Today while running some errands I did a lap of Mt Coo-Tha in Brisbane. The road is basically a loop and feeds the city's TV stations which all have their transmission towers on the mountain which overlooks the city. This is footage of that run. First time on it on a bike and years since I've been on it in a tintop. Enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqOvfEqEyUw
Michael
You're on the wrong side of the road. :D
Looks like a lot of fun.
Yeah I know. But the good thing is, the other people are also on the wrong side of the road so it all works out in the end :icon_mrgreen:
It was fun. Only one car to get by - oh, and the bus of course.
Michael
Cool!!
Great vid as always. Question though (I don't know if you've mentioned this elsewhere): what equipment do you use to record (cameras, mounts, etc...)? I'd like to make some videos of my own rides and yours look really good.
Quote from: NF11624 on October 07, 2009, 04:47:35 PM
Great vid as always. Question though (I don't know if you've mentioned this elsewhere): what equipment do you use to record (cameras, mounts, etc...)? I'd like to make some videos of my own rides and yours look really good.
I had tried the old... poly T-piece cut in half, put of the bars and pipe-clamped in place... homemade mount. But vibration was a scourge. So figured I go with something a little more professional.
The set up I use is a GoPro Motorsport Hero - wideangle. It's the Identical camera to the GoPro Helmet Hero but comes with a Suction Base Mount instead of helmet straps. Also comes with Stick On bases. But I use the suction base. I'll take a photo of the set up as it sits on the bike and post it here later.
The camera takes a 2gig SD Card and will record around 56 minutes onto that. And runs on two AAA batteries. On a longer weekend ride I take two cards and a spare set of batteries. Sometimes I start the camera while stationary. But with this latest one I started and stopped the camera while I as rolling with my left hand.
Michael
Cool.
I saw mention of that same camera in the track section - its pretty affordable so I may look into getting one.
Here's some pics of the gear how *I* have it set up...
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2638/3992178030_82ed97850d.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2468/3992178156_82d066892d.jpg)
While I could just plug the camera onto the base's upright arm, *I* added the additional smaller arm so I can adjust the camera tilt forward/back as well as side-to-side. I didn't have it adjusted correctly in this latest vid but it's not too noticeable.
I also have a small lanyard from another camera as a Safety line in case the suction base fails. It hasn't yet. And while the picture hints at it, the camera does not obscure the dials from My vision.
And this for better Size Comparison...
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2664/3991420629_59e88ca4e3.jpg)
The camera has NO LCD screen at the back for playback. It records in AVI and not some oddball proprietary format that needs special software. So you can plug the card into your computer's card read and use Windows Media Player to watch it back.
I have the Sound set to Low - the other setting is High.
Michael
Is that camera inside a waterproof case? I was curious how you eliminated the wind noise from your recording.
Cool vid!!! O0 :thumb:
Quote from: tussey on October 08, 2009, 06:44:35 AM
Is that camera inside a waterproof case? I was curious how you eliminated the wind noise from your recording.
Cool vid!!! O0 :thumb:
Yep, it's a waterproof case. And the buttons work through the case. Also, when I pull up somewhere on a ride for a break, I take out the camera and when I come back and put the camera back in the case the Angle is not different - no resetting required, just insert, close and latch shut.
The instructions do say to set the volume to Low for High Noise situations. I haven't tried the High setting to see what the difference is.
Michael
Another question: how well does it pick up the engine noise? I am partial to vids where you just hear the engine/exhaust and ambient noise - making it more of a documentary.
Even at Low it picks it up ok, to me. And in the editing software I use (Windows Movie Maker) the video's audio is set to 50%. So I could Raise the volume for the final vid.
Haven't tried the camera with the setting on High volume.
Here's a brief bit of footage in the Raw form (sans music). This is at the Low setting on the camera http://www.flickr.com/photos/40483221@N05/3994136805/ (I HATE bumpy roads)
Michael