Testing out our new gopro3
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Leafy, do you mean this Nabi? Red camera marketed to children? Seems pretty nice.
Fuhu Nabi Square HD Camera Rugged Childproof Waterproof Shockproof 8MP 1080p | eBay
And do these goPro knockoffs also use gopro mounts?
Fuhu Nabi Square HD Camera Rugged Childproof Waterproof Shockproof 8MP 1080p | eBay
And do these goPro knockoffs also use gopro mounts?
#24
Leafy, do you mean this Nabi? Red camera marketed to children? Seems pretty nice.
Fuhu Nabi Square HD Camera Rugged Childproof Waterproof Shockproof 8MP 1080p | eBay
And do these goPro knockoffs also use gopro mounts?
Fuhu Nabi Square HD Camera Rugged Childproof Waterproof Shockproof 8MP 1080p | eBay
And do these goPro knockoffs also use gopro mounts?
#25
Leafy, do you mean this Nabi? Red camera marketed to children? Seems pretty nice.
Fuhu Nabi Square HD Camera Rugged Childproof Waterproof Shockproof 8MP 1080p | eBay
And do these goPro knockoffs also use gopro mounts?
Fuhu Nabi Square HD Camera Rugged Childproof Waterproof Shockproof 8MP 1080p | eBay
And do these goPro knockoffs also use gopro mounts?
So does the Emerson Action Cam and the Vivitar units.
The 1080P Vivitar does good video, **** audio.
#30
Also on the 2nd or 3rd gear discussions, I rarely need to go to third with a 3.63 diff. In my video I'm redlining in 3rd by the end of that long straight. The course is abnormally fast due to being on an airport strip. The 3.63 is perfect IMHO, for not running out of gear.
#32
I've tried out a TON of mic positions over the years (engine bay, passenger footwell, passenger seat base, windshield, rear deck, back edge of the trunk, rear bumper, etc...) and the absolute best spot I've found to reproduce what I actually hear when driving the car is the very back of the center console behind my elbow.
Mazda must have knew this because they put a perfect hole back there in the NB's and filled it with a locking mechanism for the lid. I took that out and with a few bucks worth of hardware from Lowes mounted a mini ball head right there to hold my Zoom H2 recorder but any digital recorder with a 1/4-20 mounting hole will work perfectly.
The only thing to consider about a separate recording device is that you will need to sync the audio up in iMovie which is very simple to do but is an extra step, to me well worth it since you get MUCH better audio with a separate device rather than letting a GoPro crush the quality and dealing with a mic wire limiting where you can place the camera.
Even though that placement is relatively out of the wind, it still gets enough breeze even at autocross 70 and 80 mph speeds to pick up a bunch of wind noise but a Wind Cutter or "dead cat" as they're sometimes called will take care of that with no problem...
The WindCutter - Microphone Wind Noise Solutions
If you don't want the extra step of syncing the audio, Wind Cutter sells a very decent lav mic with a nice long 6 foot cord which will plug right into your GoPro and has a nice little clip on it that you can clip to the front edge of the parcel shelf carpet...
Lavalier/Lapel Microphone & WindCutter Set (StormChaser Version)
Here's one of the many videos from my channel with audio from the Zoom H2 in the location I'm describing above...
Mazda must have knew this because they put a perfect hole back there in the NB's and filled it with a locking mechanism for the lid. I took that out and with a few bucks worth of hardware from Lowes mounted a mini ball head right there to hold my Zoom H2 recorder but any digital recorder with a 1/4-20 mounting hole will work perfectly.
The only thing to consider about a separate recording device is that you will need to sync the audio up in iMovie which is very simple to do but is an extra step, to me well worth it since you get MUCH better audio with a separate device rather than letting a GoPro crush the quality and dealing with a mic wire limiting where you can place the camera.
Even though that placement is relatively out of the wind, it still gets enough breeze even at autocross 70 and 80 mph speeds to pick up a bunch of wind noise but a Wind Cutter or "dead cat" as they're sometimes called will take care of that with no problem...
The WindCutter - Microphone Wind Noise Solutions
If you don't want the extra step of syncing the audio, Wind Cutter sells a very decent lav mic with a nice long 6 foot cord which will plug right into your GoPro and has a nice little clip on it that you can clip to the front edge of the parcel shelf carpet...
Lavalier/Lapel Microphone & WindCutter Set (StormChaser Version)
Here's one of the many videos from my channel with audio from the Zoom H2 in the location I'm describing above...
#33
I've tried out a TON of mic positions over the years (engine bay, passenger footwell, passenger seat base, windshield, rear deck, back edge of the trunk, rear bumper, etc...) and the absolute best spot I've found to reproduce what I actually hear when driving the car is the very back of the center console behind my elbow.
The only thing to consider about a separate recording device is that you will need to sync the audio up in iMovie which is very simple to do but is an extra step, to me well worth it since you get MUCH better audio with a separate device rather than letting a GoPro crush the quality and dealing with a mic wire limiting where you can place the camera.
Yep, great sound, great camera angles, engaging video. Thanks, I think my next videos will turn out a lot better.
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