| Author | Message | ||
     Nigelgreaves |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz5qYr3dST0 | ||
| Johnboy777 |
Camera shake! | ||
| Strokizator |
Cool video, nonetheless. Does the editing software come with the camera? Some details would be nice. | ||
| Nigelgreaves |
Editing software doesn't come with the camera. I'm working on custom mounts to eliminate vibration to the camera. | ||
| Pontlee77 |
i placed mine of the fork with the bracket of a steer damper | ||
| Glenn |
I tried several positions for mine including two on the fly screen but they all gave vibration and for the lower fly screen a rolling effect when starting and stopping especially. I found the best place to be on the hand guard.   | ||
| Nigelgreaves |
I promise I will come up with something to completely eliminate the vibrations. It will involve springs and sorbothane. When I figure it out - I'll share it with the board. | ||
| Glenn |
What software did you use and what resolution did you run and then convert to? | ||
| Nigelgreaves |
Just used iMovie. Shot at 1080p | ||
| Dynasport |
Nice video. I have got to learn how to use iMovie. I have only played with it once and really didn't have any idea what I was doing. Do you have any advice on learning to use the program or is it so obvious and easy I should be ashamed for not editing a masterpiece the first time? | ||
| Nigelgreaves |
Dynasport - I would simply google iMovie tutorials and try to absorb what they're saying. Then just play around with it. Trust me, I'm an x-Final Cut Pro user because iMovie does what I need it to do much simpler to use. Final cut has many more features, but iMovie works better for these simple utube videos, etc. | ||
| Fastmag |
I love my GoPro Hero HD. I have used the mirror stem for a mount that is not bad on vibes. It is a little angled though. I made a chest mount that is hit or miss depending on how you are sitting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdueTqQt7wQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pywhVtZLvCA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ21K5m1pac | ||
| Pontlee77 |
Here is my set up.    made a small hole on the upper tab and attached a camera holder (had to cut and adjust size)so in the unfortunate case, (i doubt it will happen)the mount broke the camera wouldn't be lost. | ||
| Seanp |
That's a great video Nigel, and you've done a good job editing it. I wish I were so creative. The rolling shutter (jello look) is because it's a CMOS sensor. It isn't just vibrations that cause that, it's any type of movement that's faster than the shutter can move across the sensor. I have a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS2 that I use for videos. It's waterproof and shockproof, and it records in HD. Even better, it has CCD sensor, so there's no rolling shutter effect. The only drawback is that because it is technically a still camera and not a video camera, it only records 15 or 20 minutes at a time. I recorded this at a track day in September (first time on a track). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_P74fCVRUQ I was on the 675, so less vibration, but still, there's no jello effect. I'm waiting until someone introduces a helmet cam with a CCD sensor that won't have that rolling shutter. I'll buy three or four... | ||
| Nigelgreaves |
This is using a custom mount I made for a full-size HD camera a couple of years ago when I rode my Uly from Los Angeles to Alaska. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azFZiSJzV3o | ||
| Seanp |
I've got a Canon HF100 that I'd love to mount on my bike. What kind of camera is that in the second video, Nigel? | ||
| Nigelgreaves |
It's a Canon Vixia HV30. I constructed a shoulder mount that placed the camera in front of my chest. A pan/tilt head made it possible for me to move it around while on the move. My body absorbed all the vibrations from the motor. | ||
| Lastcyclone |
Try a helmet mount. No shakes. | ||
| Seanp |
The problem for me, personally, with a helmet mount is that I look around a whole lot, and it makes the video difficult to watch. I odn't feel like I'm moving my head too much, but when I look at the video it seems like I never keep it in one position longer than a few seconds or so. Nigel - do you have pictures of the shoulder mount? That's an interesting idea, and it wouldn't be nearly as nauseating as watching my helmet-mounted camera. | ||
| Nigelgreaves |
Seanp - I had a photo of it in my old laptop that took a dump. I'll tell you how it's made - Basically it's PVC pipe that goes over both shoulders and connects at your lower back. The front connects at your chest, but has a flat and level design to which you mount some aluminum plate and a pan/tilt head. Mount the pan/tilt head control lever backwards so you can pan and tilt while riding. Anyone that has an ass will get smooth video as the ass takes all the vibration! | ||
| Nigelgreaves |
Here's the prototype testing of the rig before I went to Alaska http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruypHPzVm9k | ||
| Sfarson |
"Try a helmet mount. No shakes." Have recorded hundreds of ride vids with different cams, different mounts, different locations. While there can be advantages here and there with the different options, I've increasingly gone with the helmet cam... minimizes shake, gives the perspective of the rider, works from bike to bike, and one can look around choicefully and smoothly on occasion for the viewer versus the fixed position. A recent Ulysses ride vid on a county road... http://www.farson.com/video/deckuly.wmv (Message edited by sfarson on December 04, 2010) | ||
| Idaho_buelly |
Fastmag Love your area! Will be riding there in the near future..  | ||
| Motorbike |
Sfarson, nice video. That is some beautiful country! | ||
| Maximum |
That is a nice video Steve...what camera and mounting system are you using? Makes me miss Colorado and riding. I'll be home for R&R around Christmas...but probably no mountain riding will be happening.  | ||
| Tootal |
Aaaah, Colorado. Still my favorite state to ride in. That road didn't look familiar so I guess I've got to go back and find it! Damn, that's all I needed, another excuse to ride West! Nice job Steve, I love how you had the muted sound of the exhaust without major wind noise. No music except the beat of the Drum (mer)? How did you set up your mic? The sound is always my number one complaint of riding video's. Yours was great! | ||
| Sfarson |
Thanks all. Tootal I still remember that testimonial image of your Uly at the top of Engineer Pass! BTW, the Alpine Loop is one of the chapters of a massive book I finished on motorcycling Colorado, now at the publisher... 250+ roads/rides (on/offroad), 250+ maps, 1000+ images, 400+ videos, etc. Hoping for a spring release to Amazon/dealers/etc. Currently developing a companion web site where the vids will be placed. The Uly was a workhorse for numerous chapters. Anyway, I use the ContourHD and GoProHD cams. Sometimes they are mounted to the bike, but more often I have them mounted to the side of my helmet. In the video above there are a few quick glimpses of the small Buell handlebar bag... a perfect location out of the wind for the mic! And... it is the stock exhaust note! Steve | ||
| Fastmag |
Thanks Idaho_buelly, I love riding in Oregon. Coast riding to Mountain riding then on to High desert riding. Dunes to deep mud, to tight twisties. We got it all. | ||
| Tootal |
BTW, the Alpine Loop is one of the chapters of a massive book I finished on motorcycling Colorado, now at the publisher... 250+ roads/rides (on/offroad), 250+ maps, 1000+ images, 400+ videos, etc. Hoping for a spring release to Amazon/dealers/etc. Currently developing a companion web site where the vids will be placed. The Uly was a workhorse for numerous chapters. I'll keep an eye out for it, would love to have one. Thanks for the mic location, good to know. I've always wanted to record a few sections of road, or non road, but haven't gotten a camera yet. Thanks for everybody's information, I'm learning! |
