The guys all chipped in and we got Henry a helmet cam. So now we have the "HenryCam" along with my footage. And the ZoomCam was picking up some amazing footage this weekend. 

Check it out if you are into that kind of thing... The bloodbath at the beginning of this video is pretty crazy. I think it is some of the best footage I have ever captured on film during a game. 

Let me know what you think. 

 

And regarding OP. Too darned cold to play PB this past week. I gave up on anything under 30* anymore. More aggravation than its worth.

 

Anyway,  love the footage FE, I wouldn't be getting rid of all my gear if I had a group of guys to play with who don't just play tournaments. 

I based it on their "try paintball now video" which was good, but as a guy with a TV/film production background it felt like what a creative team "thinks" is paintball... It just didn't give the "feel" of woodsball to me. 

I think this version really captures the FUN of the sport... 

Too bad you guys don't live around here, as you could come join us in the woods... We play every month in the fall/winter/spring.

Jesus I have been out of the scene

I think I did alright though - I now have a 'Cocker and an ICD Alley Cat on the way, and still have a nice bit of cash left over from the sale of my 'Mag :).

I think its funny, I got a whole slew of cool guns just prior to my last game. I have a Phenom I used once, and a 3357 and Factory FA I have never used in a game. Although most places won't let me use either one, I really want to just for the sake of it. 

If I ever win the lottery or play in the NHL or something I am going to sponsor everyone to go to TWC. I really miss paintball.

And I'll bribe them to let me use my 3357/Factory FA.

You should have heard how loud it was before I did the sound proofing... I could do more to the hopper, but I use the sound of the balls rattling around to know when I need to reload. If I make it quiet, I'll end up running out of paint and not realizing it. 

I'll try to lower the audio level on the next one for the ZoomCam. 

Glad my video makes you guys want to play, that was the goal! 

And I do need to work on my helmet cam mount. The back is still up too high so it points down. Course I am often looking down as well as you would end up on your back if you didn't look where you are going in my woods. It is a VERY hilly field with lots of places to trip. I'll try to do that before our next game this month.

My Zoomcam shut off in three of the final games... So I'm not sure if it was a cold thing, or I am maxing out my hard drive in the camera with all my movement, or I just hit the record button by accident during the games, or  my battery was low... I would like to get a flash memory camera, but I need one that has excellent image stabilization and TONS of error correction, while filming at 1080 or more HD and also at least 8X zoom... In a form factor that is tiny... 

Not something you can just go to the store and buy... Mine also films in 5.1 surround sound, which is awesome in my theater as you can hear players behind you and to the left and right. Course youtube can't handle that... Yet...

So many things to think about WHILE trying to play, and run the event. Course that is what is fun! 

I never understand why companies stop making camo stuff. The camo Tippmann A-5 everyone wants, I got an extra one on craigslist and put it on ebay... It sold for almost $300! (I traded an old compound bow I had for it, and I only had $10 in the bow!). 

You would think that manufacturers would make everything camo... But, they don't. I found my pod/tank holder used on ebay years ago in realtree, as I've never seen on in that style camo since. If I made paintball stuff, I would always have a camo line of everything. Because like you said, it makes a HUGE difference. I usually see the other guys hopper first when playing. Huge black hoppers stick out like crazy. 

I should really get some different gloves, mine are black and white,and I often see other players gloves (especially when they wear bright colored gloves). 

I personally wouldn't wear bright colors on MY field, but my field is different than most. We have guys that literally lay down in the leaves and vanish, and they take out guys in bright colors right off. (you can see the speedball guys in the deadzone first during most games...)

Course most "woodsball" courses at public fields are glorified speed ball courses with huge bunkers everywhere, so it doesn't matter that much. But, when playing in the woods like mine, you can see guys all the way across the field when they wear bright colors. And knowing where the other team is, that is a huge advantage in the type of woodsball we play.

Actually, I made a video about this very subject last month. In this game, I sat in the MIDDLE of the path, with nothing around me, and two of the other players actually walked RIGHT at me and I waited until they were about 20 feet away before I unleashed the Kracken on them...

I'm working on a new version of my ZoomCam that is much smaller... This will be the "production" version instead of prototype! But, it will probably end up being around $650...

For a helmet cam, you just can't beat the Contour Roam (which was only $99 with the underwater kit last week on Amazon, their prices change daily, so just watch it everyday for a while... I got one for $119 and then a week later it was $99...)

But, you can't "SEE" the hits unless you have a camera system like my ZoomCam as we play paintball at distances that regular action cams can't pick up.