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Post by wutzthedeal on Dec 9, 2012 18:14:27 GMT -5
This was taken today; had I tried to pivot move with anything heavier, I would have shattered my leg. (Note: I think this also is a vote for using a helmet cam; I bought one of the cheap $10 ones and velcroed it to the top of my helmet; good enough for accident recording and the like...) youtu.be/jZiYjEFjYLU |
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Post by prodigit on Dec 9, 2012 18:59:15 GMT -5
You're lucky!
I've had many near-accidents. Most of them I saw them coming, few I was taken by surprise.
Lucky I've never had a real accident. Most of them I'm driving too slow to actually have serious wounds should I fall.
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Post by wutzthedeal on Dec 9, 2012 19:21:30 GMT -5
I was going slow on that turn, too, prodigit. Maybe 10mph but it would have hurt like hell to go down... I broke two ribs going 0mph (after skidding to a stop in my driveway, after breaking to the right just slightly, throwing me to the left). I was surprised how much force I had to put on my leg to hold it up moving that slow; the pain is the same you would get if you just slammed one of your feet down really hard on pavement; radiates up the leg, through the muscles mostly, almost like a bruise feeling. I was never so glad that my bike was light! Now I don't trust my tires at all... gotta start looking into that ;/
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Post by prodigit on Dec 9, 2012 19:40:24 GMT -5
Some people fall/roll at speeds like 40mph, and get off with a few scratches or bruises (provided they have the gear to protect them).
I guess you just have to be lucky.
Can't imagine what it must be like for a woman rolling on the street... They must have lots of days of agony. Lucky a man's body has his sensitive parts more hidden from being slammed into in a crash.
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Post by cloudsifter on Dec 9, 2012 23:21:25 GMT -5
This was taken today; had I tried to pivot move with anything heavier, I would have shattered my leg. (Note: I think this also is a vote for using a helmet cam; I bought one of the cheap $10 ones and velcroed it to the top of my helmet; good enough for accident recording and the like...) youtu.be/jZiYjEFjYLUWow, glad you are ok! (you might want to check - I'm sure you already realize) the date on your video... if shot today, it either says Feb 5th or May 2nd... depending on your date format...you'd probably want it correct if there was an accident and you needed the video for evidence. Do you might posting the name of the camera you got? I've seen a couple on ebay for cheap... |
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Post by skuttadawg on Dec 9, 2012 23:30:37 GMT -5
Everyday is a risk so always drive like everyone else is a drunken retard and avoid getting too close to them
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Post by wutzthedeal on Dec 10, 2012 13:52:17 GMT -5
Good point, skutta. Cloudsifter, that is the drawback of this camera; you can only set the date/time per power-on. Once you kill the power, it's back to the factory date/time. (When you research keychain cameras, you'll find there are about 21 different actual types; mine is the number 19 which does not have a crystal to keep its own time while powered off; this is why I'm returning it for a different one but they are still cheapos). The one I got was here (the reviews were 4 stars when I first ordered it but that's largely a result of having had only 2 reviews): www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LQDSQI The one I'm getting now is here (no reviews but SUPPOSEDLY higher resolution and motion-activated): www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009DBVC2WOne other thing I should mention; you'd be better off, probably, with a gumstick camera from e-bay (as another scootdawg mentioned in another thread; just search "camera") because what you hear in my video is the constant ripping of velcro with the wind--some solutions include carrying a separate recorder/lapel mic and just muting out the audio on these, then later editing to add your lapel-mic recorded audio into the video or actually building some type of homemade wind filter over them; I don't need all that fanciness. It's just to record accidents, near accidents, or anything unusual (I'd love to catch a ghost or UFO on it! But never have... did catch an entity of some type on a digital camera, though; had to shoot about 15k photos over 12 years to finally get something real on one single photo). Anyway, for the price of a keychain or gumstick camera, you really should invest in one to protect yourself, catch illegal activity (I'm thinking law enforcement breaking laws, because that needs to be exposed and can protect you), or any of a host of reasons that the video can be used, from practicing your techniques while riding to proving that a road hazard exists that others might not believe without the video... |
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Post by urbanmadness on Dec 10, 2012 17:45:29 GMT -5
Yeah, the only reason I'm doing the whole seperate audio chanel thing is that I am doing alot of Youtube Vids and I want really decent audio. It's not really nessary if you are using it for an "event cam" as you don't really need clear audio when actually riding and the audio will be clear enough in the event you are pulled over.
My camera set up is a bit more elaberate then just an "event cam" and I already had the equipment from my other adventures on Youtube. If I were to start over it would cost somewhere in the nieghborhood of 500 bucks plus video editing software for syncing.
I use a sony voice recorder, a lapel mic, under my gear (this gets rid of the evil wind noise), and a gopro on a chest mount. I sync the audio in final cut pro.
I am thinking about getting an actual helmet cam tho, just for Events. I just have to figure out if they would permit that at work. (I work for a Defense/Aeropace contractor)
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Post by wutzthedeal on Dec 10, 2012 20:13:16 GMT -5
I don't know if they would say anything, urbanmadness. On my helmet, this is so tiny, being a keyfob. What I don't like is that I can't use it in the rain until I find a way to horizontally mount it behind the face sheild, or possibly under the chin area if back far enough. You can slip this camera in-between your pads and helmet's outer surface on the inside, and it'll do vertical video that way, but the technology isn't "smart" enough to understand how to change orientation so you lose half of your resolution horizontally or thereabouts. What I'm thinking of doing is working a loop-fastener into the chin strap to hold it horizontally; like you touched on, I don't want the viewing area to just be where my chest is facing--I want it to be where I'm looking in case I see something interesting or the accident originates off to my side and I need to catch a motorist's action. If I'm taking "serious" film like I do for my documentary I'm making on these haunted woods we like to frequent, I'll take my high-res. cell phone and strap it to my chest like the Go-Pro (which is an excellent camera by the way; I always enter to win on the Facebook contests) and just record that way, editing later in Adobe Premiere Pro to add my own audio. But you clearly have the need for crisp audio and quality video that doesn't jump around; I literally get nauseous watching my keyfob videos when I get back--still learning to keep my head steady and not look at every fleeting leaf blowing or interesting Christmas display...
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Post by yoshidawg on Dec 10, 2012 20:37:44 GMT -5
Hate when they need the whole road just to get by a scooter.
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