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opiemasa in furry_bikers

Biking around

Sep 06, 2012 18:12

I ended up taking the go pro with me to class and back a few days ago, I finally uploaded the video now.
Its a mash of the route there and the route back, I tried it with two different camera positions, the first one being off the windshield (Smoothest but no part of bike in the shot) the second one it on the gas tank. (some tach and sped views, but ( Read more... )

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patch_bunny September 7 2012, 02:25:58 UTC

When it's on the gas tank you can see the bike and sky, nothing else. Keep it on the windshield.

I've been interested in a camera for use as a black box, but my trips are 3+ hours long and it becomes a question of battery life and memory.

nicholasdamally September 7 2012, 03:32:29 UTC

My commute is anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours. The DriftHD and ContourHD line of cameras I've found take 32Gig cards and have pretty good batteries with the possibility of using an external power pack.They're more sleek than the GoPro, and the DriftHD has a pretty useful LCD on the side.

Figure on charging your camera at work. Find any USB charger, plug in. Takes about 2 hours to charge.

makovette September 7 2012, 04:25:10 UTC

Do you happen to know roughly how many minutes of video can you get on a 32GB card?

nicholasdamally September 7 2012, 04:38:48 UTC

My Contour shoots 8 minutes of 1080p30 per Gig, 7 minutes per Gig for 720p60 and 15 minutes per Gig for 720p30. It also does fast WVGA, 848x480 60fps, 30 minutes per Gig.

The DriftHD is on par.

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nicholasdamally September 7 2012, 04:27:06 UTC

Really happy to see you wearing that jacket. Seriously though, buy some gloves. $20 ain't going to break the bank ( ... )

opiemasa September 7 2012, 04:48:44 UTC

within a month it will be snowing,
I dont really do offroad driving since i have nobody to come with me.

I didnt air down the tires when I went off roading and the back end kept trying to swing out.
I wasnt expecting it. but If you guys want.
Ill try to head into hatchers pass later on on tuesday and I could show you how it goes.

opiemasa September 7 2012, 18:11:54 UTC

When im taking off I try to keep revs over 1k. but sometimes it dips to 500. Ive found the stall point to be at about 450.

stilghar September 7 2012, 13:11:29 UTC

@01:20: I hate it when I do that.

opiemasa September 7 2012, 18:07:43 UTC

hahaha yeah, I barely do that anymore.
But I always seem to keep the revs -really- low.