My BikeCam experiment

[Sombeech]

Give me some critique, please. Which shots are absolute trash, which are good, and which could have some potential with the right touch?

I will use some of these shots within the next two weeks. I also plan on putting the actual helmetcam in the place of the camcorder, but I need one more part for that.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_843d5u-wI

[KillEmAll]

Those different angles would really spruce up a biking video. Throw some of those different angles in with your main footage and that would make for some good watchin'.
:popcorn:

[KillEmAll]

Oh, by the way I think all of those angles would supplement your video nicely, so I didn't vote. Your getting pretty damn clever with that thing.

[Sombeech]

That first shot reminds me of riding my Big Wheel up and down the street. :cool2:

[Tumbleweed]

That is a cool setup Sombeech...where did you get it (or did you build it)? I think the rear-shot (stable wheel) would look really awesome with another rider back there. Wonder how it would be on a more bumpy trail?

How you seen the flick "Roam" by the collective yet? There is a great sequence where they mounted a camera over the front wheel looking back at the rider - similar to your bar mount - but farther forward with a wide angle to see the bars. I want to try it sometime. Check out "Roam" if you haven't seen it.

Beau

[tanya]

Front Shot

[Sombeech]

Check out "Roam" if you haven't seen it.

Where can I find it?

[Tumbleweed]

Here is the website: http://www.thecollectivefilm.com/roam/index_roam.html

They have a teaser - but it doesn't have the shot I'm talking about. Most bike shops will sell the actual DVD - I watch mine all the time.

[RedMan]

They are all great BUT you have a serious white balance problem with that camera.

It is set on auto, you need to set it to manual and balance it with a 19% grey card.

Or at least put on an ND filter.

[Sombeech]

They are all great BUT you have a serious white balance problem with that camera.

It is set on auto, you need to set it to manual and balance it with a 19% grey card.

yeah, I've been trying to figure that out for a couple of days. Time to go to the instruction manual.

[Gixxer]

so how well does that type of mount work on the handlebars pointed forwards, as opposed to mounted on a helmet?

[tanya]

No one is going for the nostrils shot. :mrgreen:

[Cirrus2000]

No one is going for the nostrils shot. :mrgreen:

At least it's pointing up, and not straight back from the handlebars. :puke8:

[Sombeech]

No one is going for the nostrils shot. :mrgreen:

At least it's pointing up, and not straight back from the handlebars. :puke8:

:lol8: Money Shot!

[nefarious]

No one is going for the nostrils shot. :mrgreen:

At least it's pointing up, and not straight back from the handlebars. :puke8:

:lol8: Money Shot!I voted for it on youtube.

[Tucker]

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[mroy]

Sombeech check out www.goprocamera.com - the Digital Hero 3 - I saw them at the Outdoor Retailer show. It looks pretty cool for a cam solution.

[Sombeech]

:lol8: Money Shot!I voted for it on youtube.

Nice! Hey, welcome to the forum. :cool2:

Sombeech check out www.goprocamera.com - the Digital Hero 3 - I saw them at the Outdoor Retailer show. It looks pretty cool for a cam solution.

Pretty cool. Thanks for the suggestion.

[nefarious]

:lol8: Money Shot!I voted for it on youtube.

Nice! Hey, welcome to the forum. :cool2:Thanks. Thanks for posting the videos too. :)

[Sombeech]

Thanks for posting the videos too. :)

It's my pleasure. I'll be making a couple more in 2 weeks from that area. :nod:

[Tumbleweed]

Sombeech - here is the segment from Roam I was talking about. Just right-click the link to save the file - it is about 26 sec long.

http://vaportrails.us/videos/Roam_SunValley.wmv

[JP]

It is set on auto, you need to set it to manual and balance it with a 19% grey card.

Or at least put on an ND filter.
Having the camera hanging over the rear tire will eventually throw something up into the lens, having a filter on there will protect that lens. It's much cheaper to replace a filter :haha:

I know when you using ye ole 35mm SLR film camera, the grey card could be used for people manually setting their cameras to the light settings. I thought when using digital SLR's, the grey card was out and the white card was in for that. I know when I took the photography courses through work, they handed us cards that were grey on one side and white on the other; digital gets the white and film gets the grey. Is this different for digital camcorders?

[DiscGo]

I can't tell if your camera is tougher than mine, or if you are braver with your electronics than I am, but I think this is awesome!

[Sombeech]

Sombeech - here is the segment from Roam I was talking about. Just right-click the link to save the file - it is about 26 sec long.

http://vaportrails.us/videos/Roam_SunValley.wmv

Hey, that's a pretty cool shot. I'll have to see if I can fabricate an extension arm to get out in front like that.