Saturday, March 31, 2007
Testing a Rear-Mounted Camera Perspective
I thought I'd test mounting my Canon PowerShot A75 digital camera to my bike by using industrial strength velcro. The camera is rear-facing and attached to the top of the license plate holder just below the taillight. The video was shot in 640x480 mode - the maximum resolution available on the camera.
I've noticed the sound is excellent and I suspect that's because the mic is shielded by the bike and myself. I'll have to adjust the angle so that the camera isn't just shooting the clouds, but my biggest worry is trying to eliminate the camera shake. Whether pointed forward or rearwards, I think people will get sick watching bouncing videos.
I did purchase a self-contained "helmet" cam as a backup camera for the soon-to-be-purchased lipstick cam, but I haven't figured out how or where to mount it to my bike. The purpose of this test video was to see how interesting a rear-mounted video would be. It might be a neat perspective for filming Peter as he tries to keep up...only kidding.
This video shows me gearing up and leaving Jessica's house and arriving at Jared's house a half mile up the road.
I've noticed the sound is excellent and I suspect that's because the mic is shielded by the bike and myself. I'll have to adjust the angle so that the camera isn't just shooting the clouds, but my biggest worry is trying to eliminate the camera shake. Whether pointed forward or rearwards, I think people will get sick watching bouncing videos.
I did purchase a self-contained "helmet" cam as a backup camera for the soon-to-be-purchased lipstick cam, but I haven't figured out how or where to mount it to my bike. The purpose of this test video was to see how interesting a rear-mounted video would be. It might be a neat perspective for filming Peter as he tries to keep up...only kidding.
This video shows me gearing up and leaving Jessica's house and arriving at Jared's house a half mile up the road.
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Agreed about the camera angle and shake, but I am really surprised by how good the quality of the picture & sound are. For a point-and-shoot camera it does a pretty good job on the frame rate.
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