via Gizmodo

I was pretty set on getting the Creative Vado HD, or the VholdR Contour HD for my new video hobby, mainly because they're both relatively portable, and have a wider angle lenses which helps keep the video look less jerky, and makes it easier for me to frame stuff when filming while snowboarding. I already think it's annoying carrying a phone and a point-and-shoot camera while snowboarding, so it's very unlikely that I'll carry even a small sized conventional camcorder.

The VholdR Contour HD sounds interesting because it's designed for how I want to use it. It's user interface is large glove compatible, and doesn't require you to look at it, which is good since it's intended to be mounted on a helmet. The downside is that it doesn't have a built in display. I can't watch something I just did to see what I did wrong until the end of the day, or possibly not until I make it back home to San Francisco.

All the while, I kept going back to the reviews of the Casio EX-F1 on Gizmodo and thinking, "wow, slow motion is so awesome... I would get that, except that it's so huge." Looks like they heard and created the Casio Exilim EX-FC100. The video quality looks better than both the Vado and Contour, which isn't surprising since it has better glass. The still shots are passable, better than my iPhone, worse than my current point-and-shoot the Ricoh GRD.

It's $305 online now, tempting... I know it's gimmicky, but after all, doesn't everything look better in slow motion?

A random video actually shot on the Casio EX-F1. It looks a lot more processed and compressed than others:

If only these cameras also had Auto-Tune (TM) built in... slow motion autotuning... mmm... viral video for sure.