Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
I thought about wind noise and the wet weather (fog) and I tried to figure out the best way to to eliminate both. I considered wrapping the camera in a ziplock bag and then dub over the audio with music. Instead, I had an epiphany, standing out in the cold garage I noticed the dash on my cafe fairing was just big enough to house a camera.
I drilled a hole in the dash, took a mounting knob off a small tripod I had kicking around and mounted the camera for a trial run on my commute the next morning. I took another video on my way home and loaded both videos on YouTube and then started playing around with iMovie. Here is my first video and editing job.
A much better ride and a lot less traffic than the four lanes of Speedway 34.
EDIT: as per Stacy's request, the camera I used is a Kodak CX7530.
à tout à l’heure
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That's nice and all, but you left out the most important part: what camera did you use?
ReplyDeleteI used my Kodak CX7530, the brick of digital cameras. It has served me well and takes great pics. I dropped the video quality as my memory card is only 256MB, great for pics but doesn't make for long video time. I will get a better card and try it at higher quality when the sun is higher in the sky and the trees leaf out. It is a nice ride, even if I am headed to work.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm a geek and these things interest me. I've been thinking about shooting some footage from my little Olympus digicam. Like yours, the video quality is not HD, but I have a 2Gb flash card and could take video for hours, unlike the Flip mino.
ReplyDeleteI 'followed' you here from ActualRiders.com where I am a member (aka TexasShadow). I missed your introduction....I'm from Corvallis, too!!!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is still there (Albany) and she is a motorcycle mechanic. I guess I'll be back for a visit within the year; she's getting married, and I plan on riding around Oregon for two weeks.
Perhaps we can meet for lunch at Squirrels (is it still there??)