It's my birthday next week and I've been wracking my brains as there's nothing I want. Then I thought that I quite fancied a Go Pro, but know zero about them. I've watched many a Baron Von Grumble video and he's always trying out new versions. Any advice on them would be appreciated. I wan't something decent, but don't need the latest most expensive all singing dancing version.
I bought the GoPro hero 4 silver as it's easier to use than the hero black. I really like it and use it to take still photos as well. The GoPro studio editing software makes it easy to upload and edit videos.
Baron uses predominantly Drift cameras. Agree this is a great option unless you prefer the 'tellytubby' Go- Pro look.
I have a Hero 4 and it is substantially better than the 3 that my mate has which vibrates and has poorer picture quality. The amount of mounting accessories available for the GoPro was what made me choose it over the Drift Ghost, and also the rate of development is super fast so the Go Pro seems to be a slight step ahead of the Drift. All that said I was still tempted by the Drift and it was a close call. I've not checked specs but It'd be interesting to see the quality of the new small GoPros. Fyi I find that for on bike vids I rarely use the highest resolution settings or the super wide view on the GoPro which cancels most of it's advantages over the Drift Ghost. David Monaghan - YouTube
I have a pair of Hero 3's and they are fine for what I want. They have much higher capabilities than I will use, for example 4k (UHD) video. There is no way that the Hero 4 vibrates any less than a Hero 3 on the same bike, neither has image stabilisation. I had no vibration problems on my BMW K100RS but the Ducatis are a different matter.
Ah right, see I said I know zero about them. By "Go Pro", I just mean a video recording device, I'm not specifically drawn to one make.
Probably worth spending a few hours on the web doing some research on the subject. I assume that you will want to film in HD (1080) then make sure that you get one that can do as many frames per second (fps) at 1080 as that determines the processor speed and with a moving bike faster is better, cheaper is usually worse (lower fps). You will also need to make sure that you have a modern PC that can work with the videos after taking them, and it needs as much grunt as possible as video rendering will tax most computers to the limit. Gopro (the manufacturer) make pretty high spec cameras with fast processors, but at a price, they can't be bad because the BBC use them as HD action cams. There are many Chinese cameras out there at much cheaper prices, and these may be an option to get started, but they are better suited to slower forms of action than a motorcycle.
Go pro for me,main selling point is it's great for under water recording always use mine when snorkelling in the red sea, no vibration problems when mounted to my tank with the self adhesive mounts.
