GoPro HD movie camera.....

[thumper]

I just took the leap and bought one.

I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed and get a little intimidated by this stuff so I thought I'd ask for help.

Any suggestions that will help get me started would be greatly appreciated.

I plan to shoot pretty much all videos so......

SD cards?

Settings?

Mounting hardware (handle bars)?

Thanks

[hubcapsc]

They come with a bunch of mounting plates and stuff, and they sell extras... my favorite has been
the simplest... I put one of the stick-on plates on the left air-wing...



my non-hd one can take 45 minutes on a 2 gig sd card, and 2 gig is all it will take... don't know
what the limitations on the newer hd gopros are... wouldn't be able to put 45 minutes of hd on
a 2 gig card, but maybe they support bigger cards... 45 minutes of video is a lot, and it is
kind of a drag editing video on my wimpy laptop... those are the kind of things you'll end up
thinking about... a studly PC with fast disk drives and a lot of memory is a good video editor.

You probably need to set the microphone to "low" (or whatever they call it) or you'll end
up recording noxious wind noise instead of sweet Valkyrie sounds...

-Mike

[thumper]

Thanks for the reply Mike.

The HD will take a 32 gig SD and talks 2.25 hours of video.  Can't wait to get started.

[hubcapsc]

Thanks for the reply Mike.

The HD will take a 32 gig SD and talks 2.25 hours of video.  Can't wait to get started.

As far as I know I'm going on a ride on some South Carolina roads with the North Georgia
club on Aug. 7, hope you're going on that ride... I went on a ride today, it's 100 out there, hope
it's not 100 on Aug. 7!

-Mike

[big turkey]

Hi Thumper, don't have a clue.

Give me a call when you feel like it man.

i mean after you mount your video maker on two wheels.

First things first.

Big Al

[thumper]

Glad to see you back on two wheels, Al.  That Dragon run last night sounds like fun!

[KerryNolan]

I have mine mounted on my helmet, that way, I can look in the direction of items of interest, and with the super wide angle, the transitions are seamless. Yoiu will love this camera. I might suggest using the 720 HD setting, because it gives you the full 170 degree wide angle view.
Kerry