Filming my ride

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

Autostabilised camera mount in day

 

[video=youtube;UKjlnsDMH-U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjlnsDMH-U

[ORen]

Autostabilised camera mount in day

 

[video=youtube;UKjlnsDMH-U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjlnsDMH-U

 

Nice You mounted it on your jacket/chest ?

What's the red thingy on the handle bar ?

And where are your gloves !!!!

[ORen]

Finally had a chance to do a proper test run of my GoPro HD at PG earlier this week.

 

I managed to get only 30 minutes of recording before the battery died on me. I was fuming thinking I may have got a bad battery. Then I read in a forum somewhere that some batteries may require cycling from full to empty a couple of times before they can hit full charge. Tried this at home (full charge, then leave it to record until battery runs out, repeat three times), and now it works fine. So if you're having battery problems, I recommend trying this.

 

For those of you looking for a way to have a removable/relocatable safety line on your GoPro to stop it flying off if the normal mounting fails, here is what I did.

 

1. Get a nylon-coated wire line from a fishing shop. Most will come with sleeves to help you crimp the wire line. Cost = $2-3.

2. Crimp one end of the wire line around the exposed part of the GoPro housing hinge (in the middle of the hinge - see pic below).

3. Crimp the other end of the wire line into a loop (see pic below). You can later thread the loop around a climbing hook, with or without a keychain ring. Cost = 80c per hook. You can see the keychain ring and climbing hook I used in the third pic below.

4. Find a place on your bike on which to hook the climbing hook.

 

This securing method worked a treat for the two places I had my camera. Photos below. For the tail mount, the hook was hooked onto the pillion grab strap. For the headlight fairing mount, the wire line was threaded through the hole where the side mirrors would normally be, and the hook was hooked onto the line itself (i.e. looped around itself).

 

[ATTACH=CONFIG]202257[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]202258[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]202259[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]202260[/ATTACH]

 

Excellent suggestion , will get me one of those wires !

Can you please take photos of where you mounted the camera ? Did you use the adhesive mounts or the cup ?

And upload a couple of videos too !

[belgarathc]

Autostabilised camera mount in day

 

[video=youtube;UKjlnsDMH-U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjlnsDMH-U

 

Nice video and I like the music!

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

Heads up display (in the rain. I don't cancel rides due to rain. All weather capability

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29nuvMqxgrU

[alvinyansg]

Heads up display (in the rain. I don't cancel rides due to rain. All weather capability

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29nuvMqxgrU

 

 

nice HUD

how come the colour of the number changes and there ia part where it becomes dash only?

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

Just like in ships, I use red to prevent the display from killing night vision when riding through (possibly) very dark roads at night. Since the rider will be looking down at the HUD projected against the road (at head height), it looks more awesome

 

Change the display to green for the second part because it's sunrise and green gives better contrast in the day. And because green is awesome too

 

(Yes, bright white LED consoles are a bad bad idea for pitch black M'sian highways! Red is best for night vision)

 

You can use any iphone or android smartphone as a HUD so long as it has GPS. GPS does not work underground or under buildings as the satellite signal does not penetrate earth and concrete.

 

This improvised smartphone HUD is useful for navigation and calculating your speedo error. Exposing your smartphone and digital camera to rain is not for the faint of heart, however the windscreen is there for a reason They both survived perfectly, by the way. Contrast with say, an old Nokia 6288, which will short itself out the moment it contacts water

Edited May 2, 2011 by Pandora's Kitten :3

[alvinyansg]

Just like in ships, I use red to prevent the display from killing night vision when riding through (possibly) very dark roads at night. Since the rider will be looking down at the HUD projected against the road (at head height), it looks more awesome

 

Change the display to green for the second part because it's sunrise and green gives better contrast in the day. And because green is awesome too

 

(Yes, bright white LED consoles are a bad bad idea for pitch black M'sian highways! Red is best for night vision)

 

You can use any iphone or android smartphone as a HUD so long as it has GPS. GPS does not work underground or under buildings as the satellite signal does not penetrate earth and concrete.

 

This improvised smartphone HUD is useful for navigation and calculating your speedo error. Exposing your smartphone and digital camera to rain is not for the faint of heart, however the windscreen is there for a reason They both survived perfectly, by the way. Contrast with say, an old Nokia 6288, which will short itself out the moment it contacts water

 

 

nice

the colour auto changes or you have to switch it youself?

[siux]

yo people do you think its possible to use iphone 4 to film our ride? im trying to think of a way to fix it to the bike/helmet/body..

[stoner]

Autostabilised camera mount in day

 

[video=youtube;UKjlnsDMH-U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjlnsDMH-U

 

This is very cool.... care to advise how you got it? You brought it or DIY???

 

As for Bike cam... here's mine cheapo version... (During my trip to Phuket)

 

Camera used was a old Point & Shoot sub $200 Digi Camera...

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Little_city/8th%20April%20-%2017th%20April%202011/IMG_1108.jpg?t=1304317021

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Little_city/8th%20April%20-%2017th%20April%202011/IMG_1118.jpg?t=1304317179

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Little_city/8th%20April%20-%2017th%20April%202011/IMG_1117.jpg?t=1304317137

 

CHEAPO BIKE CAM .... RIDING INTO PHUKET MAIN GATE.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150177132860945

Edited May 2, 2011 by stoner

[blackant]

Guys, just saw this cute 720p HD mini camera.

[blackant]

Guys, just saw this cute 720p HD mini camera.

[belgarathc]

Yep, GoPro 960.

 

Haha, thanks for the reminder.

 

Alamak, the 960 I got doesn't allow side mounting. I need to buy some pivot arms that extends 90 degrees.

[alvinyansg]

here's how i attached my cam

and the cam charging while its recording

 

cam mounted and plugged in

http://i51.tinypic.com/keggtu.jpg

 

usb adaptor plugged in to cig lighter socket

http://i54.tinypic.com/ng58cz.jpg

 

camera recording while charging

http://i56.tinypic.com/2nsq4ad.jpg

 

short video of night ride

[blackant]

Just received my keychain camera aka HD808 #11. Was amazed of the quality and price (US$39.98 with delivery).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160546966106

 

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

Edited May 15, 2011 by blackant

[CSV]

wow that keychain camera has pretty damn good camera. although night time was a bit poorer, but i think it suits my needs just fine.

 

how long is the recording time?

[blackant]

wow that keychain camera has pretty damn good camera. although night time was a bit poorer, but i think it suits my needs just fine.

 

how long is the recording time?

 

Fully charged, can record around 40mins of video.

I am getting a external emergency power supply for it soon, then it should be able to record up to 4hrs or more.

[Silent Hunter]

But your 8 gi memory card won't be able to last even 3 hours....

[blackant]

But your 8 gi memory card won't be able to last even 3 hours....

 

I'm using a 16GB memory card.

With the new firmware, it support Continuous Recording too.

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

Fully charged, can record around 40mins of video.

I am getting a external emergency power supply for it soon, then it should be able to record up to 4hrs or more.

 

If it has a LIPO (Lithium Polymer) battery that 40 minutes recording time will soon become 30, 20, 10, 5, and kaputt. External power supply for these devices are the way to go Very decent footage for the price. That little camera can be mounted pretty much anywhere.

 

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Have old cameras that you have no use for? "Donate" them by mounting on other peoples bikes

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBc093vPTNw

[blackant]

Ya, the internal battery are lithium polymer cell (LIPO). There are a thread on another forum that discuss and support this keychain camera.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1362692

 

Many mods and details about it there.

[blackant]

double posting again! whats wrong with this forum?

[alvinyansg]

video of my ride just now in the pretty heavy rain

 

Edited May 22, 2011 by alvinyansg

[TwoWheelsOnly]

hi bros,

 

some review on contour and pov.

http://www.projectbikecam.com/reviews.html

 

tq

[alvinyansg]

anyone has any suggestions on what to paste on the camera mic to block out the wind noise?

i tried pasting a piece of foam over the mic and the wind noise is blocked at lower speeds...

but once i pass 70+km/h the wind noise starts to take over..

i also tried pasting black tape over the mic also same thing...