gizzo wrote on 02/08/16 at 21:28:14:


no microphone or remote with that one  

gizzo wrote on 02/08/16 at 22:05:35:


I am not sure that needing an external microphone is seen as a bad thing.  So many of the motorcycle videos are just wind noise when the camera is mounted up in the airstream for a good view.  If you could mount an external mic down by the engine or exhaust so that you got a good exhaust note - that would be a cool soundtrack and better than most of the heavy metal music that gets dubbed in.

Wind noise is a major spoiler of bike videos and the reason so many of them on Youtube play music in the background.  An external mic is generally considered a plus.  Some who mount the camera on their helmet or chest attach the mic to their jacket in the back, just above the seat.  This reduces wind noise, valve train noise etc. and maximizes exhaust sounds.

Here is a video review of that camera you are talking about, the Git2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X10JFBd94GM

I've just been out paragliding with a buddy who is a camera fetishist and owns a pile of go pros. He showed me his new sjcam 4000 and totally raves about it. He says its as good as a go pro. I trust his evaluation. Might even go buy one...

Well I eventually purchased the GIT2 with the Pro packaging and I am pretty pleased with the device. The recording resolution goes up to 2k and it has more features than I will ever use. There is an attachment for your helmet and one that fits to the handlebars (it also fits neatly onto the front indicator stalk). There are several other brackets although I had to purchase a suction cup to use it as a dash cam. Two negatives. I am old school and I like a paper manual, there is nothing with this other than a quick start fold out sheet and although it gets you kind of started I had to youtube to find out how it set up. The second minor whine is that the GIT2 iphone software is not available and they recommend a third party. Although this works and allows you to wifi the camera to your phone it does seem like they rushed the release.
Anyway here is a video of my first adventure. Although the camera will go much higher I recorded this in 1080 because that is all youtube can do. Also I was so enthralled by the camera that I forgot to pull out the choke until I was on the road so lets not look at the first 100 feet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2H2PZDW8Lw

DavidP

Hello Dave, I enjoyed your video and I plan to buy a new action cam before the riding season starts.  I'm down to two choices, one like yours, the Git2 Pro package or the Sony AS200v.  I prefer chest mount so the long slim Sony might look just plain stupid sticking out from the middle of my chest.  Anyway thanks for the video link and keeping us informed on your choice of cameras.
PS  That's a great looking neighborhood you live in.

DavidP.

Nice neighborhood - but I could not live on a street with speed bumps.  You had to cross over more speed bumps than are in the entire County where I live!  (I have a pretty good idea that with sledge hammer and large chisel.....I could clear out a path wide enough to ride a motorcycle through).

I noticed several places in the video where the pictures had some glitches and got confused squares showing up.....and in a few other places it seemed there were square "ghosts" that stood out....mostly close to the bike where the moving pavement was (I guess the camera can't reproduce the fast pavement movement near the camera) - I don't own an action camera....so I don't know what to expect from them.

I have found that with my budget camera I get the best video when I step down from the highest resolution setting.  At 1080p and 30 frames per second the motion looks a little strange but at 720p and 60 frames a second it looks good. With a new camera I hope to get a decent video at 1080p and 60 fps.

Dave, your camera really did do a nice job of filtering out the wind noise.  Was it in the water proof case or did you use an external mic?