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Tried to get some half decent footage over the last few weeks, just been using the chest harness, with no success.
Using it on the recomended settings and the camera tilted up as far as it will go we have to be on the back tyre of the rider in front, the results look they have been taken with a fish eye lens.
hen you stand up to go down hill then the camera films the front of the bike and your feet.
Have I got it on the wrong settings or have I bought the wrong Go Pro
Tracey
Mount on helmet or frame? My friend who has a chest mount seems to do okay generally but the results of his films are quite edited so perhaps he cuts the junk shots out and I never see them.
I have the Go-Pro wide and I reckon with that you'd have to be pretty close to the bike in front for it to look good as the lens is very wide.
Try turning the bit that mounts the camera onto to chest mount upside down.
When mounted on the chest I use the extender pieces to enable me to tilt the camera back far enough, (it won't go back enough just mounting the camera on the chest harness clip). When you sit down it will be pointing about 45 deg upwards, but it works;-
http://s100mphplus.pinkbike.com/channel/Whistler-2010/
If you're going to be sat down and also stood up whilst riding, the chest harness doesn't suit both riding styles and you'de be better off mounting it to your helmet.
Chest mount works well for DH where you're stood up most of the time.
I was given the tip of running the camera upsidedown and then using the built in correction to put up the right way up on another [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-way-to-mount-a-gopro ]thread[/url].
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it's very mincing and the lens has a lot of sweat on it I'm very pleased with the FOV[/url]
I'm not sure what the official GoPro chest mount gives you in terms of adjustment. I use the extender arms bolted together and then mounted to a vertical clip, the camera and all extender arms twisted back as far as they can go. It points up when walking, but when on the bike its perfect.
If you've got the Go Pro wide angle it will have a fish eye kind of effect because its giving you 170 degrees of viewing angle. I used the chest harness this year in the Alps and you'll get a view like the dude from Canada in the link above (arms/bars/ view ahead).
The only bit of advice I would give which is in the manual (being a bloke I didn't read it) is don't use Alkaline batteries because any kind of vibration it will turn itself off. rechargeable batteries only.
Most probably the OP riding position is racy* ... aka too stretched out. For this matter, there is an adaptor in GoPro pack to enhance the angle of chesty*. Myself , I am more upright rider therefore don't have any problems with angles but when my certain riding buddie gets to wear a chesty, then that adaptor goes in to compensate the angles.
as of a few days ago on the go pro websit there is a firmware upgrade for the HDhero
one of the features is upside down mode .
another is one button press record so makes it a lot easier to use on the trail
firmware upgrade here http://www.goprocamera.com/support/hdheroupdate.php
but read the instructions carefully and follow them
opps forgot lots of usefull info here too http://goprouser.freeforums.org/questions-problems-and-observations-hd-gopro-only-f4.html
Have just bolted two mounts together and it looks like it may work, dont know if it will bounce about too much but will give it a go.
Im running it in r4 setting, is this the correct one?
Tracey
I just adjust mine so that it best works while stood up, I'm not that bothered about recording while climbing (though my riding style does mean that it works reasonably well while sat down). Have to say they've screwed up a wee bit with the case on the HD, you can't aim it as high as you could with the low res version so it's much more likely to need the adaptors.
What easy to use editing softwear should I be looking at
What easy to use editing softwear should I be looking at
Just try Windows Movie Maker to start with. Pretty useable and free!
Setting 4 is best for MTB as it gives a squarer FOV
Not many apps out there will import mp4 files from the goproHD, however Sony Vegas does, which is why I'm now using it rather than convert to avi and then import to MM or Adobe etc.
It's Sony Vegas vs PowerDirector, budget wise. Download free trials of them and see which one you like.
Just tried Windows Movie Maker but it wont find the files on the card
Will try the others
WMM should handle it if you have Windows 7, and possibly Vista, but the XP (and possibly Vista) versions can't work with the MP4 without converting first.
I'm in the same boat, had a wee play with PowerDirector, thought it was horrible. Just downloaded Vegas to give a whirl.
Cant get it to work on Vista either
yup, the GoPro HD, a great bit of kit and I love mine but it does seem to create a number of challenges.
First up re positioning using the chesty harness;
As mentioned above you need to flip the mount and wear the camera upside down. you can then use inbuilt software to flip the pic or just use your editor to flip it.
If you don't flip the camera it's very difficult to keep the rider in front in frame as you have found.
Other mounts:
I tend not to use the chesty harness as I can't get a decent pic so I use the helmet mounts instead plus the frame/handlebar mount for a much better result.
Editing:
Windows Movie Maker is the most intuitive editor that I have found and I have tried many. Nope it doesn't have all the fancy features but it's easy to edit and produce a good movie
File type:
GoPro records in MPEG4 which Windows Movie Maker can't use in Vista or XP. However Windows 7 version of Movie Maker allows you to import MPEG4 files
File Conversion:
So that leaves you with the option of upgrading to Windows 7 or converting your MPEG files to avi and editing in Movie Maker. I convert the files using [url= http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp4cam2avi/ ]MP4cam2avi[/url], a free download.
Batteries:
The HD version has a rechargeable battery that is much better than the alkaline batteries required for the non-HD version and the charge lasts ages for me, easy to record all day and fill an 8GB card on one charge
The output:
Here's a couple of recent efforts shot in the Alps using the helmet mount and edited as above i.e. converting to Avi and editing in MWMM
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[url= http://vimeo.com/14478713 ]Final Friday[/url] (for some rearward facing camera action)
plus a recent attempt at using the chesty harness again which confirmed my feelings that I don't really like the results.
[url= http://vimeo.com/14748422 ]Tunnel Hill[/url]
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there is some footage I have got one day this august with my hd helmet hero pro... as you can see its pretty good. I turn the camera upside down on the mount and tilt it so that when I lean over the bars it pointing straight ahead... usually you have to tilt it further up that you think to get the trail in shot. Then use Imovie (windows movie maker cannot handle mp4) to flip it and edit it.