Cycle Cameras / Helmet Cams (GoPro, Drift, Veho, Contour, Fly6, Fly12, SJCAM, Apeman, 1080p, etc.)

Think I'm going to hold on to 2 of them for now, one I'll use as a rear camera and the other one of my rl friends is on the ropes about wanting it.

Sweet as. If you are going to get more I'm happy to buy one with the full shipping cost plus a bit extra for your time or if you are happy to send the link please let me know. It be perfect for my France trip

It was the hobbyking link a few pages ago selecting the UK warehouse but they had been on special offer I think.

Ahhh I see. I thought you might have had a better source. I'll keep an eye on the sight and see if they go on sale again. Cheers!

Iv been using my GoPro on and off for awhile now. Mostly for time lapse, made a new video yesterday of a time lapses with holiday snaps after 1min of the video

https://youtu.be/ESzpcJ9Ki7c

saddle rail mount for my Turnigy HD (SJCAM 4000) finally arrived and yesterday was the 1st day I used it, pretty impressed with it consider it's like fraction of the price of a GoPro. Colours seem a little saturated and makes the footage from my GoPro a little dull... but for a commute cam, it's more than fine.

Use a lanyard or something just incase the saddle mount fails.

Good point, thanks, I will steal some small cable ties from work. ;-)

I was gonna ask you, the SD card and USB cable can't seem to go all the way into the port / slot, I guess that's just the way? Doesn't affect anything, just a bit curious...

This has nothing to do with cycle cams directly, but sometimes the stuff gets recorded...

Be safe, be seen, but I laughed... sorry...

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florescent man is florescent, also is that a picture from the Turnigy HD (SJCAM 4000)?

Nah, it's from my GoPro hero 3.

Anyone want a cheap action cam?

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GoPro owners, have you experienced your GoPro not recording? As in it'll start, then maybe after a few seconds, no more than a min, the red light will come on and stay on but not always, then it'd stop. Then it might or might not be stuck.

I have also had situation where I am 100% sure it is recording as the red light is flashing, but in reality, nothing gets records as such.

On either situation, a file would still have been created and it's not 0 KB, it would be the file size you'd expect (100s mb or few gb etc), so it has something, but it cannot be preview or anything.

It keeps happening to mine lately, so I wonder if it's on its last leg. It is a Hero 3 and I have had it since it came out, so it's fairly old.

Have you tried it with a different micro SD card?

tried 2 others, error on both, but when I put any and all sd card onto my SJCam, they are all fine. Is there a way to format the GoPro like you do with a computer or sth?

Sorry, all out of ideas then :) I've only got a gopro session, so don't know what the format process is via the hero 3.

My Hero 4 silver is now refusing to show up or be recognised or whatever by my imac.

I've tried plugging it in powered down then turning on, plugging in while already powered up, the original usb lead, a 3rd party usb lead, going straight into the back of the imac, going in through my usb hub (how I always did it before), don't think there's much more for me to try. Oh, I even updated the firmware, had to to that wirelessly using the iphone app. It's charging off the usb and the camera is recognising that its connected via usb and displaying the usual "USB Connected Camera Files Accessible" screen so I doubt there's a hardware issue.

Any ideas anyone?

Not sure if these have been mentioned already, any thoughts on the iON air pro cameras? I've been looking to get a bullet style camera for a while, these seem to tick most boxes.

The USB port in my Contour Roam2 just died.

Trigger pulled on a Fly12.

Stay tuned for more thrilling updates.

Just discovered the SJCAM 4000, it looks like it could fit my needs. I'm guessing the case is for underwater fully submerged usage. Any ideas how the camera would fare without the case for commuting?

Shit is the short answer.

You get what you pay for. I have had mine for a couple of months now and it's great as a rear camera on my bike. Image quality is OK, but I wouldn't do anything serious on it, battery does last much longer than I expected. I have used it a handful of time without the case, the lens is a little scratched already... It does get burning hot, there was 1 time I had to take the battery out as I was worried it was gonna explode...

I do have a GoPro Hero 3 to compare with. For the low pirce point, the SJCAM is totally fine for everyday use, but I wouldn't do anything serious with it.

I have the 5000X. It came with a second back cover for the case which has slots at the side so sound reaches the microphone. I haven't tested it, but I expect this cover might make the case spashproof.

The case is a far more secure mount than the open clip.

How many people use the Session? There's a chance I'm getting one as a gift for the festive season.

I'd prefer to mount it to my backpack shoulder strap but I guess it'll never record the angle properly if I move from hoods/drops a lot, so up front on the bars it'll go.

Of all these cheap shit options available at the moment in supermarkets, are any worth the punt as a rear cam? Not pro peloton, not sticking a GoPro under my seat.

The field of vision is so wide that it will cope with the angle change from hoods to drops.

I've got a session and have it bar mounted on an out front garmin/camera mount. Works fine although battery life is only about 1.5hrs and battery isn't replaceable so depending on commute length you'll have to remember to charge it at work and delete video depending on capacity of your sd card. You'll need to delete stuff via the app as it doesn't really have any use able controls on the device itself.

For the rear, something like an sjcam 4000 would be fine, you can pick up a saddle rail gopro mount for about a fiver off ebay (or spend £25(!) for the equivalent k-edge mount). Also you can get spare batteries for very cheap and they're replaceable. Note that most cameras will have to go in a waterproof case, so you won't get any usable audio from them.

If you run a garmin, I wouldn't recommend the sjcam upfront as it emits a lot of interference which will cause problems with the garmin's GPS.