GoPro helmet mounts...what's the best/latest?

manuel · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 1158

Ah ok, you can film others with the clew-view as well, just flip the camera around and ask them to follow you!
Or place the camera on your wife's boom.
Win/win.

PeconicPuffin · Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 1830

That's not going to work for this application, Manuel. She's working on the fundamental of the step jibe, and needs to see where she is in the turning arc. Also she needs to see how she looks in comparison to other people jibing, who I also intend to shoot. I expect that I'll be standing in the water and shooting her sometimes, other times following her. If I sail in front it will become about her trying to keep up with me. Lastly, we're headed to Bonaire to work on this, where we'll be on rental equipment.

That's why I asked about the helmet mount in the original post. I know boom mounted cameras give a wonderful perspective. It's just not what I"m looking for right now.

manuel · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 1158

I believe the default package comes with the helmet tape mount.
What does their site say?

As other people have said, make sure your helmet is on tightly to keep the image as stable as possible and trust the angle you setup the camera.

Finally remember what you have on your head when coming out of the shorebreak! (although there is no shorebreak in Bonaire Smile

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coachg · Joined: 10 Sep 2000 Posts: 3550

Michael,
Did you buy your Gopro aftermarket? My Gopro came with this

http://shop.gopro.com/mounts/head-strap-plus-quickclip/ACHOM-001.html

Works just fine without needing the helmet if you didn't want to pack a helmet to Bonaire.

Coachg

pete1111 · Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 193 Location: The Dude

manuel · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 1158

carl · Joined: 25 Feb 1997 Posts: 2674 Location: SF bay area

Clew mount is defiantly the best view by far!
And these guys already makes a nice mount, check it out:
clew-view dot com

PeconicPuffin · Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 1830

Thank you everyone. Clew Views are great. It is not what I need, however. It's why I titled the post "GoPro helmet mounts". I appreciate the input from Clew View fans. I have little doubt that I'll buy a Clew View at some point. I was looking for helmet mount information. Thanks again.

Wind-NC.com · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:42 pm Post subject:

Well, Clew-Views are pretty awesome, and actually work well for instruction, too. Maybe a Clew-View AND Peconic Puffin chase cam Combo is really the best overall solution Wink

http://wind-nc.enstore.com/item/clew-view-boom-mount

I don't know how much you've messed around with your camera, Puffin, but there are a few settings that seem to work a bit better for a chase cam- First, change the field of view to medium or narrow. If you stick with ultra wide FOV, you'll have to be 3 feet behind her at all times to get any useful footage... Going to a narrower FOV will allow better results, especially if there's a bit of distance between you two.

Second- going up on the frames per second will allow you to slow things down later and still have a nice smooth clip. It makes the file sizes a bit bigger but doesn't detract from image quality or anything like that.

The only other thing that I might recommend as a cool solution is to get a SoloShot automatic tracking tripod. They are really cool and will allow you both to just go sail and have fun, and then still have a bunch of footage to look at later when you get home. You wear a little transmitter tag and the tripod will automatically aim the camera, zoom in and out, etc etc... leaving both you and your wife free of stress and without "camera duty" so that you can just go have fun and enjoy your vacation.

http://wind-nc.enstore.com/item/soloshot2-sony-camera-bundle

Hope that helps, have fun down there!