I'm about to make a purchase for "Home Movies"... (surf!)...
Main purpose, use Gaffa/Duct Tape, to tape it onto a 9 foot longboard, for moderately powerful surf... (no gaffa tape puns please! )

GoPro is nowhere(!) near as slim lined as the rest;

The plan, fashion a little foam mount to get the angle, and to also smooth out "resistance from the surf"... I was thinking along the lines of a "mini-747-esque" pop-up section on the nose, with no shortage of Thick Grey-Gaffa Tape...

So the camera needs to be water-resistant...

Is 'naked' Contour or Replay (brands) 'water-resistant' enough for this purpose, or would you want the 'Water Proof Housings'.

Thanks.

Damn... I love my Roam2 - no case for the bastard to fog up.

DriftHD would be the next camera I'd look at... only water resistant though, so... it'd need a case.

Although that Sony one is cheap too... especially in Japan. Wonder if it uses SD cards though...

Hoorah!

Meanwhile . . . this one IS waterproof!
www.slashgear.com/drift-hd-ghost-review-1080p-hardcore-camera-action-08268654/

I personally don't think the IQ is as good as GoProHD3 or Contour, but that's just MHO.

Always do a trial run on the cheaper Kogan - loose that less of a worry.
Realistically facing yourself on a SBoard - quality should be ok on the specs..
Any one tried one .. ??

Cheers
AP

Sony's version, the HDR-AS15 has really good image stabilisation... Makes mountain bike vision steady enough to watch.

Garmin is doing one now too.

Drift Ghost is also waterproof without a case . . .

Oh and I forgot - JVC does a waterproof-without-a-case model too. "Shock/dust/freeze/water proof" they advertise it as too.
http://camcorder.jvc.com/product.jsp?pathId=141