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Shimano launches new CM-2000 sports camera

It can be set to start recording when you hit a certain speed, power, or position in your ride
by Mat Brett
Tue, Jan 24, 2017 17:00
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Shimano is launching a new CM-2000 sports camera with ANT+ integration and data-linked recording that’s designed to make sure you shoot only the most interesting action.

Shimano already has a sports camera on the market but what's different here is that you can set the new CM-2000 to start and stop recording based on sensor values – such as when your speed hits 30mph or when your power hits a certain wattage. The idea is that you get highlight footage rather than simply your entire ride. This will also save memory space and battery life, of course.

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It can work with ANT+ cycling computers and sensors such as heart rate monitors, plus info from a Shimano Di2 electronic shift system, and it records data.

The camera, which you can mount on your handlebar, saddle rails or bike helmet, is waterproof and dustproof and has a lens protector with a water repellent finish, the idea being that rain and spray will flow off rather than sitting on the lens and affecting the quality of your footage. It also has a blur-correction function that’s going to come in particularly handy if you use it off-road.

CM-2000 can also use the GPS data of your smartphone, communicating with it via Bluetooth. You can preset it to record a segment of your ride from one position to another.

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The CM-2000 can be controlled via a new iOS and Android Shimano Sport Camera smartphone app that allows you to view what’s being recorded in real time, so you can check that the footage is exactly what you want. It allows you to set the image quality, angle of view (90° up to 130°), white balance and exposure.

Shimano’s new Camera Editor app for both Windows and Mac, which should be available by the end of January, allows you to overlay ANT+ data on video – so you can have your speed, cadence, power, heart rate and the gear combination you’re using (taken from a Di2 system) on the screen alongside the action.

The price. Sorry, we've asked but we don't have that info yet. 

http://www.shimano-sportcamera.com/

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Mat Brett

Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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The _Kaner replied to paulj | 7 years ago
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paulj wrote:

I hope they don't go down the road GoPRO have with their capture app? You need to log into the app with internet access, or it doesn't allow you to use it to control your camera. A big Foot in mouth moment for GoPRO, and one which has pissed off many users. I think there are many GoPRO users out there looking for an effective replacement

You only need to form a local wifi connection to the GoPro to use the app. You don't need Internet access.

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paulj replied to The _Kaner | 7 years ago
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The _Kaner wrote:
paulj wrote:

I hope they don't go down the road GoPRO have with their capture app? You need to log into the app with internet access, or it doesn't allow you to use it to control your camera. A big Foot in mouth moment for GoPRO, and one which has pissed off many users. I think there are many GoPRO users out there looking for an effective replacement

You only need to form a local wifi connection to the GoPro to use the app. You don't need Internet access.

For the previous reincarnation of the app, you are correct. Have a look at https://community.gopro.com/t5/GoPro-Apps-for-Mobile/mandatory-login-aft...

The log in was added as a requirement when GoPRO brought out the Capture app. Before then, no account was necessary, and therefore no login. I am living between Brussels and the UK, and don't roam when in Belgium, so the need to connect to the internet initially to log in was a right royal pain in the ass. They then changed the app to have it remain logged in, but many users find it unreliable. If they are out in the back country with no connection, this renders the app useless. Alegedly they are planning another upgrade to fix the problem once and for all, but as you can see from the comments they have made a right mess of the whole situation, and the next upgrade has simply been too long in coming.

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chaos | 7 years ago
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Griff500 nailed it for me. I want a headcam, but refuse to buy something which looks ridiculous.

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Griff500 | 7 years ago
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Just what we need, another camera shaped like a brick!  Shimano should know better, they know what a bike looks like, and they know what a bike helmet looks like.  It can't be beyond the wit of man to pair a camera chip with a small lense in a package which could be blended into a helmet shell, or applied to one of the sleek new integrated stem/handlebar systems without ruining the lines and providing a target to crack your ribs on.

Such a camera would be applicable to a number of sports - skiers look as daft as cyclists with a GoPro stuck on a post on tope of their helmets.

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The _Kaner replied to Griff500 | 7 years ago
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Griff500 wrote:

Just what we need, another camera shaped like a brick!  Shimano should know better, they know what a bike looks like, and they know what a bike helmet looks like.  It can't be beyond the wit of man to pair a camera chip with a small lense in a package which could be blended into a helmet shell, or applied to one of the sleek new integrated stem/handlebar systems without ruining the lines and providing a target to crack your ribs on.

Such a camera would be applicable to a number of sports - skiers look as daft as cyclists with a GoPro stuck on a post on tope of their helmets.

But it is more aerodynamic than a GoPro slapped on the top of your helmet...at least it looks that way...

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Griff500 replied to The _Kaner | 7 years ago
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The _Kaner wrote:

Griff500 wrote:

Just what we need, another camera shaped like a brick!  Shimano should know better, they know what a bike looks like, and they know what a bike helmet looks like.  It can't be beyond the wit of man to pair a camera chip with a small lense in a package which could be blended into a helmet shell, or applied to one of the sleek new integrated stem/handlebar systems without ruining the lines and providing a target to crack your ribs on.

Such a camera would be applicable to a number of sports - skiers look as daft as cyclists with a GoPro stuck on a post on tope of their helmets.

But it is more aerodynamic than a GoPro slapped on the top of your helmet...at least it looks that way...

Not much in it tbh.

Shimano 70x44x30mm

Hero 5 Session 38x38x36mm

Hero 5 Black 62x44x24mm

The problem for me is that both appear to have been designed with mounting as an afterthought, for example Hero and Shimano both use helmet mounts which stand the camera off the shell, instead of blending it into the shell, or bike frame.

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Luv2ride | 7 years ago
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In related good news it sounds as if the new video editing software will also be compatible with the previous CM1000 camera (which I have).  I wonder if a further firmware upgrade might be on the cards too? 

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