GoPro locations?

[Major Fallout]

Santa was very kind to me last christmas and got me a GoPro.

I made a quick bracket, clamped it to the taga hoop and went for a drive. It was awful, looked like michael j fox was filming it.

So where does everyone else stick theres?

[lestershaw]

this is on the passenger window ( as the external mike wouldnt reach the number plate) not bad but the windscreen pillar is in the way and its still a bit wobbly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsKvGnfypVQ

this is on the windscreen, no external mike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHDFbmuhflM

this was wedged between the headrest and top of passenger seat, means i didnt need to use a mount, but i should have wedged the seat and made it stiffer as the seat wobbled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uG_OcNczQc

This was on the floor on a tripod outside the car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZnJGT_QUZg

this was held by someone else
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9KvGnEk4Ko

as you can see, these are the places NOT to mount the camera :-)

Edited by lestershaw on Friday 25th January 14:13

[phazed]

I clamped a cheapy camara to my roll bar and it was fine.

My son has a GoPro now and I'm looking forward to trying it on the first T/D soonish.

[Major Fallout]

Thanks thats exactly what I was looking for.

I like the first one on the passenger window, but you can sod the last one! Haha Not it a million years!

[lestershaw]

maybe not, but the drive to Verzasca is fantastic, and the scenery is stunning

[SILICONEKID350HP]

lestershaw said:

this is on the passenger window ( as the external mike wouldnt reach the number plate) not bad but the windscreen pillar is in the way and its still a bit wobbly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsKvGnfypVQ

this is on the windscreen, no external mike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHDFbmuhflM

this was wedged between the headrest and top of passenger seat, means i didnt need to use a mount, but i should have wedged the seat and made it stiffer as the seat wobbled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uG_OcNczQc

This was on the floor on a tripod outside the car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZnJGT_QUZg



this was held by someone else
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9KvGnEk4Ko

as you can see, these are the places NOT to mount the camera :-)

Edited by lestershaw on Friday 25th January 14:13

No speed cameras in the tunnels then !

Edited by SILICONEKID350HP on Friday 25th January 15:57

[lestershaw]

i think there are some cameras but that doesnt matter as long as you dont go above the legal speed limit which i never do. ;-)

[Chimjunkie]

Beat this for dissapointing footage! This was due to lens wobble and mount flex. Camera was reasonably well clamped to the roll bar...

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj195/chimjunki...

[lestershaw]

ive found the mounts pretty good, its how much what they attached to wobbles. MattP and others fit theirs to the outside of the car by suction and they seem to work pretty good.

[Discopotatoes]

In the boot?

[locodude]

If it's a MKII Chim then fix it behind the number plate with the lens just peeking over the number plate. I fixed my cheapo Mini DV there with no problems so far. Two track days and a few hoons later and still ok. Mount only fixed with double sided tape although you could put a couple of self tappers in which you would'nt see.

[BlackpoolRock]

Discopotatoes said:

In the boot?

[kevin63]

lestershaw said:

the external mike wouldnt reach the number plate

Which mic do you use, I've just ordered an Olympus ME15 in the hope it's an improvement.

[Exige S]

I've got a Audio Technica ATR3350 external mic for the GoPro, it works well, is powered (a must for the GoPro) and has a 6M cable, which means you have a lot of options for mounting locations. The windscreen that comes with the mic is not up to the job of dealing with 60mph wind, so i made my own from closed cell packing foam, it's abut the size of a golfball and does a pretty good job of dealing with the wind pop.

Here is an example of the mic mounted on the bootlid of my Griff 500.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUdkX1ZLtDU

[kevin63]

That's not bad at all for a £20 Mic, I've bookmarked it in case the one I've ordered is no good.
I was also thinking the number plate area would be good to mount the Mic.
Great video, it does make a difference having the sound without wind noise.

[SILICONEKID350HP]

Exige S said:

I've got a Audio Technica ATR3350 external mic for the GoPro, it works well, is powered (a must for the GoPro) and has a 6M cable, which means you have a lot of options for mounting locations. The windscreen that comes with the mic is not up to the job of dealing with 60mph wind, so i made my own from closed cell packing foam, it's abut the size of a golfball and does a pretty good job of dealing with the wind pop.

Here is an example of the mic mounted on the bootlid of my Griff 500.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUdkX1ZLtDU

sounds good but did you now it only comes out one speaker !

[Exige S]

Yep, the mic is mono and records on one channel only-I forgot to duplicate the audio track onto the other channel.

[kevin63]

Exige S said:

Yep, the mic is mono and records on one channel only-I forgot to duplicate the audio track onto the other channel.

Iv'e just found out that if you insert a mono/stereo adapter in line, you get sound through both speakers, Iv'e just ordered one off fleebay for 99p
There are some good video's on YouTube which show the difference it makes.

[chris1972]

I've just bought a Delkin Fat Gecko camera mount from Amazon. They're on offer at the moment. It should work fine on the windscreen of even on the inside of the pax window. I plan on mounting a 5DmkIII to this, so it should hold a GoPro no problem. It cost me £23.75 delivered.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0023ZK2T...

[phazed]

Even though suction mounts are very good, they generally don't allow them on T/Ds in the car.