This is out of my budget. But I am really impressed. I ride with a camera always (a little Drift Stealth 2). But i really surprised myself when i clicked onto the youtube video and zoomed-in and panned around. Wow. This has to be the way to go! I can see your attraction to it.
The quality in the first video was good (bike mounted onto the AT). But the second, helmet mounted not so good. Presumably this is down to setting chosen on the camera?
I'm with MikeO on the Telly Tubby image factor, but i also admit it fits well with the Nex helmet and knowing the results you're getting it could be tolerated
Keep us posted!
Indeed, it isn't cheap. Other than the cost of actually buying the camera and the storage card and the cables and the camera mounting adaptors, the main cost is being able to process the data and then upload it to YouTube so people can see it.
You need Processing POWER, and lots of it, especially if you want the higher levels of frame rates or Quad HD (as the data crunching 'stitching' has to be done at home on your PC). I'm just buying a 'recommended' level 4K screen laptop and it's RRP is around £1800. The Macbook level would be around £2700..... and that's not even considering storage. You potentially need TERABYTES of external storage, and that isn't cheap either.
Luckily I do have a 4K TV, but in reality I need a seperate 4K monitor so that I can do this video editing without upsetting the main household when favourite Netflix movies are being watched...
Anyways, I was out today for the very first time using this setup on 4K at 30 frames per second. Once I've tested this I'll up the game and try it on 3K at 60 frames per second, and ultimately 5.7k at 30 frames per second. See what the differences are.
Most people I would imagine on YouTube are using the 4K at 30 FPS setting as it's stitched on the camera. But this new laptop should render it at the higher settings.... we shall see over Christmas.
The Nexx Helmet and Peak Visor is all new to me. So I don't know what wind resistance is due to the visor or the new 360 camera. but either way it wasn't terrible and perfectly acceptable at up to 80 mph on the Africa Twin.
I'll fit this camera to a regular helmet as well so it'll give me a point of reference.
All the lads seemed impressed with it today, strangely also with the new Nexx Helmet.
I'm waiting for my new spec Laptop to arrive and then I'll download the footage and upload it for you to take a look at.
I've also bought some more GoPro bike mounting options, so I can move the camera around to different positions until we find something that we like.