The good folks over at Pivothead were nice enough to let us try out a pair of their new video camera glasses. At a street price of $350, the glasses aren’t cheap. However, the convenience of being able to record hands-free video or snap photos without digging out your digital camera or cellphone may well be worth the price.
Check out our video review of the Pivothead glasses:
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The bottom line is that these are pretty useful for doing hands-on or adventure-style video recording, the kind of situation in which you want your hands to remain free. Unlike a GoPro Hero, you don’t have to mount these to a helmet or anything. Just put them on and go.
To be perfectly honest, the image quality was really right around what I expect from a cellphone-sized camera. In other words, not fantastic. But because the camera also lacks a native 24p mode, I don’t think the images are supposed to be compared to cinema-quality cameras anyway. For what they are, I think the glasses are a cool concept.
I may not recommend the Pivothead glasses for use in your next narrative feature, but I can see myself using them for a tutorial, unboxing, or other hands-free video recording session out of sheer convenience. Or if I ever build up enough courage to go skydiving.
Its possible to replace the original lens to a degree lens?