How do you film your track day?

[Boro]

I'm just looking for some info on how you guys/gals film your track days. I know some tracks don't allow suction mounts and require a more secure fixing method.

How do you mount your camera and which camera do you use?

Any info greatly appreciated.

[Altrezia]

Gopro either mounted on a rollcage or stuck on with the silly sticky pads that come with the hero kit.

[git-r]

I use a joby gorrilapod and sony 3ccd camcorder.. It's HD and looks really good but sound is not so good.

Also used an Iphone 5 which is pretty good and sound is better. Any smartphone would do though and they work as laptimers and display speed etc ..

[911p]

One of these clamped onto the roll bar, holding a Contour Roam updated with Roam 2 software. See the results here, try and watch in 1080p HD if you can.

It's worth mentioning I think the Roam is right up there with the best of them, the software just needs to be set up correctly - it cost me £120 and seems to match the most expensive GoPros (£300+) for footage quality. The only downside is audio, but I'm simply going to leave an external mic in the car and merge the together in the future.

[GrumpyTwig]

A GoPro either:

1) Mounted on the dash using a double sided sticky pad (one of the mounts that came with it) just need a smoothish surface.

2) Chin of the helmet using a similar sticky mount. Works great and gives an interesting perspective for watching the video as you see the forces a bit more given I don't run any harnesses.

I've not had any issues even though it's not technically a hard mount they seem ok with it. It did actually fall off once, but it just resulted in the camera flying sideway into the passenger footwell and me swearing at it .

[AdiT]

I use a Contour GPS on a roll-bar mount where suction mounts aren't allowed. Where they are, I use a combination to get different view points. Externally it's the same as 911p's Roam but tracks it's position and you can view the route, speed and altitude using the Contour softwear.

As said the sound is affected by wind but it can be overcome; I cut a section of waterproof carpet and fixed it covering the mic' with a bit of bike inner tube. The difference...

With cover...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CQQzdyh8uY

Without...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1kQnMgaQlE

[tps23]

go pro for the camera, on my 3 series bmw i've bolted the go pro mount into the passenger sunvisor screw holes, it worked ok and sits centrally, only thing i need to do next time it try and damp some of the vibration out/ tighten it better!

[Masher964]

Gopro looks hard to beat. I have mounted using a clamp mount inserted into the surround of the roof lining:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfC25NIrEWI
or clamped onto the harness bar of the roll cage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFUqPnx1U9k

It is nice, in my opinion, if the camera can show a clear view out the windscreen and some of what the driver is doing.

Best of luck.

[DiscoColin]

GoPro or/and iPhone. For the phone a RAM Mounts holder is used. I either use a Manfrotto Superclamp on the cage or an adhesive mount behind the rear view mirror (i.e. semi-permanent, but not visible in my line of sight so shouldn't fail an MOT). I have a GoPro adhesive mount and a RAM adhesive ball mount on there so quite a few options. I'll be trying some faffing about with multi-cam picture in picture stuff in 2014.

[v8bloke]

I use 2 gopro cameras, a hero and a hero 2. front view has the camera hanging upside down where a rear view mirror should be I then set it to record up side down so it plays the right way up. the rear one is the hero 2 and set on narrow field of view 90 degrees and fitted to the rear valance with a stick on mount that I have also screwed on with self tappers. I edit the two in Adobe premier elements 10 which is pretty easy to use but there is probably something better.
This is the result.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnDjFI_m5i8&lis...

[Wh00sher]

GoPro mounted from the Roll cage. Old Aiptek Camera for a `picture in picture` rear view. PBox for datalogging to add Speed & Track Map.

Put both together using RaceRender software which makes combining multiple video / data sources a piece of cake.

[Fonzey]

I'm quite proud of my innovation...

Bought a "dome light" from a breakers on eBay, popped the plastic lens off and then bought some tubing of an appropriate diameter and epoxy resin/screwed it in. Then mounted a mobile phone holder for my old phone (Galaxy S3) and there you have it.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au4Ulr4DUEg

Excuse the driving

[Boro]

Thanks for the replies. Can I also ask what cars you guys drive?

The reason I ask is I've got the opportunity to import a large amount of Towing Eye GoPro Mounts but they are car specific. I'm not sure there is a big enough market to stock them for every make/model of car, so need to choose carefully.

Ta.

[Wh00sher]

If I was going to use my towing eye, I`d just fasten a GoPro mount to the existing eye.

[911p]

Best models would probably be Mk1 MX5, E36 3 series, E46 M3, Gen 2 MR2, and 996/997 911. All seem to make an appearance at track days.

[Boro]

Wh00sher said:

If I was going to use my towing eye, I`d just fasten a GoPro mount to the existing eye.

I did think this, but how would you get the orientation right?

[Fonzey]

I really don't like externally mounted cameras, it only tells half the story IMO.

I much prefer watching video's which include driver inputs.

[Masher964]

Fonzey said:

I'm quite proud of my innovation...

Bought a "dome light" from a breakers on eBay, popped the plastic lens off and then bought some tubing of an appropriate diameter and epoxy resin/screwed it in. Then mounted a mobile phone holder for my old phone (Galaxy S3) and there you have it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au4Ulr4DUEg

Excuse the driving

Nice view from this mount. Just over the drivers shoulder.

[Masher964]

Other than Adobe Premier Elements, what is anyone using to edit videos? Also, with the gopro do the videos need converting to another format before editing?

[Boro]

Fonzey said:

I really don't like externally mounted cameras, it only tells half the story IMO.

I much prefer watching video's which include driver inputs.

I know what you mean. The best videos incorporate a number of different views in the same clip, so it's nice to have a few options of where to mount the camera and flip between them.