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Contour Is Back!

Sunday, April 6th, 2014

After shutting down last year, Contour is back and under new management. They relaunched their official website, and are once again offering the classic Contour+2 and waterproof Roam2 cameras. In the coming months, they plan to launch new cameras that will feature the traditional Contour design features: slide-to-record switch, laser alignment system, and 270° rotating lens.

Contour cameras were popular do to their simplicity, ruggedness, and wide accessory support, so it’s great to see their return to the market.

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Hat tip: www.cnet.com/news/contour-returns-promises-new-pov-action-cams-soon

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Posted in Gadgets, Sensors | 10 Comments »

Will Contour Be Back?

Monday, November 4th, 2013

If Clarke Capital Partners has anything to say about it, Contour, makers of action cameras is coming back after closing its doors in August. Clarke Capital Partners were the high bidders at $1.925 million for the defunct company’s assets during a competitive auction by a court-appointed receiver. Geek Wire reports that while the sale has been approved by the court, it still needs to be finalized by the parties. CCP was an investor in Contour before it went out of business. Apparently, operating capital was its major challenge, defaulting on nearly $7.5 million in loans prior to closing.

We wish them well as the Contour has been very popular with shooters due to its tubular shape and mounting options,

Tags: Clarke Capital Partners, Contour
Posted in Industry | 5 Comments »

Contour Apparently Closes Doors

Tuesday, August 13th, 2013

Brier Dudley’s Blog at the Seattle Times website reported last week that camera maker Contour has closed its doors.

Geekwire added, “As of Friday Contour is CLOSED,” wrote Jacob Hase, the company’s former social media manager, in a public post on his personal Facebook page this week. ”Ya, it shocked all the employees even more. Incredibly hard to just walk away from something you put so much energy into.”

Attempts to purchase products are met with “temporarily out of stock” notices.

Guess I won’t be getting that sample of the latest model to try out after all. I gave the first one they sent to me to a tactical trainer. Hopefully, we’ll see some good footage from him in the future. This closure is unfortunate for the shooting sports and training community as the Contour’s shape is well suited to use mounted coaxially to firearms and helmets.

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Posted in Industry | 14 Comments »

Strikemark Targets Launches New Website and Picatinny Contour Mount

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Strikemark Targets has launched a new website.

They’ve also introduced a new Contour mount. As you can see by the picture, its 50% smaller than their old mount and fits bump helmets too. It’s distributed directly by Strikemark as well as through GSS, SKD Tactical, and Tactical Distributors.

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Contour Picatinny Mount Giveaway from Strikemark

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Strikemark Products approached us about sponsoring a Contour Picatinny Mount giveaway. We thought it would be a great idea. This giveaway is for the mount only, Contour is not included.

Made from anodized aluminum, the Strikemark Contour Picatinny Mount does exactly what its name implies. It works as an interface between your Picatinny rail equipped gear and a Contour camera. It’s simple to install and features a lifetime guarantee.

To enter, tell us where you’ll mount your Contour camera if you win the mount. Enter on THIS thread on SSD. One entry per email address. Use your true email address as it will be used to alert the winner.

This giveaway ends at 1200 GMT on 30 May 2012. Spread the word.

Void where prohibited.

Tags: Contour, StrikeMark
Posted in Contest | 42 Comments »

StrikeMark – Digital Camera Picatinny Rail Mount

Friday, February 24th, 2012

StrikeMark is quickly becoming the leader in weapon mounts for cameras. Previous mounts have been designed specifically for the most popular personal video systems. But not everyone owns a Contour or GoPro so StrikeMark went back to the drawing board to develop the Universal mount.

The entire line of mounts is intended to allow you to produce Point of View videos. You can shoot first-person-shooter style videos or reverse the camera and watch yourself in action.

This new mount is CNC machined from 6061-T6 Aluminum and then black powder coat finish. Mil Std 1913 (Picatinny) compatible, it integrates a 1/4 x 20 thread to accept the camera. This is the same thread that is used on tripods.

Compatible with the Sony Cyber-Shot (Cybershot), Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Samsung, Casio, Kodak, GoPro, Contour, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Olympus, Insignia. Basically, if you can mount it to a tripod, you can mount it to this mount.

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Tags: Canon, Casio, Contour, Fujifilm, GoPro, Insignia, Kodak, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Samsung, Sony, Strikemark Targets
Posted in Gadgets, weapons | 4 Comments »

Contour Picatinny Rail Mount by Strikemark Targets

Friday, December 9th, 2011

Strikemark Targets has added a Contour Picatinny Rail Mount to their lineup of camera mounts we mentioned during New Breed of Warrior. Manufactured from a single piece of aluminum, the mount features a Black powder coat finish. It comes with an Allen key for installation and is held in place with a nylon tipped set screw. Installation is simple. You slide it on the rail, adjust its position, set the screw, and attach the Contour to the mount.