Best DVD setup for recording video on a motorcycle?

[senorcosta]

Hi
We are looking to film a motorcycle video. Can anyone suggest a good setup to lessen vibration? Also, maybe suggest an appropriate video camera? Looking to to HD widescreen.
Thanks

[zoobie]

seems the cams with a roller shutter have problems with this type of video...may want to research
try a search here, too...it's been discussed

[Cornucopia]

Yeah, which cam you use makes a huge difference.

In most cases, you want both a way to affix & grip the cam housing directly to the cycle body for mass, plus you want a sandbag/waterbag/gelpad as an isolator. The first gets rid of wild/erratic vibrations, and the second greatly lessens the remaining, regular vibrations (lowering the frequencies of vibration). Look up "dampening".

One thing I've been tinkering with is to mount (with vise clamp, etc) a studio microphone springmount and then hooking the cam into the center of the springmount. The opposing springs (or you could use heavy duty rubber bands) act to counteract & maintain the centering of the cam.

Scott

[redwudz]

What type of motorcycle video? A mount for a motocross bike would be a lot different than the mount for a street cruiser. For motocross, I would try a helmet mounted cam and let your body absorb some of the vibration. The downside is the video frame will shift as you move your head, but sometimes that gives a better display for fast action video. You could use a handlebar mount also, but you will have some vibrations, no matter how well you try to isolate if the ground is rough.

For a street cruiser, a handlebar mount should work fairly well, as long as you can isolate the vibrations. I would also consider using a 'camera car' for some shots. A pickup truck works well enough, but riding in the bed may be illegal in some locations. A safety harness is recommended.

What they also use on a lot of movies is a trailer towed behind a vehicle or a flatbed truck with the motorcycle tied down discreetly. This gives you an easy way to control the background and foreground.

One last suggestion is to not zoom in too close. Then you can run the video through a deshaker filter if the vibration is distracting, though you will loose some of the frame. As long as you can afford to trim the frame, this method can work. You will loose some video quality, but with HD, still very usable.

[poisondeathray]

definitely ccd > cmos in this situation . rolling shutter will make your footage largely unusable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEaDrS-yzIE


your title says "dvd setup"... what does that have to do with HD widescreen? DVD is standard definition

[hudsonf]

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