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

It's designed by the same cat team that designs Garmin consumer GPS devices.

Hah, it gets better- GoPro studio is the only method of importing a file from the SD card onto my Mac.

It will only import the first 8 seconds of the video - and no more.

Which is annoying, as there is another hour and a half (guesstimate).

But no way to get to that.

I just copy and paste them from finder or use imovie

They don't show up in Finder- the GoPro is not findable.

That's not normal, though, right? Or is yours a new special go-pro that won't play nice by design?

It's the new entry level unit - just called the Hero.

Has anyone got a sj4000 or m10(same camera dif shape). I'm thinking I should become a youtube sensation.

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aerogeeks.com/2014/11/21/cycliq-f­ly-6-first-ride/

From the website,

If you’re going to ride on the road, you need cameras for safety.

So when is not having a camera on your bike going to be taken as contributory negligence?

I've got one of these and love it.

Started off with a headstrap but now have it mounted on the bars, with a rubber shim it will fit perfectly in my lezyne light brackets so I can mount it on the front or the seatpost. Quality is excellent, even in the dark. I generally get 90 minutes out of a charge and I've got a 32gb micro sd card in there.

Never been a fan of the boxyness of gopros. The dogcam is very small, and looks like a light mounted on your bike. It also has a very wide field of view and is a lot less cost than most of the gopros. When I can justify the cost I'll prob get one for the rear as well.

#trafficdroid

It took me a while to figure this out, once it's plugged in you have to turn it on with the front button for it to show up in finder or on the desktop.

My hero 3 black is really simple to use and I use it just like any other video camera, I sometimes use a micro SD to SD adapter and just stick the card straight into my MBP.

Auto-follow drones...

http://aerogeeks.com/2015/01/20/hexo-first-look/

15 mins fly time, don't forget to order an additional 95 spare battery packs.

Ordered a sjcam m10 for like £50 with all the mounts and bits included. Shall be reporting back in a few days.

First video done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuTff26SmbM

2nd today I turned the exposure down and lots of the glare is gone, also set to "cloudy". The other back to the case with holes helped the audio too.

Still know hardly anything about editing mind.

For occasional offroad etc riding video capture,

New SJ400 (M10)
Used old model GoPro
Used shockproof/waterproof type compact camera and a handlebar mount that'll screw into the tripod thread?

@M_V my m10 has a tripod fitting and all the gopro mounts fit it too, can show you sometime if you want?

Yeah, I watched a review of it, well actually the std SJ4000 on youtube. The mounts it comes with seem pretty decent and its good that it works with all the gopro stuff.

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/cycliq-fly12-combines-front-light-and-full-hd-camera-43605/

Looks pretty good no?

I listened to a podcast with the owner of Replay XD cameras. Having not heard of them before, I did some research and they look like a very good offering.

No, now both functions are compromised.

The light cannot be too powerful due to battery drain, battery size, and heat management.

The camera is going to be useless in any inclement condition as the light is going to directly illuminate all rain/fog/snow/drizzle directly in front of the camera.

Additionally, I believe that cameras and lights should be mounted at least a foot apart to ensure that shadows are cast (in potholes, etc) that increase contrast and help the camera prove more useful in all conditions.

Yes it's cheaper, but everything is compromised. Not quite as bad as the integrated camera and rear light that I've seen before.

Still using a gopro and still loving it, have bought loads of spare battery packs from ebay at stupid low prices and they've lasted fairly well and not exploded yet.

For anybody looking this is useful.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=141362417804

Picked up two of them.

That depends what the requirement for the camera is.

As a device to record your daily urban commute, both front and back integrated cameras probably work fine.

As broadcast quality filming devices, or automated pothole warning devices, probably not.

Given your own example, if the minimum requirement is to record your daily commute (for insurance/liability purposes) then:

1. Not being able to show that the pothole that wiped you out actually existed on film would is an issue
   
2. Not being able to show any cause of accident in any inclement weather is an issue
   
   

Try it yourself the next time it's raining and dark... take a photo with a cellphone with the flash turned on, of anything, and see whether your camera focused on anything other than rain droplets. Then try with the flash off but another light source to the side, and see whether the camera focused on the thing you lit up, rather than the immediate rain.

It's a fundamental issue with putting the light too close to the camera. It fails to work in anything other than ideal and well-lit scenarios... in which case, why bother integrating them considering British winters?

Interesting hypothesis - it would be interesting to see how the self-lit forward facing camera works in practice.

The rear-facing camera seems to work fine in all conditions.

How many rain days does the daily commuter experience, I wonder.