School me on GoPros

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Viking · #16 Post by **Viking** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:30 pm

If you do get a GoPro, and you're feeling very brave, you can hack it to do all manner of extra things.

http://hackaday.com/2014/06/20/pwn-your ... s-hacking/

Do note - you will void your warrantee by doing that.

robbier6 · #17 Post by **robbier6** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:36 am

If you want to put a camera under the headlight then there are some really good pencil cameras out there , i'm tempted with a drift innovation, though a friend of mine has just bought a cheapy and the quality is amazing

Dalemac · #18 Post by **Dalemac** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:40 am

I ride with a drift hd720 as a helmet cam.

Quality is good, battery lasts around 2.5-3 hours.

Dale

Firestarter · #19 Post by **Firestarter** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 2:27 pm

Finally got round to sorting a bracket out (modified GoPro one) and got out for a little blat. I think the quality is OK, only issue seemed to be a "pulsing" across the image, but I think that's more a function of the mounting than of the camera (strapped to the crash bungs).

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/630 ... Movie1.mp4

PS Link might take a little while to come online, while it uploads

fatboy · #20 Post by **fatboy** » Sun Jul 13, 2014 6:18 pm

Not much wrong with the resolution, nice and clear but a bit weird with the pulsing, some good slo mo of your cooling fans !
It also shows the bellypan,fairing lower and front wheel are spotlessly clean !

squadron Nero · #21 Post by **squadron Nero** » Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:10 pm

Quite happy with mine. Great quality. I've been using the go pro suction mount attached to the fairing. It's good and solid even at very high speed.

Although I don't really want to I'm considering selling it to pay for some new rearsets.

Aladinsaneuk · #22 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:18 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qe5vzH ... e=youtu.be

not edited or tidied at all

thats the 70 quid wonder i got for my birthday

for occasional use - I reckon that is worth a punt

squadron Nero · #23 Post by **squadron Nero** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:22 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qe5vzH ... e=youtu.be

not edited or tidied at all

thats the 70 quid wonder i got for my birthday

for occasional use - I reckon that is worth a punt

Did it get compressed by YouTube during the upload or is that the resolution it records at?

Aladinsaneuk · #24 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:25 pm

Heavily compressed

Recorded at 1920 1080 at 60fps

squadron Nero · #25 Post by **squadron Nero** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:44 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:Heavily compressed

Recorded at 1920 1080 at 60fps

http://youtu.be/u-54OpEwE0w

Aladinsaneuk · #26 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:53 pm

But I am taller than him

And seriously - Hanna was impressed when she saw the original footage

I will try and find some time to tidy / compress it myself

For 80 quid as opposed to 250 - it's a valid option

squadron Nero · #27 Post by **squadron Nero** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:04 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:But I am taller than him

And seriously - Hanna was impressed when she saw the original footage

I will try and find some time to tidy / compress it myself

For 80 quid as opposed to 250 - it's a valid option

Absolutely. 1/3rd the price but much more than 1/3rd the quality.

At least your wife/gf/partner showed interest, mine just asked "And what's the point of that?"

I've filmed a couple of rides now but think I need some decent editing software to actually make an interesting video.

Aladinsaneuk · #28 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:08 pm

Tbh Microsoft moviemaker is a good free starting point

I am lucky as I use a mac so have a few built in apps

Beyond that iirc adobe do ? Video Elements? I played with it a few years back and found it quite good

I would start with moviemaker though if you are on windoze