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GoPro Hero 5MP Wide Camera

i'm curious to know how good is the suction cup? is it strong enough to suction to the front faring or rear seat cowl without it rattling off?
 
thrillseeker said:
i'm curious to know how good is the suction cup? is it strong enough to suction to the front faring or rear seat cowl without it rattling off?
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It's not going to come off. Had I posted the entire footage when the camera was mounted on the bike via suction cup, you would've seen some parts of the road that was really bumpy. I even slammed the wheelies down on the sample footage (for research :laughing), and it didn't faze it.

I was skeptical about the suction cup myself, but I'm a convert now. :teeth

For my track bike though, I'll be using the adhesive base plates in the common parts of the bike where I would want to mount a camera, and leave the suction cup mount for crazier ideas for angles.
 
thanks for letting me know, i wanted to buy one to use for my bike and also snowboarding but was skeptic about the suction cup. didn't want it to fall off and lose $160 just like that.

one last question, do you think the suction cup will come off if it gets wet like maybe mounting it to the top of my snowboard?
 
thrillseeker said:
thanks for letting me know, i wanted to buy one to use for my bike and also snowboarding but was skeptic about the suction cup. didn't want it to fall off and lose $160 just like that.

one last question, do you think the suction cup will come off if it gets wet like maybe mounting it to the top of my snowboard?
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Well, you could wait after the weekend of Jan. 10th, cause I plan on snowboarding then and trying it. :thumbup
 
It won't come off. It's designed for wet use.
I tested mine at an indicated 140 mph (speedo healer) on the tail section of my GSXR, and my buddy had his on the tank at the same speed.
It won't come off.

Lonster
 
thanks for the inputs guys! i bought one and its being shipped to me now! can't wait to test it out!! :)
 
Al right guys, my issue is batteries. buying crap loads of lithium batteries is going to add up in big bucks in the long run. Have any of you used them rechargable batteries? or alkaline? An noticed a difference in quality.
 
It's not a quality issue with the batteries, it's a recording time issue. The Li-on batteries will work longer and more consistantly than the NiMH, especially if it is cold outside. Alkaline won't work very long at all.
As soon as some company perfects a AAA Li-on rechargeable, I'm all over it!!

Lonster
 
ap430 said:
Al right guys, my issue is batteries. buying crap loads of lithium batteries is going to add up in big bucks in the long run. Have any of you used them rechargable batteries? or alkaline? An noticed a difference in quality.
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Just how much are you going to use the camera at any given time that you'd need to have so many lithium batteries on hand?

For myself, I just kind of figured I'd get sick of recording runs way before I even run out of batteries that at most, I'd probably just bring an extra set with me on any given track day.
 
i'm thinking of taking it snowboarding and from the discussion, i'm afraid the battery would go dead before i can get the most of out it. so any recommendation on rechargeable batteries would be greatly appreciated.
 
Let's see; this past weekend I tested the camera with a fresh set of Lithium batteries. The first test was in a car at Highway 9. I started at 76 gas station at the bottom of 9, all the way up to Four Corners parking lot. Then I tested it on my R1 at Altamont Pass doing several runs from end to end to get different angles. Without looking at the collective run times of each of my footage (I might when I get home), I think it's safe to say I've recorded at least half an hour of footage, and I'm still on the first set of batteries. I believe that with a 2G SD Card you have just about 50 minutes of footage to record, so you'll likely run out of storage before you run out of battery, assuming you use Lithium.

Oh yeah, I didn't even factor in the time spent with the camera on while I was extracting the files from it and into my computer, which was more than a handful of minutes. :thumbup
 
thrillseeker said:
i'm thinking of taking it snowboarding and from the discussion, i'm afraid the battery would go dead before i can get the most of out it. so any recommendation on rechargeable batteries would be greatly appreciated.
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If you are going to use this camera in a cold environment (snow boarding) , you definitely want to use only the Li-on batteries.

Lonster
 
hows the picture taking capabilities? can someone post a sample?
 
i havent waded through the last couple pages, but relating to the OP about battery life.

did you use the lithium battiers that the instructions say to use?

i have used mine about 4 times, filling 5 2gig SD cards, on my first set of energizer lithium batteries that go-pro calls for.

reason they call for them is that regular alk. batteries dont do so well for temp and vibrations and will go out far quicker.

as for SD cards. i have 7 total, it wont go with anything bigger than 2gig.
search around on ebay. there are deals to be found. i got 3 shipped to my door for under $15 total..

here are some stills i took from the actual video.
enjoy

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As far as the housing goes and crashing. I'm sure it would be different as the speeds we go on the track, but my son uses the camera on his helmet all the time and has crashed a few times with it. It still works fine and mines the older 3meg camera. I never had good luck with the suction cup mount though, maybe it's me but it wouldn't hold onto my CBR1000RR at all. My problem is I don't have the computer smarts to upload the like you guys, any help there would be greatly appreciated.
 

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trackdayz729 said:
I never had good luck with the suction cup mount though, maybe it's me but it wouldn't hold onto my CBR1000RR at all.
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weird.. ive only used the suction mount and it works great, maybe they changed it from the 3 to 5 meg versions?
 
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My problem is I don't have the computer smarts to upload the like you guys, any help there would be greatly appreciated.
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All you need is a YouTube account. They set the max upload to 1 gig (I think) so if you record in 20 minute segments you should be able to transfer the file from the camera to your computer and then upload it via YouTube without any further compression*. YouTube is straight forward in that you go to upload, select the file, and wait for it to finish.

*If you're using Windows XP or Vista they come with Windows Movie Maker. You can open the video files in that and then edit them or simply recompress them to be .wmv. That will decrease the time it takes to upload.
 
*If you're using Windows XP or Vista they come with Windows Movie Maker. You can open the video files in that and then edit them or simply recompress them to be .wmv. That will decrease the time it takes to upload.[/QUOTE]

AHHH, There in lies the problem. When I did down load it into my computer (it's a mac) I'm so illiterate at the editing thing that I f-ed it all up or couldn't do it at all and gave up all together (before gettin' totally pissed off at myself). I should just take a dam class on it cause I know I'll be takin' years worth of video of the boy that will need editing. He's got his first Supermoto trackday at Prarie City on Friday. So between Dirt,Roadracing and Supermoto with him I'm going to have my hands full of video and photos to edit.
 
trackdayz729 said:
AHHH, There in lies the problem. When I did down load it into my computer (it's a mac) I'm so illiterate at the editing thing that I f-ed it all up or couldn't do it at all and gave up all together (before gettin' totally pissed off at myself). I should just take a dam class on it cause I know I'll be takin' years worth of video of the boy that will need editing. He's got his first Supermoto trackday at Prarie City on Friday. So between Dirt,Roadracing and Supermoto with him I'm going to have my hands full of video and photos to edit.
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Macs come with iMovie, which is a lot better than Windows Movie Maker once you get used to it. Look around online for some tutorials - it's actually pretty easy once you get it down.
 
iMove is great but it won't read the files from a GP camera directly. You will need the free Perian plug-in (codec) to handle the Windows Media .avi filetype gthe GoPro creates on a Mac.

It's a good idea to also install the Flip4Mac Windows Media plug-in for Mac so you can create .wmv files to upload to YouTube. YouTube won't upload the .mov QuickTime format Apple iMovie creates. Flip4Mac allows QuickTime to export .mov as .wmv which is what YouTube wants. Also, the .avi filetype will not upload directly to YouTube either. Additionally be advised that YouTube has a 10 minute/100mb filesize limit so editing for length is also usually required.

Perian 1.1.3

Flip4Mac 2.2
 
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