helmet cam

Mounted video device

A helmet cam is a small video camera mounted on a helmet, used to record the wearer's point of view during activities like cycling, skiing, skydiving, or motorcycle riding.

The footage captures hands-free, first-person perspective of action sports and other pursuits: The helmet cam caught the entire descent down the mountain.

Opposites
mounting method

helmet camhandheld camera

Portable video recording device

drone camera · steadicam

perspective/point of view

helmet camfixed camera

Immobile recording apparatus

security camera · surveillance camera · CCTV · studio camera · traffic camera

mobility and context

helmet camstudio camera

Professional broadcast video capture device

broadcast camera · fixed camera · security camera · IMAX camera

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G