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Old 01-15-2012, 08:33 AM
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No snow here but close to 0 deg. and my bike is somewhat apart for maintenance. Maybe I'll take the dogs in the woods and use the headband mount just for some perspective. Not too motivated to ski the manmade ice at Mountain Creek.


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Old 01-15-2012, 04:06 PM
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I'm anxious to see the FOV.....hurry!

I want to splurge for a new lens, but want to see it in action first.
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Old 01-15-2012, 05:46 PM
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Using the headband mount for a test, I walked my dogs up a rocky hill that I have hcam footage riding up with the OEM GoPro. It looks great, very natural. No more hiding hills and rocks. A lot of movement from walking over rocks, this is to be expected with the more narrow FOV.
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Old 01-15-2012, 06:09 PM
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My wife got me a GoPro for Christmas.
Should just go ahead and get the 3.6 lens?

I need to grab a HD card. Any recommendations?

Couple weeka ago, one of the riders in our group lost his GoPro.
A simple fishing line would make a good tether.
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Old 01-15-2012, 06:56 PM
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My wife got me a GoPro for Christmas.
Should just go ahead and get the 3.6 lens?

I need to grab a HD card. Any recommendations?

Couple weeka ago, one of the riders in our group lost his GoPro.
A simple fishing line would make a good tether.
Do you have a frys Electronics near you? Or you can go to there web site. I picked a Patriot class10 32gb card for $32.00

http://www.frys.com/product/5982934?...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG
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Old 01-15-2012, 07:05 PM
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Girard,

Did you get the Hero2 or the Hero? Hero2 has software selectable FOV.

As far as SD cards, anything with a specified bit rate over the max of the GoPro, which is a little over 15Mbps in 1080p or 720p 60fps. Hero 2 might use higher bit rate as it can do higher frame rates. I have a PNY 16G rated for 20Mbps.

Seriously consider the under visor mount setup. Will not get cleaned off and if it does come loose by chance you will see it.
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Old 01-15-2012, 10:13 PM
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@desertgasser300. There is a Frys close here. The biggest SD card they had was an 16gb.

@Glenn. It's the Hero. I got the Back Pac with it also. I can view the day's footage and delete as needed at the trail head.
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I rode today and shot a lot of video with the 3.6mm equipped GoPro. The quality and clarity of the picture is excellent. Its a much more natural FOV, with great definition and depth. Now the gnarly trail looks gnarly! What you have to be careful of is the camera mount angle. What worked good with the standard lens was too low with the 3.6, so the view was centered in front of the bike, not down the trail. This is especially true when climbing hills, and somewhat less of a problem when the trail is very tight with short straights between turns. A few more degrees up will be perfect, I have to modify the mount (read file) slightly to achieve this. Also, you will not have the classic view of the bars/front fender. I had hoped to encode and upload a sample tonight but decided to wait until I get it setup right.
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Now that I got the angle right for the lens, I decided I don't like it. Too much movement, very hard to watch. Not as bad when its aimed wrong in front of the bike but when looking down the trail its rough. The angle has to be wide enough smooth things out a bit. On a road bike, SM, or even smooth trail it would be good, but not hammering rocky stuff. Perhaps the 2.8mm would be good. I'm just going back to the stock lens, no time to screw around with this now.
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Glenn. If you're willing to give it a shot you could try running the video through some stabilizing software. Have a look at this clip shows the before and after. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXAhm2e4tcs

The op was using Corel Video Studio X5, and using the included Mercalli Stabiliser plug-in.
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