Contour updates line-topping action camera, reveals Contour+2

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Contour's line-topping Contour+ HD sports camera would have been one of our favorites, but we hesitated to recommend it because Contour's own less expensive cameras, the ContourGPS and the ContourRoam, were less expensive, more rugged, and easier to use. With the debut of the new Contour+2, the replacement for the previous flagship, the camera makers draws from the lessons that its learned with all of its previous action camera models, a lower price, and even picks up a few trick from the competition.

The Contour+2 is essentially the successor to the Contour+ action camera that we reviewed last year, taking its place at the top of the Contour hierarchy. So it's no surprise that this new model possesses similar dimensions, construction, features. The four HD recording modes (1080p/30fps, 720p/30fps, 720p/60fps, and 960p/30fps) of the previous model return, but are joined by a new 480p/120fps super slow motion recording mode.

From the ContourRoam, the Contour+2 inherits the Instant-On Record Switch that we loved so much. By eliminating the power button, Contour has made using the Contou... [Read more]



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