Day Break video

[Shrubbo]

Every Saturday morning myself and a mate meet up at about 4:30am or so and then go for breakfast for a couple of hours and then for a ride, regardless of weather. We advertise it on a ride site and every now and then we get a few people crazy enough to turn up at those times. I have done so for years ever since I got divorced and whenever I have done one I really like I do a video of it to remember it by.

This one was nothing special as far as the ride goes. Only 450k's and we even got home before dark but I did have a second camera to play with so I decided to make something with the footage. I find I enjoy making these not as much as riding but enjoy it non the less and as far as capturing memories go they take a dump on a few photos, at least for me.

The second camera makes things a lot more interesting but the mount needs a little work. I am still looking for an effective way to record sound without the wind noise. Sooner or later I will work something out but for the time being it is masked within reason with music I select that reminds me of the feeling of the ride. That is a personal thing and is very subjective but as I said these things are made mostly for me however I do get a kick out of it if it brings enjoyment to someone else.

Anyway this is last Saturdays trip..

https://youtu.be/xjPEaOnX6wQ

This little out take is from the above footage and motivated me to do the main video. I was experimenting with the camera and the mount and saw this. It may be a case of "you have to know him to get it" but I crack up every time I see this.

https://youtu.be/YsB_BPOVtVM

[Thor32]

Thanks for sharing....4:30aaaaammmmm ugg

[st2sam]

Welcome Shrubbo, glad you found this place.
(I don't frequent the "other site" anymore, to many ads..)

There are a bunch of great people here and we all (99.9%) love our Valks!

IMO you do a good job on the vids., and I always enjoy watching. 

[Shrubbo]

Thanks mate

[AdrianR]

Cool!!!  Loved the music!  Where was this taken?

[hungryeye]

Great vids, try mounting a camera behind a wind screen and stick a piece of foam on the mic hole, When I get a call on my bike through my Sena bluetooth people cannot believe I am going 70 mph on my M/C, they say it sounds like I'm at my kitchen table. My windsock mic is behind my helmet face shield.

[Shrubbo]

Thanks AdrianR, to be exact it was taken along this route in the states of Queensland and New South Wales in Australia...

http://tinyurl.com/hul4nfd (Google Maps)

hungryeye. Thanks for the tips but not where I want the camera. I do agree with the foam idea (I also have senas), just can't be implemented in my case even tho I have tried. The Sony HDR AS100's have a stereo mic just below the lens so literally trying anything there gets it into the shot.

External mics for them would work but they are a bit of a crap design for that. In their protective case the mic' port cannot be reached, outside of their case with a mount attached the mic' port can't be accessed either even tho it is still weather proof because the camera mount goes over the port.

Using a skeleton case you can reach the port but it is no longer weather proof with the door open (I thought about about a sealant here) and you can't use the lens protector (Thought about a dremil here to make it fit). Even if I did all that I would lose the bottom mount and not be able to rotate it while I was riding and this I have discovered is something I don't want to do.

I have also tried a cheap voice recorder with a plan to sinc' the sound later however the external mic' was overpowered even at idle. I tried with no external mic' in the back pocket but that didn't work either.

All in all a very bad design if a external mic' is a priority tho sooner or later I will work something out. Apart from that I have found them to be very good cameras for what I want. I didn't think any of the bike mounted cam' footage would have been usable because of all the flopping around it was doing but the stabilization did an amazing job.

[Robert]