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Can anybody help me with my desire to do "motorcycle cinematography" while touring?
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Last summer I bought a Sena 10C helmet cam for my annual xcountry trip. It was my 1st exposure to motorcycle cinematography for posting to Facebook/etc ... it was a disaster.
The problems I encountered:
1. Not hands free.
2. Terrible iPhone config app (no realtime preview).
3. Mic/wind noise was extreme which made simultaneous helmet mic recording impossible.
4. I don't have much editing experience, plus it hard to do on an iPhone.
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Hoping that a new/different cam (like GoPro, etc) and some type of tablet or iPhone editing app will solve my "video dummy' problem 
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It may be a good idea to have a look at YT, find a video you like and ask the maker how he did his video and what he used, generally you get a streamlined response from a successful source.
Personally i use a camera with image stabilization below the visor on my helmet, it greatly reduces camera shake but is not good at audio, the camera has one visible button on the top with an led that shows me if it is recording and i can operate this with gloves on.
The advantage over other positions is that you can direct the camera and compensate for the lean angle as you see fit.
There is also a learning curve as you find how things work best and generally improve the result, it usually takes time and sometimes you get a pleasant surprise as shots work out better than expected, the camera sees things different that you do, i have no experience with it but i think the latest go-pro works well looking at some test results, however don't buy anything before you can predict the result that you want.
Editing on a phone is something i would not think of, i have a fast laptop and it still takes time to render a 1080 video clip, again look what the guys use.
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This has worked well for me:
* On the top of the helmet,
* On the handlebar,
* On the wrist,
* On the chest,
* and on the tail of the CB ...
These perform well and are inexpensive.
Critically, the remote control (has red and grey pushbuttons) is incredibly reliable to stop/start video capture and snapping a picture even with gloves on. You can place the remote anywhere. I place it on my jacket.
Example online source:
https://www.aliexpress.com
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(03-22-2019, 04:16 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: This has worked well for me:
* On the top of the helmet,
* On the handlebar,
* On the wrist,
* On the chest,
* and on the tail of the CB ...
These perform well and are inexpensive.
Critically, the remote control (has red and grey pushbuttons) is incredibly reliable to stop/start video capture and snapping a picture even with gloves on. You can place the remote anywhere. I place it on my jacket.
Example online source:
https://www.aliexpress.com
I already have most of this set
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(03-22-2019, 05:36 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: (03-22-2019, 04:16 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: This has worked well for me:
* On the top of the helmet,
* On the handlebar,
* On the wrist,
* On the chest,
* and on the tail of the CB ...
These perform well and are inexpensive.
Critically, the remote control (has red and grey pushbuttons) is incredibly reliable to stop/start video capture and snapping a picture even with gloves on. You can place the remote anywhere. I place it on my jacket.
Example online source:
https://www.aliexpress.com
I already have most of this set
I had a GoPro before and it performed well, but ate batteries. These are just about as good, at least, not noticably different to be concerned and are easier on the battery.
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(03-22-2019, 12:57 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: (03-22-2019, 05:36 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: (03-22-2019, 04:16 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: This has worked well for me:
* On the top of the helmet,
* On the handlebar,
* On the wrist,
* On the chest,
* and on the tail of the CB ...
These perform well and are inexpensive.
Critically, the remote control (has red and grey pushbuttons) is incredibly reliable to stop/start video capture and snapping a picture even with gloves on. You can place the remote anywhere. I place it on my jacket.
Example online source:
https://www.aliexpress.com
I already have most of this set
I had a GoPro before and it performed well, but ate batteries. These are just about as good, at least, not noticably different to be concerned and are easier on the battery.
I had a GoPro before and it performed well, but ate batteries. These are just about as good, at least, not noticably different to be concerned and are easier on the battery.
Mine is cable fed
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My video/'bike project was my 3,000mile tour from Denver/Rockies/Canada and back, 16 years ago and with my passenger doing the filming with a Handicam! I only mention my experience because a) the microphone was useless so I laid voice and music on later and b) the whole project was made "watchable" and interesting by the use of a video editing program ("Pinnacle") which chopped the video up into short, interesting pieces, fades, titles, music and audio. I thoroughly enjoyed doing all this and I believe it's much easier to achieve these sort of results nowadays. So... factor in time to edit and finance to purchase a decent video editor on a PC. Otherwise your results may just end up as small clips.
Good luck!
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Probably the most time consuming part is session editing. To determine what to keep, what not to keep, "splicing", special effects, over-dubbing, over-laying, and overall artistic impression takes effort for sure. The most critical, in my opinion, is the capture of the raw data. If you don't have that, or that "rare" moment, you may never get that chance again. The digital raw data will keep forever to be edited as many times as necessary.
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