Always Looking for a new Angle
In an effort to keep my videos interesting, at least to me, I am always looking for new and different angles to shoot from. I spent $20 at Home Depot to buy a 2-4 foot fiberglass and aluminum paint roller extension. I am looking at ways of having a semi permanent attachment to the bike, but for now just use zip ties. The following is an example of the video.
[video=youtube;S_OFP86ocUM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_OFP86ocUM&list=UURQ_SJd_yIHl-omeno392ew[/video]
After processing this video I made a few "ghetto" modifications to the boom, and will post pictures as soon as I can. What the modification amounted to was a simplification to the attachment of the GoPro by;
Adding an extension to the boom's threaded end, instead of using the "Tough Clamp" as shown in the picture.
I took an old plastic-handle paint roller, and removed the metal shaft by heating it with a torch. I then attached a GoPro ball (on a diamond plate base) by drilling two holes through the top end of the paint roller handle. I also used my drill-press to drill a hole straight through the lower part of the plastic handle and metal threads of the extension pole in order to secure the two together using a cotter-pin. After that I sprayed the whole thing down with black bed-liner, giving it a low-gloss, anti-slip surface.
I use Windows Movie Maker to process the videos, and this last one was the latest (Windows 8) version, which has an anti-shake,wobble/shake elimination setting (High/Low) and this one was processed on the "high" setting. I am fairly pleased with the results.
As far as the GoPro Hero 2 goes, I have recorded over 100 videos in nearly all conditions except under-water and it is still working with the original battery and all the original mountings with ZERO issues. I did try a slower video SD card and although it worked, it broke the videos into short sections. It is definitely better to use a high speed SD card.
Not bad for two years down the road.