Where do you mount your GoPro?

[Ceri JC]

Originally Posted by CheckerdD

Right on top of the helmet. I make losey videos, but when I was going through Central America it worked really well when corrupt cops would pull us over. You would see the cop walking up to us with his eyes looking at the box on top of my head. Then you could see his expression change as if he was saying "Oh shit, it's a camera." Then he would ask to see our passport and glance at it and say, "Enjoy your stay in Honduras." Then give the passport back. I bet that was not what was on their mind when they pulled us over. Dave

Nice, I've often thought about a camera having this impact, but had never heard of a real world example until now.

Give it ten years and we'll have cameras wirelessy streaming, along with our GPS position, to our own webspace on the cloud and we'll be another step close to a true Personal Memex. Even at that stage, it should hopefully start to decrease muggings/corruption. Particularly when they realise that conviscating the camera won't conviscate the evidence.

All you have to do is share your cloud storage access with a trusted friend back at base and if anything happens to you they will be able to see what happened to you. A huge deterrent for the bad guys.

[Ceri JC]

Here seems as good a place as any to ask, how do I put a standard RAM ball in place of my F800GS's mirrors. IE keep the same switchgear, but just replace the stock mirror stalk with a RAM ball?

I have bought tonnes of RAM bits and a set of these (Adaptor A - to fit F800GS), but still can't rig anything up that fits in the exact place.

Has anyone else managed this on an F800GS and if so, which parts did you use exactly?

I'm hoping to replace my OE mirrors with two ram balls mounted in these locations (IE going into the exact same holes as the OE mirrors). Idea being, I could then mount a Double Take Mirror on one side and a RAM arm to hold the Go Pro on the other when filming. When I'm done filming, I could whip of the camera mount and replace it with a second Double Take Mirror in seconds.

[deguoren]

I use a normal water tight and shock resistant SONY camera, not a Go pro. As I like to turn it on and of I put it on the handle bar with a HAMA Bike pod. Thats a nice piece of kit which sells for something like 15 Euros. Works on almost every bike. I always take it with me on holidays and put it on rental bikes as well.

Here you see a mounting example on the net:
http://www.foto-zubehoer-magazin.de/...r555_prfd2.jpg

[2Stamp]

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

Here seems as good a place as any to ask, how do I put a standard RAM ball in place of my F800GS's mirrors. IE keep the same switchgear, but just replace the stock mirror stalk with a RAM ball?

I have bought tonnes of RAM bits and a set of these (Adaptor A - to fit F800GS), but still can't rig anything up that fits in the exact place.

Has anyone else managed this on an F800GS and if so, which parts did you use exactly?

I'm hoping to replace my OE mirrors with two ram balls mounted in these locations (IE going into the exact same holes as the OE mirrors). Idea being, I could then mount a Double Take Mirror on one side and a RAM arm to hold the Go Pro on the other when filming. When I'm done filming, I could whip of the camera mount and replace it with a second Double Take Mirror in seconds.

Go toe the double take web site. they sell the adapter for the mirror to do what you want. http://www.doubletakemirror.com/build/bmw Too easy.

[Casejeep]

I finished with my boom mount off the back on the bike.





i can move it to get whatever shot i want.



I know its pretty ridiculous, but i think it will make for good movies. i cant leave it on all the time its too long.

this is an unedited video i took with it. its still bouncy, but i will need to mount it better when i get a rear rack.

[Casejeep]

here is what it looks like in uses. its a pain to ride with but you can take it off when you arent filming.

[nathan8315]

I always mount to my helmet. One helmet I have mounted it on the left side and the other directly on top. I have tried mounting to the bike, which works awesome on the road, but offroad it is aweful. Gets bounced around and you can't really tell what is going on a lot of the time. Has anyone had success with a bike mounted camera offroad?

[replicant]

Helmet-mount is the most useful view IMO. Watching the footage later, it's more interesting than bike-mount views which are totally static. Ideally you capture a bunch of different views, and when cycling through them in your edited video, use helmet views the most.

I've found mounting to a motorcycle is tricky, because a lot of locations get too much vibration for good video (stills are fine). Handlebars or any type of boom tend to be too vibey, but frame, crashbars, forks all work well. One you can try is adding a strip of old inner tube under bar-clamp type mounts, that helps somewhat.

[Spinalcracker]

Any mount on the handle bars or front end will pick up ALL the little jittery vibration from the shocks.

I like the helmut mount for stability and angle of view. Plus people look at you like your an alien.

I tried the chest mount this past weekend and had too much of the bike when I was sitting but was great while standing.

Any where on the crash bars or luggage rack were very stable as long as the mount was no too long.

[ebrabaek]

I use helmet.... But for kicks ...I mounted my other camera on the crach bar.... I know...smart... Not happen again..... Anyway here is the video....
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[Loutre]

I just love the quality of this.

how long does it last? heard about 6hours... Is that realistic or just some crap to sell it?

[too old for dirt]

+1 on the helmet mount. Give you flexibility to move the camera to view not just straight ahead, but side to side as well.

[ebrabaek]

Originally Posted by Loutre

I just love the quality of this.

how long does it last? heard about 6hours... Is that realistic or just some crap to sell it?

I usually run out of chip...as I shoot at 1080p all the time...but on one charge...... I get at least a 3 hrs...

Erling

[Gangplank]

Originally Posted by ebrabaek

I usually run out of chip...as I shoot at 1080p all the time...but on one charge...... I get at least a 3 hrs...

Erling

Chip sizes come up to 32gig. Just picked one up at office depot on sale. I think not was $59.

Pretty sure that'll do 3 hrs of vid on 1080p. Battery will go that long.

[ebrabaek]

Originally Posted by Gangplank

Chip sizes come up to 32gig. Just picked one up at office depot on sale. I think not was $59.

Pretty sure that'll do 3 hrs of vid on 1080p. Battery will go that long.

I take clips of.....about 20-30 minutes each.... But totaling them all... I think I have 3 hrs.... 2 for sure. In short I have never run out of battery on the gopro.... On my 1080p contour on the other hand.... always 90 minutes.... then switch battery....

Erling