*OFFICIAL GOPRO THREAD*

The app works great for setting up the shot and the camera so it's still useful. Just better to recognize that and use the remote for the real work

 

Agreed

 

Pretty much! I won't take my phone anywhere near water though and ive gotten pretty good at guessing where its aimed.


And I forgot the wifi password..

 

Nice video rearview what type of bed racks are those and the basket on your truck looks good.

 

How has it taken this long for me to find this thread?!LOVE my GoPros, currently have 2 Black Editions that I use regularly along with the original Hero.Had a Hero 2 and an additional Hero 3 but lost one off a ski lift and the other is at the bottom of a lake.
Here's a few videos I've made, more on my YouTube channel:
http://youtu.be/arhJ_vxqRK0
http://youtu.be/W4zaxHswAOQ

 

The chest mount may not work that well if you're wearing a life jacket. I would try it out before the trip. The head strap mount may be able to go over the helmet.

I would consider using a sticky mount and just ripping it off after the trip.

The 3+ on a good day will eat through the battery in about an hour if you run it continuously so you may want to take a few more with you, or set the camera to take singles shots instead of video.

If you're taking video a 32gb card will hold a little over an hours worth of video so plan on taking several.

You'll also want the backdoor with the float in it.

Also check out Cam-do.com for the battery eliminator, external battery packs, timers, memory card expansion packs, etc.

Have fun on your trip.

 

I bet one of the headstrap mounts would work out good. My friends and I would strap it over our longboarding helmets and it seemed to work pretty good.

Here's one of my shorter GoPro vids from a while back. I miss having it and i'm definitely gonna get a new one this summer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXblooYSzRM

 

When I went white water rafting I used the head strap mount over the helmet and used a few zip ties thru the holes on top of the helmet just to be safe.

 

Awesome production quality dude. Do you film/edit for a living or plan on it?

 

Thanks!

That was just a test video I made before our trip to Colorado to see how stable the camera would be mounted to the bed.

The camera was actually attached to the mount on the front of the bed in this picture. There is another mount in the same spot on the other side of the truck also.



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The rack is a Yakima Bed Rock Rack system with 66" cross bars and a Yakima Load Warrior Basket. Total for the entire rack system was a little over $500 and can be removed within 2 mins and transferred between any truck out there.

 

SMKYTXN and others have very good suggestions.

This is my "personal" preference. I don't use the Chesty mount because I "personally" like a POV video or I'll use a pole for a hard to reach shot (admittedly not useful in your situation). I would suggest like others and mount it to the helmet then zip tie it to the helmet also. GoPro mounts are cheap. I've probably got 20 sitting in a bag right now.

I've got a mount stuck, zipptied, tethered and use a "floaty" back door to my swiftwater helmet at work. I have hit branches, rocks, floating debris, pretty much anything you can think of and it has never come lose. It might get knocked out of position but never even came close to being knocked off.

Batteries: I have 3 batteries also (Stock GoPro and 2 wasabi). Depending on the settings you use determine battery life.

I run a stealth case for my cameras so no lights are flashing so the only way I have to know what they are doing is from the WiFi remote while in the truck.







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You "shouldn't" need to run your camera from a remote so that will save your battery life dramatically. WiFi with the camera running burns through battery time by almost 1/3. I leave mine set at 1080P W 60FPS and never change those settings for video recording. If I don't use the remote I can get close to 2 hrs out of a battery. With the remote that drops off to a little over an hour or so.

Memory card: I use 2 Class 10 SanDisk 64GB and they will each hold around 4 hrs of video give or take. Anything less than a class 10 and you run the risk of video dropping out or jittery. So far I've never run into that with these cards. They are relatively expensive but... you only get one chance to get the shot so it's worth it to me.

Those are just some of "my" recommendations. Others use different settings and mounts and all are valid.

 

One thing I forgot to mention and you probably already know. The GoPro splits up the video (depending on recording mode) at around the 17 min mark (1080P 60FPS) or a little over 3GB of data per video. That's not a issue since you just splice them together using the GoPro video software or whatever software you use to create your videos.

 

I don't know why I didn't see this thread before, but I'll play!!!!

I've got a GoPro Hero 2 with:
* 2 x 32Gb card,
* WiFi Pack
* WiFi Remote
* GoPro Floaty
* Extensible Pole
* Suction Cup
* Extra battery

I like it a lot, and always take it with me to every trip!!!

Some videos I've recorded:

When I drove a Lambo Murcielago in Cancun (loooong video):
-Suction Cup
-GoPro Hero2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsTP775L1yQ

The same day, but drove an Audi R8:
-Suction Cup
-GoPro Hero2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK086ANemp8

My GF in a glider:
-Little Stone for getting a good angle
-No Case
-GoPro Hero2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNsegsjX4lY

In a zipline:
-Curved sticky mount on my helment
-GoPro Hero2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOUFqHqZjFk

My dog:
-Water resistant case
-Zipties
-Dog Collar
-GoPro Hero2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wc6FlBPuiM

Friend in a waverunner:
-Water Resistant Case
-Floaty
-Extensible Pole
-GoPro Hero2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWlz2EPD-C4

 

Dont know if my pm was any help but I used my suction cup mount on the paddle boat the most. It wasnt perfect but it stuck fairly well I just made sure it was ALWAYS tethered for the few times it did fall off. Otherwise on a helmet was my next favorite becaude it gives a good view of everything that is going on

 

Haha no worries I'm going to get the footage my girl took on her gopro today. She used the chesty most of the time. Hopefully it looks good

 

Thank you! Right now it's just a hobby of mine but I would like to do something with photography in the future.