Oregon Scientific ATC 2K Action Cam Flash Memory Camcorder | 
| Brand: Oregon Scientific
List Price: $119.99
Buy New: $91.71
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Rating:  91 reviews
Sales Rank: 703
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Battery: 2 AA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 9.4 x 2.9
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MPN: AT18
Model: ATC2K
UPC: 734811400895
EAN: 0734811400895
ASIN: B000F5FKHI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Full-function, hands-free, digital recording | | • | Waterproof up to 10 feet and shock-resistant for extreme conditions | | • | Mounts easily on helmets, handlebars, and other sports equipment | | • | 640 x 480 VGA resolution at 30 frames per second | | • | USB and RCA cables included for easy playback on PC or TV (both NTSC and PAL) |
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Product Description
Capture in-your-face action from an exhilarating first-person view! From mountain biking to wind surfing, this hands-free, water- and shock-resistant digital camera mounts easily to helmets, handlebars and other equipment for exciting views in the most extreme situations. Model AT-18.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 86 more reviews...
 Great SECONDARY Cam January 10, 2007
Nathan Hobbs (Idaho)
39 out of 39 found this review helpful
Alright this camera is not your HD super resolution camera that you will want to use as a stand alone unit for any event. What it is however is for a low price you are getting a WATERPROOF to ten feet dust resistant durable camera that can go places that few would even dream of taking much more expensive fragile units.
for example I take mine and put it inside a plastic bag and jump off a cliff with it a little work and you can get some sweet shots as the water comes at ya and next thing you know your underwater. Try that with a handycam. Im excited for this summer because i want to try attaching it to the rope of our tow boat when wake boarding for a sweet up close and personal view complete with wipe outs.
when mud digging in my four by four I Velcro it right up on the front bumper for a extreme rarely seen angle. You could mount it underneath near the axles while flexing for a cool shot also.
You tube has some awesome videos of them being mounted onto the back of rockets and blasted into the sky. Be creative with the thing!
Your getting what you pay for here, a low resolution cheap camera that is waterproof and inexpensive enough to be somewhat disposable to get shots for action videos that would otherwise be very hard or impossible with equipment ten times as expensive. So long as you don't have to watch hours of this cameras video at a time the resolution is fine, set this camera up in a creative way than mix it in with higher quality video from another camera in a more conventional location on the scene and you'll have a great video to showcase.
This thing stays in the bag with my DV camera when I go out in the outdoors.
 Great idea but poor video quality August 8, 2007
Chris Sandvig (Bellingham, WA United States)
22 out of 25 found this review helpful
Who wouldn't love a camcorder that is small, durable and shoots good quality video? Unfortunately the ATC 2K is not the solution. Checkout the videos on YouTube that were made with the ATC 2K before you buy it (search atc 2k). It seems to work OK when there is minimal movement but when the camera is moving the video is very grainy and jumpy. I found the following mountain biking video[...]be particularly useful since it looks like the photographer did everything correctly, yet the quality is still poor.
Kudos to Oregon Scientific for the idea. Keep working on it.
Great Durable sports cam January 25, 2008
David T. Webster (Jacksonville, FL)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1198EXTCUZ5G5 A simple video to show camera and accessories next to bicycle.
Good Camera - Simple Sound Quality Fix August 28, 2007
Shawn K. Tolley
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I am a police officer and I use this camera when interviewing people. I was initially disappointed with the sound quality, but found the video and capacity with the 2gig card excellent. The problem with the sound is the waterproofing. If you are not going to be using it in water or wet environments all you have to do is remove the mic cover and there is a black square rubber cover over the mic. It is 1mm or thicker and causes the sound distortion and lack of range. Remove it an re-install the cover and you get as good a sound as any other video camera. This camera is well made and a good value at the price. If it had an external mic jack it would rate five stars.
 Best value helmet camera ever!! April 27, 2007
Noah Chiu (San Jose, CA USA)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I've had the ATC-2K for a while now and I have to say it's exactly what I thought it would be. It's for extreme sports, is compact, no wires and all in one. The video quality is pretty good but can't be compared to my $500+ Sony camcorders. Obviously the camcorder will have much better quality but I'm not going to strap one to my head or bike, especially as it would be an expensive piece of equipment to smash if I wiped out!
To be honest, for the price, it's well worth buying. I mount it to wherever and then press record, after that I haven't got to worry about it. With the other helmet cams I've tried, the wires sometimes get tangled and I constantly have the thought of my camcorder, in my backpack getting smashed up, at the back of my head.
I was a little confused about whether the ATC-2K was waterproof or water resistant as some websites have different descriptions. I called Oregon Scientific and they said when the camera first came out they had not yet received the waterproof certificate so they had to advertise as water resistant. Upon receiving their waterproof certificate for the ATC-2K they changed the classification of the camera from water resistant to waterproof. They even put it on their website!
Oregon Scientific say they can confirm it is waterproof up to 3 meters. It makes a change from those cameras on the market pretending they're waterproof where you have to use a plastic case to make it water proof. Those things are so much hassle! It is kind of like putting the camera in a zip-loc bag!
The battery time (2 x AA alkaline) is around one and a half hours to two hours flat out. That's an ideal time considering I use a 2GB SD card and film on the highest quality. The max. recording time at 640 x 480 and 30FPS is 1hr and 1 min. If the batteries die I just change them with spares I bring with me.
I'm thinking of using it when I go snowboarding, the manual says to change to Lithium batteries, specifically Energizer E2. I think this is because the operating temperature for alkaline batteries is higher than that of a Lithium battery. If you tried to use alkalines in cold temperatures it would probably only last a few minutes! I also saw that there's a Cold Weather Pouch available. I'm hoping to buy one online, this is great, finally a company who think of multiple use scenarios!
I've made quite a few videos with the ATC-2K now and have to say that although there is a mic. It's not that sensitive. I asked Oregon Scientific, when I called them about the waterproof feature, and they said it was purposely designed this way as it's for extreme sports and underwater use. Thinking about it, who's going to be giving commentary hurtling down a hill at 40mph?!
Anyway, it's fine for my purposes, I'm usually traveling at high speeds when filming and wouldn't want to hear wind on my playbacks! I guess it would be more interesting to just add my own music or commentary to my ATC-2K clips. I've searched Youtube and so on and have found lots of people are using their ATC-2K's to post clips, there's a cool one of the ATC-2K strapped to a rocket! There's also a U.K. gadget show, 5 gadget show I think, where the host throws it out of his 1st/2nd floor window into a shallow pool below! Neat! Someone brought it back up to them and the footage was cool!
The Bottom Line is: For recording my kid's birthday party or my grandma singing, I'll use my camcorder, for my sports I'll use my ATC-2K! Worth the investment and does exactly what it says on the box!
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