Head strap
Also known as: headband mount, forehead mount
An elastic harness that holds a camera on the forehead, giving a view that follows where the wearer is actually looking.
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What it means
A head strap puts the camera at eye level and lets it turn with the head. That is the thing no other mount does: the frame follows attention rather than following the body or the equipment.
The result reads as genuinely first person, which is why it suits activities where looking around is part of the experience. Walking, climbing and anything exploratory benefit more than pure speed does.
It differs from a Helmet mount in that no helmet is required and the camera sits lower and more centrally, which produces a steadier and more natural line of sight.
How it works in practice
Tightening it properly matters more than aiming it. A loose strap lets the camera nod with every step, and that regular oscillation is exactly what electronic correction struggles with most.
Aiming slightly below level compensates for how people hold their heads. A camera pointed exactly forward tends to record too much sky, because the wearer looks down at the ground more than they expect.
Checking the frame while actually moving, rather than standing still, is the only reliable test, since posture changes noticeably once somebody starts walking or riding. A Front screen makes that check possible without help.
What to watch out for
Head movement is faster and less predictable than body movement, so footage swings between subjects quickly and can be tiring to watch at full length.
The camera is also in the wearer line of sight for anybody looking at them, which makes it an unpopular choice in company and in anything filmed socially. A Chest mount attracts far less attention for a similar first person effect.
Hair and sweat both loosen the strap over a session, and a mount that has slipped produces an hour aimed at the ground, with nothing in it that Horizon Lock or any correction afterwards can rescue.
How RawClip handles it
Head mounted footage is treated as first person material rather than as an action angle, so its characteristic rapid panning is expected rather than penalised as instability. Stretches where the camera has clearly slipped and is filming the ground score low on framing and rarely survive into the cut.