motorcycle cameras: options and reviews: post your riding video's

[hydra]

hey folks,

looking into getting a motorcycle video cam.

what's are the best ones out there? i'll spend the money on a really good one.
helmet cam or mounted to the bike cam?

post some video's of some of your video's from you cam...please

thanks

[Kaveh]

I have a tank mount cam bracket from sportbikecam.com  It's alright, the angle you get is pretty good, the gauges are in the frame and it keeps the camera pretty steady, not very shaky at all.  The downside is that you have part of the mount always on your bike.  I really don't have that much footage since I no longer have a camcorder.  The up side to a helmet cam is you get different angels while shooting, the downside is that it tends to be a bit shakier.

[Munch]

I liked the viosport, and unless it was mounted to my helmet, the Monster had way too many vibrations for my taste. The new viosport stuff if uber nice, but has a matching price.

I'm looking at the vholdr from twenty20 - zero cables, and no need for external recording device.

Hit google video.goole.com for some of mine. Search Munchdog Productions

This is one mounted on the headlamp area...

this is one moutnted on the headlamp area...

Here's one mounted to my helmet...




In both, the video resolution is 480 lines of resolution. Web hosting degrades the quality significantly. On my pc, the picture is great.

[BastrdHK]

Munch....looks like you have some fun areas to ride, and a capable crew.  I thought both cams performed well.  I would definitely like to hear more of the bike.  You transitioned the music well, especially the 2nd vid.  I thought you were fading the beat into the rumble of the twin, but the wind noise probably would've muddled that up.  Nice to see you finally stretch the legs on that machine.  14min is a little long, and I would like to be a little closer to the other riders.  Short and sweet.

[Airborne]

http://www.goprocamera.com/

check that out. someone in nymmc just posted up a track day vid made using that camera i think. I may purchase one soon.

[hydra]

bumpity bump bump 

[Airborne]

Thanks for bumping, I almost forgot to post.

I did indeed pick up the GoPro Hero 3 at circuit city for 180 bucks. I bought the motorsports kit, it comes with plenty of useful mounts. I've only tried it out once on the bike so far. I used the suction cup mount on the tank and it is pretty solid. I do seem to be getting some interference though. I believe it may be coming from it being very close to the gauges. I'm going to experiment a little more when I get the time.

I'll post up a boring vid I shot of me riding around my town to test it out. One word of advice though, once you turn it on, just let it roll, refrain from messing with it. Even though I told myself I wasnt going to F*** with it while I was riding, I still ended up fiddling with some buttons. I'm just going to set it and forget it for now or else it just becomes a deadly distraction. Oh yeah and people look at me funny now with a camera on a pole suctioned to my tank 

[dbran1949]

I do seem to be getting some interference though. I believe it may be coming from it being very close to the gauges. I'm going to experiment a little more when I get the time.

Is the "interference" audio only? I use a little Vivitar DVR-530. I was hearing what sounded like static in the audio. It turned out to be the button you press to start recording. Hold the camera in your hand and shake, if you hear anything rattling even the slightest, put a small piece of blue 3M painters tape over the offending item. Any tiny rattle you can create by hand turns into a high frequency buzz by the vibrations coming from the bike. The built in microphone picks it up

[Airborne]

Here is what I slapped together and uploaded. The raw file that the camera shoots is much better quality than this version which gets compressed when I used windows movie maker and again when I uploaded it to youtube. When you watch the raw file its actually plays very well in full screen mode, I would say its similar to analogue cable tv.

The duc ride starts at 1:30



For some reason the interference isnt showing up anymore, maybe my video card was playing tricks on me before?

Oh and I have the cameras microphone was set to motorsport which makes it less sensitive thus giving less wind noise. I wasnt going very fast so the result is you can't really hear anything. Both vehicles have quite a bark though.

[hydra]

thanks for posting Hooligan!

not bad for $180!

[Big T]

Have just mounted my video on a tank mount. I use a Sony CX7 as it records to memory stick so no moving parts (as in tape and HD).

This shows the mount.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26503291@N03/2575450366/in/set-72157605013615322/

And here is my first clip from the weekend ride. Still working on the focus and resolution to record at. Youtube compression has reduced the pic quality. Much better on the Mac.

[hydra]

bumpity bump bump 

hey guys,


anyone else out there maybe with the vholdr which shoots at 640x480
http://shop.helmetcameracentral.com/HC-2020-VHOLDR.html

or the pov.1 which shoots at 720x 480
http://shop.helmetcameracentral.com/HC-VIO-POV100.html

[El Matador]

bumpity bump bump 

hey guys,


or the pov.1 which shoots at 720x 480
http://shop.helmetcameracentral.com/HC-VIO-POV100.html

God how I lust over the Pov1 with the wide angle lens.  You see the price and think it's too much, until you see the sheer quality of the footage.

[hydra]

yeah the price is whats keeping me from getting that one.

that's why i'm hoping some one on here own's one and post a little review with video for us....

[mookieo2]

A few guys I know use the Flip cam`s. They now have the Flip HD. It has the best image stabilization out of all the small cam`s available for only $220. That is the one I`ll be getting.