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Contour Sues GoPro for Patent Infringement

January 19, 2016 By Eric Reagan

Contour-v-GoPro

It seems that GoPro just can’t catch a break lately. After whiffing on the launch of the HERO4 Session, GoPro was subsequently sued by Polaroid because the Session rips off the Polaroid Cube‘s design. Then, GoPro had to drop the HERO4 Session price down to half the original retail price in order to move a few units during the holidays. Of course, holiday 2015 sales turned out woefully inadequate and GoPro is now restructuring and laying off employees. Of course, GoPro’s stock is in freefall and now shareholders are filing class action suits against GoPro because they think GoPro has been too optimistic about future sales.

In the midst of all of this turmoil, GoPro was sued by Contour, the bastard of the action camera industry, for patent infringement. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Action Cam, GoPro Tagged With: contour, GoPro, Hero3, HERO4 Session

 

Contour ROAM3 Action Camera Finally Unveiled

September 25, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Contour ROAM3

Contour has finally announced the ROAM3 action camera, which I confirmed was coming earlier this year. Contour just missed the summer launch window with the announcement coming on the first day of fall; however, Contour is back in business with the familiar-looking ROAM3. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Canon Tagged With: action cam, contour, ROAM3

Contour ROAM3 Action Cam Coming Soon

July 24, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Contour+2

Contour closed its doors in 2013 and then was purchased by an investment group in October last year. We saw Contour at CES 2014; however, there were no new camera models available.

Now, Contour is poised to come back into the action cam market bigger and better than ever before. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Action Cam Tagged With: action cam, contour, GoPro

Contour is Back in the Action Cam Business

January 9, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Contour

Last year, action cam maker, Contour, closed its doors. Now, they’re back and say they are ready to take on GoPro for a bigger piece of the action camera market. [Read more…]

Filed Under: GoPro, Video Tagged With: action cam, CES 2014, contour

Contour+2 Action Cam Now Available

September 25, 2012 By Eric Reagan

Contour+2

The new Contour+2 action cam is available now.  The new camera features iOS integration, allowing you to start/stop the recording or adjust camera settings from your iPhone/iPad.  It ships will a waterproof case that lets you take the camera down to 197′ underwater.

The Contour+2 captures full HD at 24p/30p – and will even capture 854 x 480p video at 120fps; however, that’s still a far cry from Sony’s new action cams that will capture 720p HD video as 120 fps.  That said, Contour cameras’ functionality and solid GPS features (in the new Contour+2) offer a lot of value in a somewhat unique package.

You can find the new Contour+2 cameras now available here at B&H Photo.

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: action cam, contour, Contour+2, POV

ContourROAM Review

August 11, 2012 By Eric Reagan

ContourROAM

The ContourROAM is a POV action camera that competes head-to-head with the GoPro line.  The ContourROAM is the $200 entry-level model of Contour’s POV camera lineup.

There are a couple of key things that separate Contour cameras from GoPro. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: action camera, contour, ContourRoam, POV

Epic Paintball Warfare Captured with 5D Mark III & Contour Cameras

May 29, 2012 By Eric Reagan

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What’s better than people shooting each other with paintballs?  How about people shooting each other while jumping in a vehicle over another vehicle?

This is some epic paintball warfare captured by Devin Graham with the Canon 5D Mark III and Contour cameras. [Read more…]

Filed Under: hdslr Tagged With: 5d mark iii, Canon, contour, hdslr, paintball, POV, Scott Jarvie, video

Contour Cameras at NAB 2012

April 18, 2012 By Eric Reagan

Contour+

Contour cameras are tiny little tube-shaped cameras for extreme sports and other POV action.  Check out the overview of these action cameras below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: action camera, contour, ContourRoam, hd, helmet cam, POV, POV cam, video

Contour HD Cameras

February 5, 2012 By Eric Reagan

Here’s a quick overview from CES 2012 of Contour HD cameras, which compete with the leading GoPro cameras.

Contour Roam

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: ces, CES 2012, contour

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