Camera glasses decent although not stylish

Pivothead’s Durango high-definition, hands-free glasses wouldn’t be out of place alongside comic mail-order ads for exploding bubble gum or kung fu sandals, nonetheless they’re actually a significant substitute for other point-of-view cameras.

There’s only one hitch. They’re not stylish, no sir, unless odd, bulky, Oakley knock-offs are look. Suave looks, it'd seem, were trumped by the have to accommodate a lens, charging system and other assorted gadgetry required to produce a wearable, (somewhat) inconspicuous, camera-cum-sunglasses system.

Alternatively, these glasses seem well-built.

And all joking aside, it’s obvious the Durangos along with models — you will discover four in whole plus a a number of lenses — are produced more to the sportsman and fewer with the fashionista. Despite their cumbersome appearance, they’re not heavy feeling or uncomfortable to wear.

All models retail for $350.

The frame is covered within a matte-black, soft-touch, grippable, rubberized material with impact-resistant lenses. Furthermore , it flexes to your degree, that ought to help out with the wedding of the fall or mishap.

These glasses can probably please take a knock or two, but wouldn’t deal with constant abuse or extended utilization in wet or moist environments.

The left arm is home to a highly regarded-mounted rocker switch. Press forward for video, back for still image capture.

Relatively straightforward, right?

Press forward approximately four seconds to vary video capture modes (1080p at 30 frames per second, 720p at 30 or 60 fps). Press a corner toggle to cycle through focus modes (fixed, continuous and auto). The mode you’ve selected is indicated by three small LEDs located on the interior of your arm, but they’re hard to decipher with no crib sheet nearby.

An electrical switch is on the bottom of the identical left arm, as is also a micro-USB port that functions as being a charger and also a computer connection which you can use to offload files from Durango’s eight gigabytes of onboard storage, enough around a couple of hours of 1080p video.

Between the lenses and above the consumer’s nose could be the (ahem) point of interest in the product, a slightly recessed, four-element lens with a 75-degree field of view that works well by having an eight-megapixel Sony CMOS sensor.

Image quality is fairly decent with the sized the device, nearly comparable to other wearable cameras much like the the GoPro HD, but not quite as good, specially in more adverse lighting conditions.

There’s an extremely noticeable lag inside the camera’s exposure adjustment when transitioning from light to dark and or viceversa.

Audio performance isn’t great, but no worse than expected to get a camera inside a pair of sunglasses.

Still images is usually captured in a resolution of three, five, or eight megapixels in bursts all the way to 16 consecutive frames. Like video mode, image quality is decent in good light conditions, much like a late-model smartphone.

As a way to access and control several of the Durango’s features just like a macro mode and various exposure settings, the glasses have to be linked with your personal computer, Mac or Windows, with all the included Pivothead software.

Pick your settings judiciously though because when the glasses are disconnected, the settings will stick until you can reconnect to vary them again. This issue is usually remedied by ordering the $99 Air Pivothead Wi-Fi transmitter, which often can charge the glasses on the go, offload files and permit an individual to adjust settings using an iOS or Android device.