While at the SHOT Show last week, I had the chance to meet the folks from Sportsman Eyewear. In addition to being really great people, they are selling a fantastic product called the Sportsman 720T.
Essentially, this product is a pair of sunglasses with a built-in video recorder.
The camera records at 720×480 resolution at up to 35 fps, with about four hours of video fitting onto a single 4 GB MicroSD card. The recorder is rechargeable via USB, and will run up to five hours on one charge. Yes, it records audio with the video. So, it is perfect for recording field interviews and the like.
I’ll be testing these on duty and in training. I think that they will offer an awesome “first person” view of some of the training we are working on. As I use the glasses over the coming weeks, I’ll post video samples here on the site.