frames per second for smoother motion pictures or 15 fps for longer ones. The quality of the videos recorded with this cam is good enough, as you can see from the videos I’ve found in YouTube (see links below).
The device has an internal memory of 32 MB, which allows for roughly 1 minute of recording at maximum quality and 11 minutes at the lowest quality. This is not enough of course, so you can use an SD memory card of up to 2 GB. Recording times then increase up to 1 hour at full quality and 794 minutes at the lowest, and that’s much better.
The device connects to a PC with Windows XP or 200 using a USB port and saves the videos in AVI format.
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Posted in Cameras
May 11th, 2007 at 6:05 am
Dear ATC-2K users,
Thank you for your reviews and comments on the ATC-2K, they are extremely valuable to us. We would like to answer a few of your questions and give some more specifics about the ATC-2K action camera through this statement.
· ATC-2K can accept SD cards 8MB to 2GB. We recommend SanDisk SD cards and AData SD cards.
· Please ensure you insert your SD card with connect terminals facing up. This means, with the LCD screen facing you turn your SD card label side down/terminals up and insert it.
· The SD card must be formatted to FAT(FAT16).
· Ensure your camera is switched off before inserting/removing the SD card or batteries.
· We recommend users familiarize themselves with the button positions and sounds when pressed.
· The ATC-2K is waterproof to 3m/10ft. Please ensure the O-rings have been properly greased.
· The ATC-2K is intended for use with extreme sports. We have deliberately designed the ATC-2K with this purpose in mind and thus have made the microphone less sensitive. Through research and experience we have found that users would rather add their own music or commentary after their activity as opposed to trying to commentate live.
· The ATC-2K uses 2 x AA Alkaline batteries however; we advise that users change to Lithium batteries during cold weather usage for longer recording time. We have a Cold Weather Pouch for the ATC-2K camera for use in cold weather. Please check our website for availability.
For troubleshooting please refer to the manual.
You are welcome to send any further comments to atc@oregonscientific.com
Best Regards,
ATC support team.