Shaky camera/Wind too loud.

[Ride_Safe]

Alright, so I just mounted an HD Camera (Panasonic HDC-SD20) to the bottom of my mirror. My bike is a CBR125, so the mirrors are attached directly to the handlebars.

My problem is that the vibrations of the bike are causing it to be ridiculously blurry. Plus, the wind is so loud that you can't even hear the bike at all. I'm also not entirely sure that the problem is with the vibrations of the bike, so much as that the camera just can't capture the motion of the bike moving.

Any ideas?

LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X32XZ6Wl0CI

 

[Splash]

Handlebars is the worst place to mount a camera. Try the gas tank or the side fairing. I have mine on the signal light stalk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH__idkldzk

You can also try the frame slider

[video=youtube;PjtglaSgFsA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjtglaSgFsA[/video]

 

[Ride_Safe]

So youtube is taking forever to process my video. This is getting pretty stupid.

The camera is actually mounted on my mirrors, which are attached to my handlebars, but I guess that doesn't really make much of a difference.

 

[jonpurdy]

The camera is actually mounted on my mirrors, which are attached to my handlebars, but I guess that doesn't really make much of a difference.

Even worse than the bars themselves since the mirrors might increase the vibrations.

It could also be that your camera has a more severe rolling shutter problem than what most people are used to (GoPro, Contour, Drift) since it's not built for being mounted to something that vibrates.

I'd try mounting it to the tank or to your body and seeing how that looks.

For audio, you need to find a way to muffle the wind noise. I picked up a Zoom H1 mic/recorder with a wind sock that muffles most of the audio. Check YouTube for some examples of the difference in audio quality.

 

[Ride_Safe]

I taped a sponge over the microphone, so it sounds better. But it's still blurry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhEuMwPCAEQ

 

[Ride_Safe]

This is what the mount looks like. I probably spent a total of $10 to make it.

I cut the bottom of an old tripod off with a hacksaw and used this thick plastic clamp that used to belong to a bicycle to strap it to my mirror. Then put some tape around the tripod pole for grip, as well as on the tripod base so the metal doesn't scratch the bottom of the camera. Aside from the vibration problem, it works excellent, because it's high enough that the windscreen is out of the way, and the tripod base allows me to freely rotate it almost any angle.