Been offered a Drift HD1080 Stealth for £80 or a Contour HD 1080 for £90, Hmm ??? ( Both used but mint )
One forum i frequent there was a guy in the process of funding/making some special straps for the GoPro. I'm sure it was this site.
It was on here aye. Something called a "Kickstarter". I think it's an idea that the guy is then looking for investors to make it happen then you pledge an amount and then take a share in the venture. I think... My grab bag of mounts arrived and has a tether in it, basically just a string to tie the camera to the bike in case something fails. There's a rubber piece too that dampens vibrations and also ties the camera to the mount. So between the two it should be fairly safe... maybe... I was out again tonight with my own GoPro this time. Better weather too. Currently uploading and editing another two clips. Pity I'm at work all day as this is fun!
I use a lanyard . Pull the back off and thread it round the hinge in the lid once the lid is re-fitted the only way it would come off is if it snapped Dont think the kick start thingy is necessary . Hook the neck strap of the lanyard around your mirror.Same way as fitted around the hinge.
Good call on the lanyard. I think I've got a spare lying around somewhere. :smile: Here's last night's two efforts. Still not great but getting the hang of using the camera I think. I didn't have much time last night so I just used the same mounting location as above but with a simpler attachment so it was a little lower and more discrete too. Again, these are more test clips than a full-on effort and the roads aren't the best either - they are on the doorstep of where I stay for work so just elected to use them given the limited time and light I had last night. Ducati 848 A92 - YouTube Ducati 848 Corse South Aberdeenshire - YouTube
Good stuff Andy, good picture and sound. Did you record the last two in 720p? Nice roads to have a ride on without all the traffic. Keep em coming!
Cheers. :smile: No, I recorded on 1080 and then saved the movie after editing at 720. I was aiming to reduce the upload time onto YouTube and generally if I'm watching stuff on there I use 720 rather than the 1080 for streaming time etc. The roads up this way get an awful lot better than either of these but generally the traffic is practically zero unless you are in amongst commuters going to or from Aberdeen. It's a little busier down where I live (Stirling area) but still quiet compared to what I've experienced down in England. I can't wait to get a chance after work to get some proper roads and some proper riding in! :smile: One thing I'm not understanding so far though is the lens angle and resolution. Set to 1080 there is a choice of narrow, medium and wide angle shots. The medium is what I've used as the wide looks strange as it give you a fish-eye look to the videos. The medium is more accurate looking compared to what I'm seeing on the bike. The annoying thing is that if I set the camera to 720 to reduce the file size, I can only select wide angle, and I think the other resolutions are the same. I'll need to do some research and play about with it a bit more. But worst case I film at 1080 Medium and edit it down then save at 720 like I did yesterday. The uploading still takes ages but the broadband speed where I stay during the week is terrible, way slower than at home. I'm delighted I finally decided to buy one after looking at them for 6 months or even longer. I saw a Hero 2 Motorsports in Schiphol in October and nearly bought it on the spot, but I'm really glad I hung off and got a Hero 3 at such a good price. Being able to hook it up to my phone for lining the shots really sold it to me. And it's not as large and clunky as you'd think. Andy
I thought the 1080 resolution gave you a narrower field of view and the 720 was for full wide angle. I could be wrong though
The other thing that I havent quite got my head around is the frames per second . It goes from something like 60 down to 24 but I thought that your television was only 27 so in theory ( my theory) anything above 30 is pointless . Default is 60 I reduced mine to 30 and couldnt tell the difference
Higher fps lets you play back in slow motion. As there's more frames per second you have more to play with when you slow it down. If there's less frames it'll "jump" like a flick book effect.
I've now cobbled this together... Motorcycle Diary Trailer - YouTube Sorry if this is going over the top with YouTube clips. Is there somewhere better I should be putting this? Was surprisingly quick and straightforward to do. I've done no video work at all until I posted in this thread. Just using Movie Maker, but read today that Sony Movie Studio is a good bet c£35 from Amazon. Andy
Here's tonight's improvised wee trial. Just went out to the garage for a look at ideas and ended up doing this...
Nope, it's a flat adhesive pad. I can remove the whole rig apart from the last one flat clip piece that is stuck to the bike. I tried my mate's suction cup mount and decided against is as it's too large for the tank or tail and I wasn't confident to put it on the side or nose, so I opted for the adhesive mounts on the assumption they'll come off ok when I want to remove them. I've yet to try that bit of the process though! This one should be barely noticeable to anyone looking at the bike when the camera isn't there though. I was so close to mounting it between the pipes facing rearwards under the seat but I chickened out in case the heat melted the glue and I lost the camera. I am going to revisit this idea when I have a bit more time though to see if I can tie it on somewhere. I'm also thinking that I might get myself some small brackets from B&Q or similar and bolt the camera onto the pillion peg mounting by drilling one of the adhesive mounts so I can bolt it on rather than rely on the glue. Nothing that will affect the bike and nothing that is visible when I'm not using the camera. My aim is to have 2 or 3 mounts on the bike at the very most and be able to just have a couple of the GoPro arms and a clip that attaches quickly with the minimum of setting up when I want to film something... My golden rule is that I am not going to damage the bike doing any of this and I am not going to ride with it if I have to worry about the camera location and whether it might fall off. I still fancy the idea of mounting it on the fork leg so it sits between the forks and under the nosecose but I'll need to do some measuring and invest £30 in the roll bar clamp... so this may be best done later on sometime. I spent hardly any time mounting and filming these clips, it's purely to see what works and what doesn't. When I go back to use these mounts I am going to use the rubber damper thingy and tie the camera on properly as a failsafe. Then ride in proper gear on proper roads rather than these short test clips. One more thing too - I heard that Movie Maker was crap but that's what I've used for all of these and after using it all of 4 times, I reckon I have now got it pretty well sussed with the minimum of a learning curve. It's easy to use and quick too. The side fairing clip was one big long 19 minute video of nothing much, but it was easy to split the one long clip into lots of little ones and just junk the boring bits and fade the ones I wanted into each other to it looked a bit more cohesive. It's all I'm going to need for the forseeable future anyway. Andy
