Phone camera

"DaveB" wrote in message ...

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great. Then I did a test run on the bike today. The problem with a polo

shirt is it has a lot of stretch, so when I lean forward on the bike (and
this was only on the MTB, will be worse on roadie) the weight of the phone
stretches the pocket and I get great footage of my bike and the bars but
nothing in front. Anyoe got any suggestions? I really want

Gaf that baby to your helmet!!!..

cheers,
GPL

GPLama said:

"DaveB" wrote in message ...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

great. Then I did a test run on the bike today. The problem with a polo

shirt is it has a lot of stretch, so when I lean forward on the bike (and
this was only on the MTB, will be worse on roadie) the weight of the phone
stretches the pocket and I get great footage of my bike and the bars but
nothing in front. Anyoe got any suggestions? I really want

Gaf that baby to your helmet!!!..

cheers,
GPL

You're dreamin' if you think I'm gaffa taping a $1500 "phone" to my
helmet. Now go and eat something, all that weight loss is affecting your
brain.

DaveB

DaveB said:

GPLama said:

"DaveB" wrote in message ...

Quoted message said:

>great. Then I did a test run on the bike today. The problem with a polo

shirt is it has a lot of stretch, so when I lean forward on the bike (and
this was only on the MTB, will be worse on roadie) the weight of the phone
stretches the pocket and I get great footage of my bike and the bars but
nothing in front. Anyoe got any suggestions? I really want

Gaf that baby to your helmet!!!..

cheers,
GPL

You're dreamin' if you think I'm gaffa taping a $1500 "phone" to my
helmet. Now go and eat something, all that weight loss is affecting your
brain.

DaveB

Why the heck not? Tape comes off with some alcohol. Heck put it in a
protective baggie, but be sure the plastic is nicely stretched across the
lens.

Don't -tell- me you're worried that you'll break the phone if you have a
face plant, lol. (Note that a helmet mount is an extremely common way to
mount a camera.)

Otherwise, maybe make some kind of a medium thin wedge out of styrofoam to
tilt the camera up a bit in your pocket.

-Wheels

HellenWheels said:

Otherwise, maybe make some kind of a medium thin wedge out of styrofoam to
tilt the camera up a bit in your pocket.

-Wheels

Now that's the kind of thinking I'm looking for.

DaveB "off to rummage in the shed"

DaveB said:

I got a new O2 phone a couple of weeks ago and was thinking of creating
a BR film. last night, with a break in study for a couple of weeks I put
some sewing skills to use and re-sewed a pocket on a polo shirt to hold
the camera at just the right angle and with the lens just above pocket
height. Tested it out walking around the house and everything looked
great. Then I did a test run on the bike today. The problem with a polo
shirt is it has a lot of stretch, so when I lean forward on the bike
(and this was only on the MTB, will be worse on roadie) the weight of
the phone stretches the pocket and I get great footage of my bike and
the bars but nothing in front. Anyoe got any suggestions? I really want
to keep it attached to my body if possible, if it falls and breaks I'll
have a lot of explaining to do.

Dave "de Mille" B

Think pendulum. Get a small map case from one of the outdoor/bushwalking shops, eg Mountain Designs. Shorten it to hang around your neck without much spare strap. Allow it to dangle vertically when you want to ride and take photo. Wear a strap around your chest outside your shirt/jersey (either elastic or with a bit of elastic in the loop. When you want to keep the camera restrained so it doesn't fly all over the place, tuck the map case inside the strap around your chest.

If quality of photo through the map case is crappy, you may need to cut a hole for the lense.

How about a band of elastic around your chest?

DaveB said:

I got a new O2 phone a couple of weeks ago and was thinking of creating
a BR film. last night, with a break in study for a couple of weeks I put
some sewing skills to use and re-sewed a pocket on a polo shirt to hold
the camera at just the right angle and with the lens just above pocket
height. Tested it out walking around the house and everything looked
great. Then I did a test run on the bike today. The problem with a polo
shirt is it has a lot of stretch, so when I lean forward on the bike
(and this was only on the MTB, will be worse on roadie) the weight of
the phone stretches the pocket and I get great footage of my bike and
the bars but nothing in front. Anyoe got any suggestions? I really want
to keep it attached to my body if possible, if it falls and breaks I'll
have a lot of explaining to do.

Dave "de Mille" B

myself and some friends always go to Marysville for New Years and we do, heaps of MTB, and I have always wanted to film my solo rides and our group rides, including night rides.

while in Singapore this year I picked up a Jazzy colour wireless video device (cost like $200 AUS), which can connect to my S-VHS(light enough for MTB), the camera came with a 9V battery adapter, the last thing I have to get is a power source for the wireless receiver of the signal, once I have that, I am set, this year is going to be the year!! The camera will be strapped firmly to the helmet or handlebar not sure yet, while require some testing, SVHS in camelbak along with wireless receiver!

if its anygood you would be welcome to use that setup, once I get it going, so dont hold your breath.

Rhubarb said:

How about a band of elastic around your chest?

yep I was thinking that would be a bit uncomfortable, then realised I'll
be wearing one anyway with the HRM. Stay tuned BR guys, if the weather
is fine Sunday, god knows what I'll be wearing. My wife's got a lot of
sewing offcuts, might have to some up with soemthign interesting.

DaveB "just call me Picasso"

"DaveB" wrote in message ...

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yep I was thinking that would be a bit uncomfortable, then realised I'll
be wearing one anyway with the HRM. Stay tuned BR guys, if the weather is
fine Sunday, god knows what I'll be wearing. My wife's got a lot of sewing
offcuts, might have to some up with soemthign interesting.

Someone take pics of daveb taking pics... 🙂 I'll be back home this
weekend (Horsham) for my sister's birthday.. I'm contemplating stopping past
the Grampians on the way home to get my hill fix for the weekend.. Mt
William ITT anyone?

cheers,
GPL
:argh, a rubber band just got stuck on my powerbar:

DaveB said:

I got a new O2 phone a couple of weeks ago and was thinking of creating
a BR film. last night, with a break in study for a couple of weeks I put
some sewing skills to use and re-sewed a pocket on a polo shirt to hold
the camera at just the right angle and with the lens just above pocket
height. Tested it out walking around the house and everything looked
great. Then I did a test run on the bike today. The problem with a polo
shirt is it has a lot of stretch, so when I lean forward on the bike
(and this was only on the MTB, will be worse on roadie) the weight of
the phone stretches the pocket and I get great footage of my bike and
the bars but nothing in front. Anyoe got any suggestions? I really want
to keep it attached to my body if possible, if it falls and breaks I'll
have a lot of explaining to do.

I've done a bit of experimenting here both on the bike and the
snowboard. Helmet Cam is the way to go if you ask me. I fixed my camera
via its tripod hole with a bolt though a hole in an old skateboard
helmet. I've tried a C-Clamp tripod fixed to the stem, but there was
too much road vibration. A Helmet Cam lets you aim it, and takes out
most of the road vibration.

Jay Woo said:

I've done a bit of experimenting here both on the bike and the
snowboard. Helmet Cam is the way to go if you ask me. I fixed my camera
via its tripod hole with a bolt though a hole in an old skateboard
helmet. I've tried a C-Clamp tripod fixed to the stem, but there was
too much road vibration. A Helmet Cam lets you aim it, and takes out
most of the road vibration.

This is one using the C Clamp on the Stem.
http://tinyurl.com/7c2zb

My all time fav, Helmet Cam; At Mt Feathertop last year.
http://tinyurl.com/alj8o

Both taken using a Sony DSCP8

On 2005-08-16, GPLama (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Someone take pics of daveb taking pics... 🙂 I'll be back home this
weekend (Horsham) for my sister's birthday.. I'm contemplating stopping past
the Grampians on the way home to get my hill fix for the weekend.. Mt
William ITT anyone?

Sounds like a brilliant idea.

I want to go touring there in a month, since I haven't been there at
all since I was 8, yet it looks like my GV bike IS A PEICE OF [censored].
AHEM. Fortunately the club has a bike for loan, which I plan to
steal. Unfortunately, it doesn't have a front rack.

--
TimC
The Klein-Gordon equation was derived by Schroedinger.
Hence its name. -- Peter Robinson, Rel. Quant. Mech Lecturer.

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yep I was thinking that would be a bit uncomfortable, then realised I'll
be wearing one anyway with the HRM. Stay tuned BR guys, if the weather is
fine Sunday, god knows what I'll be wearing. My wife's got a lot of
sewing offcuts, might have to some up with soemthign interesting.

Someone take pics of daveb taking pics... 🙂 I'll be back home this
weekend (Horsham) for my sister's birthday.. I'm contemplating stopping
past the Grampians on the way home to get my hill fix for the weekend.. Mt
William ITT anyone?

cheers,
GPL
:argh, a rubber band just got stuck on my powerbar:

GPL you couldn't pick a better hill. (Last week it had snow on it)
Mt William ITT... Just beware of the herds of Deer, Wallabies and Roos that
can appear out of nowhere as well as Tourists in cars and campervans whose
drivers tend to be more focused on the scenery than the road, especially
when you are on the way down. Last year, in October (ATBIAD weekend), when
I rode up that one fairly early in the morning it was pretty quiet no cars
on the way up, just deer, and four cars on the way down. Two of those cars
were on the wrong side of the road so be very careful on the way back to the
bottom. It had taken me longer than anticipated to get from Stawell to the
foot of the climb and because I was on a schedule that day I only had time
to climb as far as the carpark. I ran out of time to do the last very steep
2km to the top. Take with you an extra layer of windproof clothing and put
it on before descending. It gets very cold!!!

And lastly enjoy this very psychologically demanding hill - it plays with
your mind.
Something you will notice is the silence of your surrounds. The only sounds
you hear on the way up are your bike and your breathing - well I probably
could have heard more if it were not for the sound of my breathing drowning
out everything else.

Geoff

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I got a new O2 phone a couple of weeks ago and was thinking of creating a
BR film.

Dave,
Which O2 phone? I've recently been trialling the iMate PDA2K EVDO (O2 XDA2)
and currently trialling an iMate Jam (O2 Mini). The PDA2K has a much better
video mode than the Jam but it's so big you wouldn't want to carry it around
for fun. I took some video with it of bikes in action at DISC a few weeks
ago and was reasonably impressed with the quality however it's nowhere near
what you would get from a dedicated DV camera.

Geoff

Geoff said:

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Quoted message said:

I got a new O2 phone a couple of weeks ago and was thinking of creating a
BR film.

Dave,
Which O2 phone? I've recently been trialling the iMate PDA2K EVDO (O2 XDA2)
and currently trialling an iMate Jam (O2 Mini). The PDA2K has a much better
video mode than the Jam but it's so big you wouldn't want to carry it around
for fun. I took some video with it of bikes in action at DISC a few weeks
ago and was reasonably impressed with the quality however it's nowhere near
what you would get from a dedicated DV camera.

Geoff

It's the XDA IIs and I've been pretty impressed with the video on it. My
test run on the bike was excellent quality, it only drops down in
quality when there's not enough light.

DaveB

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And lastly enjoy this very psychologically demanding hill - it plays with
your mind.
Something you will notice is the silence of your surrounds. The only
sounds you hear on the way up are your bike and your breathing - well I
probably could have heard more if it were not for the sound of my
breathing drowning out everything else.

cheers for the tips, but I wiped out.. sticking to the comfort of flatness
for once.. I think Horsham to Halls Gap via Laharum/Zumstiens looks like a
nice ride.. but I just don't get up that way much to scope it out..

cheers,
GPL

DaveB said:

I got a new O2 phone a couple of weeks ago and was thinking of creating
a BR film. last night, with a break in study for a couple of weeks I put
some sewing skills to use and re-sewed a pocket on a polo shirt to hold
the camera at just the right angle and with the lens just above pocket
height. Tested it out walking around the house and everything looked
great. Then I did a test run on the bike today. The problem with a polo
shirt is it has a lot of stretch, so when I lean forward on the bike
(and this was only on the MTB, will be worse on roadie) the weight of
the phone stretches the pocket and I get great footage of my bike and
the bars but nothing in front. Anyoe got any suggestions? I really want
to keep it attached to my body if possible, if it falls and breaks I'll
have a lot of explaining to do.

haha I took on-bike footage with my G3 (not the smallest compact digicam..). All I did was tie a knot in the strap so the camera was higher. The strangulation also helped slow the riding down thereby reducing the risk to the electronics..

When in doubt.. use some electrical tape and tape it to your most hairy nipple.. trust me.. it wont hurt at all ripping that off..

Use safety pins to remove the "sag" from your shirt.

Mount it to your helmet instead.

hippy

Jay Woo said:

Jay Woo wrote:

Quoted message said:

This is one using the C Clamp on the Stem.
http://tinyurl.com/7c2zb

My all time fav, Helmet Cam; At Mt Feathertop last year.
http://tinyurl.com/alj8o

Both taken using a Sony DSCP8

For some dumb reason Tinyurl placed a '~' in both of these?! Remove,
and it will work.