Go Pro Camera

[gvthnks]

I'd like to have one of these or something similar, but I want it to take pics when I tell it to so I don't have to sort through dozens of pics I'm not interested in.

Anyone know of a way to remote the shutter of this or a similar camera to the handlebars?

[MSGT-R]

The little Go Pro has three modes:
Single picture when you press the shutter button.
A pic every 10 seconds (approx.) when you first press the shutter button.
A continuous (2 hr) movie when you press the shutter button.

[navythomas]

O.K. Wymann,
Mounted it to the front fender and once again you are correct!!! It does excellent and I see no real vibration in the video. Yep I cleared the fairing. And yeah I still cant figure out that damn youtube thing either.!! I've tried and tried but sooner or later I will get it. it's probably gonna be a head slapper once I get it figured out!!!

[navythomas]

Originally Posted by gvthnks

I'd like to have one of these or something similar, but I want it to take pics when I tell it to so I don't have to sort through dozens of pics I'm not interested in.

Anyone know of a way to remote the shutter of this or a similar camera to the handlebars?

On this camera there is no way to do that. The camera is encased in a waterproof case, So there is no way to have wires coming from it.

[kaanan]

Originally Posted by gvthnks

I'd like to have one of these or something similar, but I want it to take pics when I tell it to so I don't have to sort through dozens of pics I'm not interested in.

Anyone know of a way to remote the shutter of this or a similar camera to the handlebars?

My hope is they someday make a wireless button for a camera like this, so you can mount it on your handlebars. That way you can take the picture when you want it, instead of sorting through 400 pictures taken every ten seconds.

As long as our economy is still driven by innovation, we will see this or something similar in the not to distant future.

[MSGT-R]

No frills, it's very simple, that's why it's so darn small.

[Oriental Blue]

dude, you got the same bike and cam as i do. lol

even the same places of mounting too. guess it a given, duh.

[Oriental Blue]

what do you guys mean the youtube thing? getting it on there or for the high quality?

[navythomas]

Oriental Blue ,,,,
the problem is uploading to this site I've got no answer.
try me on facebook navythomas KLR 650 on groups and you can view my Videos

[GoMotor]

Originally Posted by navythomas

Yeah I noticed that also, Do you know what megapixel his panasonic is? and is it water proof? I started of with a $40.00 dollar cheapy velcrowed and goggle strapped to my helmet. It did o.k. but not water proof. I'd like to get one of them torpedo type but not sure if you gotta run a laptop to record it. Laptop on a KLR? sounds like a trashed harddrive to me. I gotta get ahold of Sgt Marty and see how he kept his laptop safe. not sure if a laptop "parks" the hard drive to keep it safe. I think it must.

I use a little netbook computer for GPS maps, photos, WiFi, finding new places to go, etc. and it travels in the tail box on my KLR. Just got back from a two month 13,000 mile dirt trip on the Trans-America Trail and the Great Divide Route.

It has a 160 gig hard drive and is still working fine. I bounced that sucker over a lot of washboard roads and rocky trails like Hancock Pass in Colorado and the White Rim Trail in Utah. I do keep it in a waterproof bag for protection from all that poofy dust and in case I dump in a water crossing.

[Scott_Rides_Again]

Originally Posted by Soporific

Use an SSD - Solid State Drive and there's no issue with drives crashing. A buddy of mine who works in post production video says they are starting to use HD Video cams that record directly to SD cards 4GB = 1 hour HD video. They use like 12 cams and just leave them running to get shots. From what I understand they are pretty cheap too.

~S

Interesting, thanks. Do you know of motion stabilizing rigs?

[navythomas]

Originally Posted by Oriental Blue

what do you guys mean the youtube thing? getting it on there or for the high quality?

Its the only way I've seen video's posted on here.. Hers a pick of mine loaded

[tconnell]

Well, after reading all this about the GoPro, I though I'd tell what I did on mine. I have two of them mounted now. The 5mg Wide is mounted low on the right hand side to the SW Motech crash bars and the 5mg Standard lens mounts either to the rear Emgo tail box looking back or to my helmet mount looking forward. This camera used the standard AA 1000mHa rechargeable batteries. In the rear left side of the luggage rack on my Black '09 KLR I mounted a SW Motech accessory plug and it's wired directly to the battery. Always hot. I have a battery charger that I run to charge either the AAA's or the AA's while I'm running the bike. That way I got good freshly charged batteries most all the time.

All GoPro cameras use 2 AAA batteries, not 1 as stated in an earlier post. Presently I have a made up battery pack that powers the 5mg Wide camera that uses 2 AA batteries. The reason I made up a battery pack is that the 5mg Wide camera has the new 'patch' that allows usage of a 4gig card and gives just under 2 hours of movies. I don't use it to shoot stills. I wanted to be sure that I had enough power to do the whole card up and not run out of battery power.

What I did on the Wide was to get a Radio Shack Battery holder. Normally it holds 8 AA's for a total voltage of 9V. But I only use 2 AA's in it at a time. I have it wired with a small Molex connector in the line so I can take the battery off line when the day is done. I drilled a small hole in the back of the case to pass the two wires through and also a small notch in the battery compartment lid. I soldered the + lead to where the + side of the AAA battery would have been and the - lead to the other. In doing this you don't use internal batteries. This mod gives you the same Voltage that the camera is designed for, but twice the battery life.

The reason for doing this is this - The highest current AAA rechargeable batteries I could find were 1000mHa batteries. The highest current AA batteries I have are 2650mHa batteries. You can see that a pair of 2650mHa will long outlast a pair of 1000mHa batteries. I have used this on the past two trips on the Trans America Trail and can say from good experience that these cameras will take a beating and are waterproof. The case I drilled through is still waterproof as I put in a dab of GE Silicone there the wires pass through.

When the 'patch' comes out later this month ( I Hope! ) for the Standard Lens 5mg GoPro, I plan on making up another external battery pack, but plan on using a AA size flashlight body that I'll keep in my jacket pocket. I thought using the flashlight body will allow me to turn the power on and off with the switch and be a neat installation.

So they can be 'modded' just like out beloved KLR's... you just got to be creative a little.

Ride safe and keep your lens clean

[dahveed]

Originally Posted by Scott_Rides_Again

How about, why the hell are you not in bed?

He works at Starbucks now. Probably can't sleep with the caffine buzz from all the free coffee.

[MSGT-R]

Originally Posted by tconnell

All GoPro cameras use 2 AAA batteries, not 1 as stated in an earlier post.

Sorry about that, it's been awhile since I used mine.. CRS.

I like what you've done with the battery issue. I would always have to remove mine, or it would be dead before the next use.