Go-Pro Hero 5

[spareparts]

HappyMidget said:

spareparts said:

Yes, Chris is right - the GoPro would need to be secured (in a frame mount?) and be waterproofed. If the door has to come off, I suppose a blob of silicon may be a temporary solution?

...Injected into the opening around the plug

[HappyMidget]

spareparts said:

...Injected into the opening around the plug

Yup, could even modify a usb plug to have the silicon stick to it to make it a more permanent solution

[Fats25]

Well if a simpleton like me can produce something like this so quickly - anyone can use one!

https://youtu.be/_uPf3wWRfz4

Looking forward to getting some better footage and playing more later with some of the other settings. May need a quicker editing PC though (16Mb RAM and Intel I7 2.2Ghz processor) as it is very slow.

Edited by Fats25 on Monday 30th January 15:25

[HappyMidget]

What capture settings did you use for that time lapse? Looks good btw.

[Fats25]

HappyMidget said:

What capture settings did you use for that time lapse? Looks good btw.

It was 4k, 30FPS, and 2s intervals.

Unfortunately I have 4 Wireless Access Points in my house (all same SSID, and PW, and same Network Address Space), and the camera is really struggling to keep connected to the capture app. It appears that Wireless takes precedence over Bluetooth - which is annoying. So every time I try and use the Capture app after moving around the house, it wants to reconnect the phone to the Go-Pro Wireless AP to re-setup, despite the Bluetooth connection being up.

I am very glad I got the version with the screen or it would have really driven me crazy!

[Fats25]

Just a bit more feedback in case anyone was interested.

I managed to get some footage from a recent play in the desert - no bike content i'm afraid. The camera is excellent - took around 3 hours of footage on two batteries, and never scratched the surface of the memory card for capacity.

https://youtu.be/TgWIYw38fbA

It is a pain to edit though. Some things I have found:-

1) I hate the Go-Pro editing software. I just could not get used to it. There are two pieces of software, Quik, or Go Pro Editor. You need to use the Quik software to get to the GPS information, so I tolerated that as I wanted to see how it worked. However I could not use the editor it was driving me crazy. In the end I have gone for some simple software called Wondersoft Filmora. Paid $60 for it, and is basically a slightly more advanced version of Live Movie Maker (no longer supported/available under Window 10) that I used to use before.

2) The GPS info is very clever, but also very limited. I was getting approx 8 mins of footage for each segment at the settings I was using. That means that the data for distance/maps etc gets restarted every time a new segment is created. The Go-Pro tools do not allow you to merge this data, even if you merge the segments. The data is restricted per segment. A bit annoying - as is a cool feature, but useless for anything over 8 minutes.

So am impressed with the camera. Less so with the software, and ability to use some of the cameras features.

If anyone has any feedback into where I have gone wrong, am happy to listen! Also the day out in the desert was superb - if anyone finds themselves out this way, happy to arrange a visit to this place, which was very professional.

[Andy XRV]

Next time I'm over that is top of the list!

How did you mount the camera? The reason I ask is bearing in mind how rough it is the video is still smooth and vibration free. I know the 5 has image stabilisation but that must have been working overtime

[Fats25]

Andy XRV said:

How did you mount the camera?

Camera was mounted on a standard mount on the vehicles. I also forgot to take the rubber bit with me that normally used for anti judder. Very impressed as you say as I didn't use any editing software to stabilise it further.