Some little videos from my new GoPro Camera

[sheeny (Al)]

I lashed out on a new GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition camera for the bike - a bit of a step up from my previous bike cam, and much more convenient to use.

I'm very impressed with the picture quality and the way it works, and love the wifi remote. Shame they look so boxy, but hey... it does what its supposed to do very well. The frames are very sharp even at 100kph and contain very little noise.

I haven't played with it for timelapses yet.

Here's a couple of videos that I shot on the maiden voyage yesterday. These have been rendered back to 720p for the web so select 720p HD for best viewing. The raw 1080p files are spectacular (IMHO) for image quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI68OQX3610
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YlOJ45W8_o



Al.

[hotspur (Chris)]

Great work,these cams are a lot of fun,once I get over my fetish for trail cameras I want to get into these.Where did you buy it from Al ?

[sheeny (Al)]

I bought the camera online from Shopping Square of all places. They had a deal of $360 for the black edition, but of course, when you add on the freight and the "remote area delivery surcharge" they tacked on at the last minute it worked out about $440. Probably get the same sort of price from somewhere like Bing Lee... I bought a few extras from Bing Lee (like the battery bacpac, etc.

Al.

[Deeno]

Looks like you've some great roads to go touring on the GS with. Throw in a few stand up wheelies and a police chase and the vid will go viral!

Been thinking about building a quad copter with the intension of some airborne photography and video....

[moonunit (Joe)]

Slow for a motorbike, what gear were you in 2nd?

[sheeny (Al)]

Originally Posted by Deeno

Looks like you've some great roads to go touring on the GS with. Throw in a few stand up wheelies and a police chase and the vid will go viral!

Been thinking about building a quad copter with the intension of some airborne photography and video....

Hmmm... some macro shots of the Police chase with Matchbox Police cars and a bit of fancy editing... do you think it would cut it? It's about all my budget could afford. A police chase on a double demerit weekend doesn't take my fancy.

The GoPro would no doubt go quite well on a quad copter. Wifi control, adjustable field of view...

Originally Posted by moonunit

Slow for a motorbike, what gear were you in 2nd?

Yep (slow, not 2nd gear). 30 years ago it wouldn't have been. Since then I have learned to dislike the smell of Dettol, hospitals, scrubbing brushes, kangaroos and wallabies (when I'm on the bike) and unnecessary expense (i.e. repairs, and fines - double demerit weekend, too). I like slow...



Al.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Cool ridin Al, Cruisin music, nice country Vid quality at 720 looks great !

[Ric]

A nice bit of footage Al.

It looked a good day for a ride. I have a "Fire Cam 1080" which is designed for attaching to my firefighting helmet but I'm looking to work out a way to attach it to my bike as well.

[sheeny (Al)]

Thanks Bob.

Originally Posted by Ric

A nice bit of footage Al.

It looked a good day for a ride. I have a "Fire Cam 1080" which is designed for attaching to my firefighting helmet but I'm looking to work out a way to attach it to my bike as well.

If you can attach it to your helmet it might be better IMHO. A lot of people struggle to find a steady enough spot to mount a camera on a bike for steady images. I have a camera mount on the crash bar of the GS for my ATC9K but there's just enough high frequency vibration to make the image "swim".

Al.

[sheeny (Al)]

Here's a couple more I've put up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQnoNGmxZic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkObhDlOa58

These actually have a bike in front of me for something else to watch.

Al.

[PCH (Paul)]

Hey Al,

cool vids for sure. Anyone care to share how one selects different resolutions, like 720p. I'm sure I've done it before but I can't seem to remember now

[sheeny (Al)]

Under the video panel is a tool bar. 5th icon from the right looks like a gear - select that and choose 720p.



Al.

[PCH (Paul)]

Cool, thanks Al

[Ric]

Thanks for the info Al.

My camera uses what is called a "Black Jack" holder to mount on my firefighting helmet so it's not really designed for a motorbike helmet. I'll have to look into some type of holder.

Cheers

[sheeny (Al)]

I got the trials bike out for a run yesterday. First time in a while so I was a bit rusty and didn't try anything too outrageous, but gave the GoPro its first run on that. Billy (our staffy) likes to run with the bike.

Recorded in 1080p on wide FOV, but downsized to 720p for the web, so select HD to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjrkDICUHAg

Al.

[Deeno]

What fun!
You've some great toys there Al. Don't 'spose you have an old moto-crosser secreted away somewhere......?

[sheeny (Al)]

No, no old motocrosser, but Jarita's boyfriend Graham has a YZF250, and we have a motocross track on the farm courtesy of the previous owners.

I have to resist the urge to get on and show him how its done... I must remember that I'm old now and don't recover so easily, and nearly 15 years out of practice! Must... keep... testosterone... under... control...

Al.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Hi All The little Gopro cameras do a magnificent job. Here is one I took with a Hero2 last week but with a slightly different means of transport.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUadVrsWdIc

[sheeny (Al)]

Looks good, Doug. Looks like a pretty reasonable range. Sounds like a quad copter, is it?

Do you have any remote view of where the camera's pointing, or is it just a matter of watching the attitude of the copter? The framing was very good if you are doing it without a remote view I thought.

Al.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Yes Al it's a quad copter and after a bit of a scary test the other day with the FPV set up temporary it has a range in excess of 1.5KM although at that range it it is always iffy as to responsiveness. Thank God for a failsafe setup and failsafe/ return to home switch and GPS.