[DeTomaso] 1st GoPro Vid

[Kirby Schrader]

I got a GoPro Hero 2 for Christmas. The motorsports edition.
http://gopro.com/cameras/hd-hero2-motorsports-edition/

I mounted it in two places on the GT40 to experiment with it.
First place that I thought would be cool was on the back glass. You know...
see the dash, the driver messing up the shift, etc.
The trouble with that is the lens of the GoPro is pretty wide angle. So you
see most of the car interior, but not much else.....

Next step was to mount it on the windshield just behind the rear view
mirror.
This is much better and the only downside is that when you start to spin
and madly try to catch the spin, you hit the camera and it points to the
sky and you spin anyway...
How do I know? Drive poorly, do a crappy downshift and....
'Spin with John' -  http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/styled-9/styled-49/

The sound came out pretty good. You can hear us talking, you can hear the
engine as it is inside the car, you can hear me swearing... you can just
see the speedometer if the light is right.
All in all, I think it is OK.

At the same event, some of the Lambo guys were mounting the GoPro right on
top of the car.
The 49th picture down (hah!) shows a car with it mounted just at the top of
the windshield sticking up higher than the car. I do not know how well this
works, but you'd definitely have to use the wind shield with the camera, I
would think. Otherwise the wind noise would be terrible. Again, just
guessing.

I use a Mac and it was easy getting the video loaded and edited. It wasn't
a big deal with iMovie, but I did not do a lot to the movie. Just chopped
the beginning and end a little. I plan to learn to do more once some of
those 'roundtuits' come in next week, if ever.

Regards,
Kirby




On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 15:52, The DeTomaso Registry Guy <
detomasoregistry at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I received a GoPro camera at Christmas. For years I have been planning &
> thinking about creating a DeTomaso video, (well several movies).
>
> I have not had a chance to play with it until now.  My son went on a school
> trip taking my regular camera so the GoPro was all I had
>
> at the last club meeting.  The camera does not have a view-finder so where
> it is pointing was only a guess.  I made a short clip of
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> Steve's Mangusta for the registry.
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> http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/RegistryImages/R8MA878/R8MA878.asp
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> While there are several videos there, click on the one dated 2012.
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> Since the GoPro is a specific use type of camera, if anyone has experience
> with one, feel free to offer suggestions and advice.
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> I need to get proficient with it quickly so I can begin my DeTomaso Drive
> project.
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> I'm not familiar with the differences in video formats, other than to know
> that most won't play on my computer, or I can't edit
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> them using MS Movie Maker, so my selection of formats is limited.  Anyone
> know about all the formats, like which is most 'common'
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> meaning works on the most computers without "codecs" etc., highest
> resolution, best audio, most compact storage size, etc
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> While I have asked a number of DeTomaso people that have taken video for
> advice, oddly, no one has bothered to provide me with
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> lessons they have learned about where to place the camera, how to
> efficiently organize and edit clips, etc.
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> The only comment I received from Michael Shortt was that he didn't like how
> the wind noise affected his "Tail of the Dragon" video clips.
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> I can only imagine, having seen/heard the typical YouTube car video clip.
> But what do I do about it?  Tape over the mic?
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> I want car/engine/tire sounds, not music.
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> Hey!  I'm an engineer-type so I wanted to benefit from those with
> experience, then do some testing, document my experience etc,
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> so that my first video is *good*.  I have lots of ideas, now I need
> experience, but starting from scratch is s-l-o-w.
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> Anyway, I've taken a few stills with the camera mounted around my Pantera
> to
> get an idea of the FOV of the various formats (wide-angle etc.)
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> and when my rear bearing job is done, I'll go for some drives.
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> Maybe the first one will be produced by "Shaky-Hand Productions" - grin.
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> Chuck
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