I have the 100 mph case on it but as you can see the wind noise is pretty loud around 60 mph.

If that is the case door without holes, that might be making the wind noise more noticeable. The exhaust sound is getting muffled. Just a thought. I've been happy with the exhaust sound recorded on both the goPro and the Contour but that might be due to the loudness of the exhaust. It gets a little windy around 160 but you can still hear the exhaust pretty clearly. I have always only used the door with sound holes.

It's pretty sunny out there and the image is washed out.

eh- maybe a little. Too me it just looks sunny. One of the problems with the GoPro is that it does not have good low light capability. Also, it has a hard time adjusting to radical changes in lighting, especially at night.

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I will try the sticky mount tomorrow and different settings/cases. Like Hub mentionned, there is too many add ons to get on the gopro $$$$$

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Only add-ons I know of are the LCD and battery BackPac. Got a 16 Gb card that I never filled in one days filming. The regular battery never wore out on me in one day either so I have no use for the Bat BackPac. I'm not someone to record 40 minutes of crap. If it ain't gonna be good I turn the camera off. If you get 5 seconds of good footage in 30 minutes of nothing, who wants sit through that? Better be bigfoot showed up on the roadside or something cuz otherwise I would toss right in the trash.

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Bacpac, remote and whatever they're going to come up with... the drift can be had for 229 and come with those.... because of the price difference I was expecting the gopro to have a better vid quality.

You're right about not recording crap. However, it becomes hard when you're on a group ride or a road you don't know and/or the camera is in a remote spot. I can't see myself waving the group to a stop and tell them I need to turn the gopro on lol
I have been thinking about getting back to the roads we were on to film what I missed when my camera died but that would be a reenactment. That I would try to do something to impress the camera which is not part of my "philosophy" about capturing the moment!

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I can't see myself waving the group to a stop and tell them I need to turn the gopro on lol

True. Remote op would be a great feature for any cam.

because of the price difference I was expecting the gopro to have a better vid quality.

IMO, looking at the comparo you posted, the GoPro and Contour had a better exposure. The Drift seemed too pale but I think you have to try these yourself. The comparos do not always seem to be accurate.

I have been thinking about getting back to the roads we were on to film what I missed when my camera died but that would be a reenactment. That I would try to do something to impress the camera which is not part of my "philosophy" about capturing the moment!

I was a professional artist for ??? about 9 years. I made a living doing illustrations. I totally value honesty and directness in painting and sculpture. However, film is a natural fit with the more traditional media of theater. Not that film must be put on, but if it is not, you are just documenting. AFAIC, almost none of the riding I do on the street or the track, for that matter, is so exciting that people will watch it for long if you just set the raw film in front of them. It really takes a lot of creative manipulation and that is best done from the start. It takes editing and I often get much better footage when I am aware that I am being filmed. At the very least, I can make the engine race more than I might and I get a good sound track which is just as exciting as good video. Maybe you will find that you too get better film when you do a little bit of acting. I see it as apart of the creative process. my riding isn't good enough for documentary in its purest form.

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.....I must say, those little spontaneous things that happen are really the best parts but they are so few and far between. Maybe you ned to go out with the thought that you will put youself in situations where spontaneous events happen.. IDK??? That is a great approach to watercolor where a whole painting can be accidents but we don't have 'happy accidents' in riding. Not usually.

see, now you got me talking like an artist, drag.

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I just got home from recording a short ride, second test on my GoPro. To say I am disappointed is an understatement. My first recording was ruined by lots of humidity. Today's ride looks awful thanks to TONS of lens flare, (beautiful sunny day today). This video is ruined. Am I supposed to use this camera under certain conditions only? lol

I'll be posting a link to it as soon as I finish editing. Maybe I am doing something wrong, but I don't know what.

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* Last updated by: KoflaOlivieri on 4/29/2012 @ 1:31 PM *

I don't want to hijack this thread, maybe I should create a new one asking people what camera settings they use.

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Your call on that one. It would make the info easier to find ..... 5 pages is enough to read through without going off on tangents though i am as q guilty as any of doing that.

The LCD works great to compare the different GoPro formats. I recently shot some r5 that is the narrowest field of view. It reduces lens aberration to the minimum and works good for doing normal field of view filming. Other than that, I have used r4 which is the greatest vertical field of view.

I want to try r3. I am very curious to see what the ultra slow motion playback looks like.

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Your call on that one. It would make the info easier to find

Rook, as soon as my video finish uploading in Youtube, I'll create a new thread asking folks to share their videos and or settings that work best for them. Maybe that will help us newbies to GoPro. I like this little camera, but I don't know what I am doing wrong.

So far, I've used r2 (on a rainy cloudy day, lots of humidity on the lens), and r4 today (on a bright sunny day, resulting in lens flare all over the video).

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* Last updated by: KoflaOlivieri on 4/29/2012 @ 9:49 PM *

my riding isn't good enough for documentary in its purest form.

Even if it was, the riding you would need to do would get you on the 6 O clock news so no need to record, journalists will do that for you lol

So far, I've used r2 (on a rainy cloudy day, lots of humidity on the lens), and r4 today (on a sunny bright day, resulting in lens flare all over the video).

It's not just the GoPro, the technology isn't quite there yet! The videos the show you at the GOPro kiosks are heavily edited so like Rook mentioned mcing is going to make us learn how to film. The problem is that I haven't got the time nor the desire. I have photoshop for my Nikon D5000 but make sure I get a good shot which will need only minimal editing so I don't see myself working on short film.

Just like with photography, you're going to have the best results when you're filming in an overcast environment with no/low humidity.

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I haven't had a single issue with climate effecting the GoPro. Had a bug or two get smashed on the picture but that just added to the effect. lens flare?? I guess I see the little blue dot traverse the picture but I just accept that as the GoPro hallmark.

There are some pretty small camcorders out there these days and they have a lot more features than the GoPro. They could be used quite effectively off the bike and almost as well as a sport cam on the bike. I might pick one of them up some day. Having 3 or 4 cameras to work with, might as well have one that is just a standard video camera but still fits my main purpose in filming. I've been using my GoPro on a tripod to shoot off bike footage. Why not use a Sony to shoot on bike footage?

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