8/19/2009 10:40 AM Edited Date/Time:10/4/2011 5:10 PM
i currently use the go pro and am not disappointed with it, but wanted to get some feedback about some of the set ups out there. go pro is cheap, has a bunch of mounts and is pretty easy. are any of the newer hd cams worth checking out?
also, i noticed with go pro AVI files that if i use them for editing there's a weird "remix" glitch that shows up. i've found saving them as quicktime files and using the quicktime files in editing eliminates that problem...fyi.
There's a nice selection of mounting options, though they each run about $20 a piece and none are included with the camera. I run the goggle strap mount the most as it can be easily adjusted or removed. The downside to the helmet mounts is that once you stick the mount on your helmet, it can't be moved or transferred. It's there until you remove it which would likely render it useless from that point.
cool, thanks mountain jerk. sounds just like the go pro. good mounts, but some are "set it and forget it" sticky pads.
Iggz, i did the same thing last year...jvc hard drive camera to the top of an old helmet. worked well, just hard on the camera and prayed the rider didn't crash : )
All CMOS cameras suck balls because they have a rolling shutter.
Why all these companies use those sensors, I have no idea.
Just watch some random helmet cam clip from a vholder or any of the others (except a pov.1 because they somehow got a global shutter on it) and tell me the periphery doesn't look like jello.
Find a CCD little handcam like the one Iggz has and just bolt it on.
You might actually feel like watching the footage later.
How bout we keep the discussion rolling on those sweet shoes.
I'm working on some footage from my rod cam. I tape the camera to my junk and chase around middle aged women who sell real estate and record their reactions.
My camera is a p.o.s. so Im s.o.l. on having a timer,so my p.o.v. pictures didnt turn out that well.My Mickey mouse set up was camera + duct tape + shoe.
sspomer wrote: oooh, the skid is sick! having the PW has to help so much for timing, eh? did you mount your trigger on your bars somewhere? thanks for the shots!
Thanks...I just hold the PW in my hand...prob not the best idea, but neither is mounting your camera to your ride :-)
the GoPro site has an upated section with a lot of video samples. Mainly for their new HD Hero. I'm thinking about this for myself given the quality is pretty nice and the price point is within my budget.
How do you set up a chesty cam mount? can anyone elaborate?
@ryan, i'm looking at the HD go pro too. i've never used the chesty, but a friend did and had to do a little bit of rigging to keep it from pointing too downward. all their mounts are pretty self-explanatory when you see 'em.
I will definitely be getting an HD gopro for next season. the set and forget mounts are really small so I don't mind having one stuck to my helmet all the time. I put the mount on the jaw-piece of my full face, so that the lens is parallel with my eyes giving a real POV angle. the nice thing about the gopro mount arms (which articulate) is that with a little fiddling you can point them anywhere. My favorite angle so far is the rearward facing shot with the wide angle gopro, you can really see the trail speeding away from you and going over drops looks sick because you can actually see how large it is... forward facing I feel like the perspective forshortens the drops and everything looks fairly mundane. I have a mount on my stem as well, so I can point the camera back up at me when riding, it's useless out in the open, but through the trees it is a cool effect. I've found as well that the simple quick-release mounts can be crammed into standard tripod mounts, so several of the shots in the video above are tripod mounted. I've found that just putting the camera right on the ground and riding past is a good way to achieve forced perspective. ~T
