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My first riding video on the FZR250, using a Yamaha Action camera and Navig8r chest harness

Discussion in 'Motorcycle Photography - Video' started by my67xr, Jul 30, 2016.

  1. my67xr

    my67xr Bike Enthusiast Staff Member Premium Member Contributing Member

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    Here's the first riding video i made yesterday on my FZR.
    It's not too exciting, just went down the coast a bit from home for a cruise.
    The new Pirelli rear feel's a lot better on the road compared to the 12 year old Battalax, lol

    I have a Yamaha Full HD action camera and Navig8r chest harness.
    It seemed to work pretty well, much better quality than my SIXT china helmet cam.
    But after watching the video i found i need to zoom in a bit more so i can see the dash gauge's, and raise the harness/camera height a touch too.
    Although my helmet does touch the top of the camera sometime's now
    I need more experience turning it off and on too, bit slow atm.
    I'll look into a remote mic too, and mount it down the back as greyimport suggested :thumb_ups:


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    Linkin The Mechanic Premium Member Contributing Member Dirty Wheel Club

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    Nice one. This is how mine ended up

     
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    Up until very recently I worked at a shop which sold action cameras amongst other things, actually it was limited to Drift and Gopro, neither of which I would recommend unfortunately, drift have enormous quality control problems and Gopro are terribly overpriced.
    The Boss decided to supply the entire NSW Police motorbike department with Drift cameras in full knowledge of their problems, result was that I was on a first name basis with over 50% of them because they came in so often with issues.

    BTW if you ever get pulled over by a NSW motorcycle copper, ask them how the Drift cameras are working out and just say you know the guy that tried so hard to get the damned things working reliably for you guys - might save you a ticket...

    BTW 4K footage versus 1080P...4K is a waste of time, way too much compression for a puny bit rate which yeilds horrible image quality for fast moving scenes, and no-one wants to watch footage of someone doing 20Km/hr on open roads because the image quality is good ;)

    However I believe the Senna action camera looks like good value for money, plus is comes with a suite of mounts, something which in the Gopro line were ridiculously priced pieces of plastic.
    IIRC the Senna like the drift had a rotating front lens/CCD which simplifies getting level horizons incredibly.
    Try moving a Gopro between different mounts quickly and getting the damn thing level on anything other than an already horizontal mount to see what I mean

    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SENA-PRI...794970?hash=item2a66f2801a:g:1GMAAOSw2GlXJtx9

    It's got a bluetooth Microphone - narrate the ride, because engine noise is only entertaining for 5 seconds or so...
     
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    "But after watching the video i found i need to zoom in a bit more so i can see the dash gauge's, and raise the harness/camera height a touch too."

    Depending on what you are using the footage for, I would be very cautious with how much 'speedo' you can see in your videos. Unfortunately, two people I know have been booked for speeding after uploading videos to facebook/youtube or on forum pages like this one.

    In QLD at least, the law states that unless you can prove somebody else is operating the vehicle that is registered in your name, you are solely responsible for any action/s the vehicle is involved in. Unfortunately this means that anything you upload in a public forum can be viewed by the police and used against you in a court of law :-(
     
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    Yeah that's alright i don't speed, i want to keep my licence
    I've seen a few youtube video's where people show their mic setup's
    A lot of them use a few layer's of foam and some use cotton cloth around the head of the microphone to stop/lessen wind noise
    I'll have a play anyway.

    Just looked at the Yamaha Camera it doesn't have anywhere to plug in a remote mic, just a/v out, micro usb and hdmi (might be able to use one of them somehow ?)
    The microphone is on the top left of the camera, there's no opening for wind to get in the waterproof housing so it must be from wind noise across the waterproof case.
    I could try something on the outside of the waterproof case to insulate for noise i guess, but then i don't think you'd hear anything
     
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    there may be a microphone input on the micro-usb, many of those mini-usb and micro-usb ports on cameras are multifunction 10 pins, not just the four required for USB data and power, then it's just a case of getting the appropriate adapter and microphone
     
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