Show us your bike camera mounting? (first video/crash)

[Reid Welch]

Those of you who take photos from a moving bike
please show us your camera mounting systems?


It's a bit wet outside at the moment.
I just made a simple camera mount for the bike's handlebars.
Not tried out yet; it's my first go.

Will post a photo essay later on of the making,
and of the results (in pictures)

Nothing big whoop, but it sure was easy to make.
I'll get it all fancy-stupid as time goes on. I always do, lol.

 

[knightmb]

This is what I've been using.

http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11

Basically wireless 9V camera mounted on helmet, VCR, receiver in the back of the bike to record the video (yeah, running off an extra battery, how funny) The VCR only uses about 30 watts of power.

 

[Mathurin]

I hold the camera in my hand with iffy resuslts.

 

[Reid Welch]

This is what I've been using.

http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11

Basically wireless 9V camera mounted on helmet, VCR, receiver in the back of the bike to record the video (yeah, running off an extra battery, how funny) The VCR only uses about 30 watts of power.

You're good!
Practical and inventive.
I like this very much, Michael.
It's real video too; not this slightly-digital-artifacted looking stuff of my casio's quality.

 

[knightmb]

Well I do wish I had a more digital setup though. The VCR setup is kind of neat, but every little bump is recorded on the tape as a blip. Also, the wireless camera operates at 2.4 GHz which when you are on the road isn't too much of a problem. The big thing though is those "wireless routers" for the Internet also operate on that frequency so a while back I made a recording where I rode through downtown franklin. When I came back to watch, it was nothing but static once I hit town because of all the business using wireless something (phones, internet, etc) which killed the camera reception

I'm always looking for a camera small enough to strap to my helmet that uses digital to record and has an external mic jack so I can point it away from the wind for example. Now may be a good time for me to go shopping since the holiday sales are all around :lol:

 

[Reid Welch]

Hi again. I cleared my former posting from this spot
so I can share a fresh and complete look at this basic bartop mount

pasted from the tempV forum:
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Easy Handlebar Camera Mount

List of materials

-A bit of 3/4' or larger garden hose or similar.

-1/4" x 1.5" carriage bolt with its domed head ground flat.

-Wormdrive clamp--this one came from The Home Depot from the clothes dryer ductwork area of the store

-Nylon wing nut





How I held the carriage bolt while grinding flat its head



Results: OK.
It's solid.
The pictures jitter of course on rough roads.
Need to make a steadycam sometime

OR bodymount
like Steve Head ingeniously does

OR helmet mount--

But I'd most like to have a bar mount
--if I can kill the worst of the pothole jitters.

On smooth road it's just fine
except for $&#^&$ wind noise!


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(y'all know here that I'll be making a speaking tube feed to the mic hole front of the camera)

 

[Reid Welch]

The sound is unusable at present.
The cam's placement picks up spark hash from the motor,
or emf hash from the controller;
not sure which.

The finish was not quite a crash. Pardon weird humor.

The bike was only going 16mph max, so, a few swerves
and a very bumpy lawn add slight entertainment value.

Normally I ride a lot wilder.



http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=4gdok0y

 

[knightmb]

One thing that I've started to do for audio was use a separate device for it. I start the video first, use my watch and speak outloud (so I can sync the sound later) and then have a microphone mounted on the bike away from all of the wind (usually the handle bars with a wind shield in front of it). Works well, cuts down on the wind noise and the engine noise isn't too bad, just enough that you can hear the motor in action.

Loved the video, I thought you were going to have neighbors chasing after you before long when you rode through enough lawns, LOL.

 

[Reid Welch]

Thanks for ideas.

Say, does it play smoothly for you?
On my computer the uploaded version plays only in small screen,
and it's jerky.

But from the file, it's much better: full screen in normal VHS resolution,
in widescreen splendor.

When I get broadband I'll find I can do much better.
It took days to get even this small file to upload without losing the connection.

Thanks again--

Mr. Perilous

 

[knightmb]

Thanks for ideas.

Say, does it play smoothly for you?
On my computer the uploaded version plays only in small screen,
and it's jerky.

Plays just fine for me

 

[Elmweaver]

I only get audio and a black screen until it ends and then a single frame looking at a tree appears. My flash player is old so that may be my problem. It does appear to be running at normal speed sound wise.

 

[Mathurin]

Well Reid, your video plays choppy for me.


I uploaded a vid composed with the ones I'd made a few months back,
with camera held in hand.

As you can see, there's nothing to write home about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d9rczUEjyY

 

[Reid Welch]

Too, it was shot in a non-recommended mode.

I see by the first bit of your video a -hugely better result-

Am not equipped yet with either the needed broadband, nor editing know-how, to post decent video.

But when I do get set, watch out! :lol: People will wet shorts when I go careening across traffic lanes and evade real cops by cutting through yards
and hiding my bike in the bottom of some unexpected

swimming pool.

I like adventure, ha ha!