CityTech Sonoma Raceway(Infineon) 4-8-2013
04-10-2013, 01:18 PM
#152
Next track day we need to have a GoPro class. haha.
Even Hero2 with the Wi-fi backpack you can checkout a nice live preview to see what you are going to shoot before you record, but really if you are shooting something with a GoPro that involves your car or any car, turn Spot Metering on. I have been shooting 1-2 hours of GoPro driving footage every week for the past year or year and a half in pretty much every condition imaginable. Day, night, rain, shine, fog, top up, top down. Spot metering is your friend. Turn it on and leave it on.
The real trick with any of these cameras is removing the nasty contrast that the cameras add by default. Especially with low-light footage. Next track day I can attend but am not driving at, I will bring along the laptop and camera/sound gear and get some nice onboard stuff for people.
For anyone thinking about buying a camera for this purpose, the Hero 3 is the only choice.
Even Hero2 with the Wi-fi backpack you can checkout a nice live preview to see what you are going to shoot before you record, but really if you are shooting something with a GoPro that involves your car or any car, turn Spot Metering on. I have been shooting 1-2 hours of GoPro driving footage every week for the past year or year and a half in pretty much every condition imaginable. Day, night, rain, shine, fog, top up, top down. Spot metering is your friend. Turn it on and leave it on.
The real trick with any of these cameras is removing the nasty contrast that the cameras add by default. Especially with low-light footage. Next track day I can attend but am not driving at, I will bring along the laptop and camera/sound gear and get some nice onboard stuff for people.
For anyone thinking about buying a camera for this purpose, the Hero 3 is the only choice.
04-10-2013, 01:54 PM
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You should always use spot metering anytime the camera is used in a car cockpit. No reason to use 60fps unless you plan on doing slow-mo stuff later on. 1080p Wide will usually look the sharpest coming out of the Hero 2, because it is the most native format for the camera. 720 is quite a bit softer due to the way the camera creates 720p images. 1080p30 Wide or Medium with spot metering turned on should give good results.
Next track day we need to have a GoPro class. haha.
Even Hero2 with the Wi-fi backpack you can checkout a nice live preview to see what you are going to shoot before you record, but really if you are shooting something with a GoPro that involves your car or any car, turn Spot Metering on. I have been shooting 1-2 hours of GoPro driving footage every week for the past year or year and a half in pretty much every condition imaginable. Day, night, rain, shine, fog, top up, top down. Spot metering is your friend. Turn it on and leave it on.
The real trick with any of these cameras is removing the nasty contrast that the cameras add by default. Especially with low-light footage. Next track day I can attend but am not driving at, I will bring along the laptop and camera/sound gear and get some nice onboard stuff for people.
For anyone thinking about buying a camera for this purpose, the Hero 3 is the only choice.
Even Hero2 with the Wi-fi backpack you can checkout a nice live preview to see what you are going to shoot before you record, but really if you are shooting something with a GoPro that involves your car or any car, turn Spot Metering on. I have been shooting 1-2 hours of GoPro driving footage every week for the past year or year and a half in pretty much every condition imaginable. Day, night, rain, shine, fog, top up, top down. Spot metering is your friend. Turn it on and leave it on.
The real trick with any of these cameras is removing the nasty contrast that the cameras add by default. Especially with low-light footage. Next track day I can attend but am not driving at, I will bring along the laptop and camera/sound gear and get some nice onboard stuff for people.
For anyone thinking about buying a camera for this purpose, the Hero 3 is the only choice.
04-10-2013, 02:17 PM
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I had a little inside wheel hop on the exits from 11 and 2.
04-10-2013, 02:37 PM
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04-10-2013, 06:57 PM
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Monday was my first day ever at Sears Point and my third track day. (I'll be celebrating my 1-year anniversary with my S2000 in about two weeks! 
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04-10-2013, 07:26 PM
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You should always use spot metering anytime the camera is used in a car cockpit. No reason to use 60fps unless you plan on doing slow-mo stuff later on. 1080p Wide will usually look the sharpest coming out of the Hero 2, because it is the most native format for the camera. 720 is quite a bit softer due to the way the camera creates 720p images. 1080p30 Wide or Medium with spot metering turned on should give good results.
04-10-2013, 07:37 PM
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60fps should look a bit sharper with the faster shutter speed and less motion blur, but it also means less light getting to the sensor for each frame, and much larger file sizes. I don't think any video sharing surface supports 60fps playback, so it is almost always being converted to 24 or 30fps in the end anyway, which means waiting a lot longer for upload/processing. If I'm not using the 60fps to later playback at 60fps or slow-motion for lower frame rates like 24 or 30, I haven't found the extra time and storage space and extra battery life it takes for 60fps to be worth it for me.
1080p 30 is noticeably sharper than 720 60 on a Hero 2 or Hero 3, even with the slight increase in motion blur.
1080p 30 is noticeably sharper than 720 60 on a Hero 2 or Hero 3, even with the slight increase in motion blur.
