Triumphrat

TiggerTwo

Hello everyone!

I have been looking for video cam mounts, initially thinking of one that
would fit the Trophy.
However, I've found an interesting site that suggests several solutions
that could be used on any bike.

Seeing these examples, I think, I have the majority of pieces laying
around from other hobbies and projects.

I'd be greatly interested in other's solutions here as well.

Well, here's the site:

Video Camera Mount Idea's

[ This message was edited by: TiggerTwo on 2006-02-10 23:56 ]

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dazco

I've tried to video a couple rides, but the biggest problem i had was audio. I even tried putting the camera (a small still cam but has video too) in my pocket just to see if it would deaden wind noise. But all i get is a ton of distortion. Tried it with my mp3 player too and when i put the wav file in cool edit pro, my audio editor, the wavform is so distorted the entire waveform screen is filled up solid. In other words, it's so far overdriven it's just pure noise. So i never bothered trying a mount becauise of the impossibility of audio. now if you know a way around this please tell me because i really wanna do it but i domn't care for silent movies, especially when it's of my excellent sounding speedy !

By the way, that link is bad so i fixed it for you....

CAMERA MOUNTING IDEAS

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TiggerTwo

Thanks dazco ~

I had copied the link from my other postings. ~ obviously can't do that!

I fixed it. Thanks!

As far as audio, I have yet to try. However, I will try a a foam mic windscreen (sort of a 'noise hood"). You may have seen 'em on the movie sets, during action flicks? Of course the equipment they use is top end.
Other than that, I expect, sometimes, to use a musical sound track.

Most of what we hear, while riding, is the environment within the helmet. Other than that there is wind. Not much to listen to, except, perhaps, the engine, which I have heard recorded on other's video.
Placing the mic behind the windscreen will help some too I suppose.

This is all conjecture - cause I haven't done this yet.

I'm sure there will be other input on it - since it seems a good question.

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Cerberus

i've done some on board video, and sound is always a problem. the only solution is to cut the audio gain way down and wrap the mic is a wind noise deadening material.... or strip the audio out and dub in some MP3 that you like (which is the most common thing to do anyway).
I have the Sportbike Cam mount and it works quite well, but being that the tank is plastic, its not quite as rigid as it could be. My video quality suffered a bit, but most of that was due to the camera itself not being well secured to the mount, and my suspension being a bit harsh.
check it out if you want. Its coded in DivX and you can hear the wind noise which i didn't bother ripping or dubbing over.
Rte 2 in MA its about 20MB.. dial-up beware..

[ This message was edited by: Cerberus on 2006-02-11 07:11 ]

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TiggerTwo

"STEEP HILL NEXT 2 MILES"!

Where was that at?

Looks like the mount is stable - judging by the picture after the wheelie!

What type of camera are you using?

Walt

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dazco

The problem is with consumer type cameras because the mics are sensitive and can't be adjusted, and have compression built in. They just aren't made for this purpose, and a wind screen won't help. Even if you can eliminate wind it's still find the bike too loud and the same result. If the camera does have a audio recording level then you'll be fine. Wish mine did. But while i may be wrong i thing most consumer cameras won't unless they are fairly high end.

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Cerberus

Rte 2 in the NW corner of Mass.
It is without a doubt one of my favorite roads.
Camera used was a Canon Powershot S1 IS, in video mode with a 512MB card, which it filled (and killed the batteries) in about 4 minutes.

I have a bullet cam for this year's trip to the Dragon.
That should be some fun video shooting :hihi:

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