Helmet mounted Video Cameras

[phar2slo]

I had three holes in the fly screen so have mounted GoPro using standard fittings.

Will need to check quality of footage when I get home.

 

[Paul Bryant]

Will need to check quality of footage when I get home.

That's what I'm interested in with the camera mounted there

 

[1olbull]

I had three holes in the fly screen so have mounted GoPro using standard fittings.

Will need to check quality of footage when I get home.

That looks like the same giant fly that I have. I am surprised that you don't get severe vibration mounted at the top like that. Just saying...

 

[barbagris]

Will need to check quality of footage when I get home.

Now call me old fashioned - but I believe it will improve with a camera in the case!.

 

[WyldCFH]

Here are a couple vids I made in Dec right after getting my cam. Pretty much default settings. 1080P, wind reduction on, inside the waterproof case, handlebar mounted. They are 40ish minutes long and not sped up. Nothing eventful on either other than a couple cars pulling out in front of me. So no need to watch the full vids.




They shakiness you see is due to the handlebar mount. It has some flex in it that amplifies with vibration coming through the bars.

 

[EasTexRIII]

That focker on 1st vid at 5:15 needs some blinds spot mirrors

 

[WyldCFH]

That focker on 1st vid at 5:15 needs some blinds spot mirrors

Yeah, I don't understand it. Bright ass LED headlights at 5:30am usually means something is there. Miami drivers suck and DGAF about anyone but themselves.

 

[TriumPhil]

That looks like the same giant fly that I have. I am surprised that you don't get severe vibration mounted at the top like that. Just saying...

I'm not too surprised, Steve. I know that my flyscreen is quite rigidly affixed with the factory "fixing kit, Steve and Chris's mount looks to be braced at both the top and bottom of his mount both from the inside surface (2 screws) and lead,exterior surface (single top screw).

My guess is that much more ambient motion is transmitted to a camera that is essentially attached to the rider's head or helmet, but not being a cycle-mounted videographer myself, that is purely a guess on my part. It just seems to make sense as all of the closed circuit course racing shots I have seen on TV are rigidly mounted to the machines, not to the riders' or their helmets.

 

[Paul Bryant]

Yea' some good points there Phil regarding camera's mounted to the Bike, not the rider.
One thing I'm trying to work out for myself is, which mounting position (Bike or Body) gives the most realistic view of what I am seeing when riding?

Anthony's vids above aren't too bad as far as clarity goes, possibly the slight blurring is due to the fact that the camera is in a case.
But the Vibrations etc are not at all bad.

You see, I want to be able to send you a Vid of me blasting hard through the windy (as in winding road) stuff so as to scare the *&^% outa you

 

[TriumPhil]

I think we enjoy similar riding styles and road types, although your majestic, Kiwi terrain affords steeper and more consequential drop-offs than our very old and severely eroded Appalachian Mountains (the oldest known mountain range above land). In my normal riding region, it's unusual to get above 2,000 feet in elevation, but we have many roads that offer long, intermediate and short elevation changes of 500-1500 feet.

Just do me one favor and kindly do not overdo it trying to display the skills I already know you possess, brother Paul!