GoPro Fitting

[Winston Smith]

Mr Wolf - or any other GoPro Hero users.

Thanks to my good lady I am now the proud owner of said camera.

How have you fitted the camera to the beast?

I recall Steve you had yours mounted under the left mirror housing and the result was quite stable frames.

Can you assist?

[Rusty]

You are a lucky man ! Mr Wolf will give you ALL the info you need. I and all others here look forward to seeing some of your footage ... I believe these Go Pros get better and better every year .. the quality is stunning ... let us know how you get on old fruit  ;D

[Lonewolf]

Chris, usual rules apply. Make sure the underside of the mirror stem is squeaky clean and dry. Press one of the adhesive pads on and ideally leave for 24 hours before blatting around the roads of East or North Yorkshire. I used an additional cable tie as you can see on the photos, but in reality they were never needed. The camera mount never came off of its own accord put it can be pulled off if you want to remove it.


Alternatively stick the camera on your helmet for more realistic footage but this will provide slightly less stable footage due to the natural continued movement of the head.

[Winston Smith]

Thanks Steve - your bike almost looks like one of the fast blue ones in those picture.

Rusty - I appear to be a lucky man don't I?!!

Over the last few Christmas's she has supplied me with a Garmin 660, Engage XL bag and an Omega Seamaster.

That's in addition to letting me go on the boys jolly's and the RiDE mag testing as well as a week in France every December driver training!

She's not a bad old stick!

[Rusty]

Oh God don't stop Winston ...I'm about to be sick . ;D ;D

[GTRTONY]

I too am now a gopro owner. can anyone recommend any good and easy to use editing tools for video

happy new year to all gtr owners

tony

[Lonewolf]

I've used and still do use for some of my editing Pinnacle Studio HD which is about £35-£40 from PC World. It might be even cheaper at the moment as they have a sale on. Winston mentioned that you can use Windows Movie Maker too but you might need to be running Windows 7 for that as I am an Vista and my Windows Movie Maker wouldn't handle HD footage.

[Kwikasfuki]

This is what I just purchased based on a recommendation; http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyberlink-PowerDirector-10-Ultra-PC/dp/B005TGBOVY
Not tried it yet though, but from all the reviews I read its supposed to be very very good

[Andy]

I'm considering a Replay XD1080  :)

[cpettifer]

Everyone raves about the GoPros, but I can't help think that a cylinder style camera, such as the Contours would be better from a mounting point of view (less surface area into the wind blast?).

I'd definitely like a helmet cam, so would be interested on views of both styles. Also - has anyone had any problems with cameras falling off your helmet? This would be a constant concern!

[Lonewolf]

I understand what you are saying re the bulk of the HD GoPro housing but trust me it is not a problem. The unit is stuck fast and from the footage I have obtained in the past while using this camera I have been very impressed.

You often see the HD GoPro used these days by the BBC and other TV companies in many different applications. If its good enough for them, it's good enough for me.  ;D

[Mogster]

I use 3m Dura lock to mount my Lid cam, Dura lock is like Velco on streroids, i have tested this stuff at over 180mph (ahem on  a private track i may add) and it sticks the camera a treat.

i have a HD cylindrical type which is fookin superb!.. TBH taking long video clips of ya riding is rather boring, if the the Go Pro has the photo facility use that its the bollox. mine takes a shot
at 4mp every 2 seconds and i have documented all our trips with this, yes OK its a bit of a pain going through thousands of pics but it is worth it as i have some stunning shots.

[Lonewolf]

Yes the HD GoPro can do interval photos to create almost like a flip album if you want.

If your'e going to do some videos its sometimes better to keep them short and sweet or be ruthless when editing to get rid of the crap.

[Andy]

http://youtu.be/GgWSDugKU0k?hd=1

[Winston Smith]

In addition to the new GoPro, I have one of these too which seems to be a pretty good piece of kit.

I got it through Groupon for about half price   :)

http://www.retailgadgets.co.uk/Raider-Action-Helmet-Camera-Twenty-720p-HD-Black.html