Blah, tired of lurking and finally registered.

Couple o' thoughts:

- The Oregon Scientific cams seem to have problems with vibration or quick movement and pixel-out badly.

- I got a Digital Hero 3 after Karl got one and am looking forward to trying it out this year, though I don't know where I'll mount it yet.

- I'd have to agree that varying placement intercut makes the best video. Besides the viceral headcam position, Karl's wing-mount, the F18's a few years ago had cams mounted facing back from the spin pole which was a neat view. Also, mast-top-down is neat too, though that's more practical for casual sailing since you'd need to dump the boat over to set, start, stop, and retrieve (not to mention that half the time you are looking down the leeward side which is pretty dull). Some of the best footage, unfortunately, is probably from another boat (jetski, etc).

I agree with the mixing-it-up theory - any one point of view gets dull pretty quick.

-Tim
Vancouver, WA