I had a
great plan to use a GoPro to make videos for YouTube of myself driving my Lotus
Elise. Alas, my first experience trying to do this was a bit of a disaster: the
suction cup fell off from where I’d mounted it, the bit of video before the
suction cup losing suck was interesting but sound wasn’t great, and I realised
that I’d taken a lot of footage and didn’t have a clue how to edit it.
I need
to learn where best to mount a GoPro, and how to edit videos. Producing quality
YouTube videos definitely isn’t easy.
If you’ve
got an iPhone 6 (or similar), that works perfectly fine for filming outside the
car. My GoPro plan is currently parked until I get time to educate myself...
Below is
the kit I purchased. I think this is an okay starter kit. Hero 5 Session (comes
with some adhesive mounts), Suction cup, Head Strap + Quickclip, 2 * 128GB
MicroSDXC card, 64GB MicroSDXC card, and an Anker Powercore.
Image: Car Starter GoPro Kit
Bonus: How Much Video
Footage from a Hero 5 Session and 128GB Card?
When I
was purchasing the SD cards, I wasn’t sure how much video I could get on one
64GB card (so I got 2 x 128GB cards more after first just purchasing the 64GB
card.) If you’re curious too, below is a table I made of settings for how much video
footage an 128GB SD card can hold (for the Hero 5 Session camera at least.)
Note: Field of View = “Wide” for all the below
Resolution | FPS | Duration
-----------+-----+---------
|
|
4K | 30
| 4H:17
4K | 24
| 5H:38
|
|
2.7K | 48
| 4H:17
2.7K | 30
| 5H:38
2.7K | 24
| 5H:38
|
|
2.7K 4:3 | 30
| 5H:38
|
|
1440 | 60
| 5H:38
1440 | 48
| 8H:12
1440 | 30
| 8H:12
1440 | 24
| 8H:12
|
|
1080 | 90
| 4H:17
1080 | 60
| 8H:12
1080 | 48
| 8H:12
1080 | 30
| 8H:12
1080 | 24
| 8H:12
| |
960 | 100 | 8H:12
960 | 60
| 8H:12
960 | 30
| 8H:12
|
|
720 | 120 | 8H:12
720 | 60
| 8H:12
720 | 30
| 8H:12
It’s interesting how you can’t get better than 8 hours 12
minutes. I think 1080 and 60 FPS is perfect.
Image: Getting ‘Video
Time Remaining’ info from the GoPro app
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