Here's some video my passenger took of our laps around the full Le Mans circuit at the Le Mans Classic in July this year.
The camera was mounted on the dash top immediately behind the windscreen, which kept it out of the wind.
SunDude- "Sorry, no soundtrack. Hope you enjoy it anyways".
I prefer to hear the music of a engine,... and a little wind, not some band.
I made a camcorder roll bar mount out of a Mickey Thompson big block connecting rod, and a mount of a old tripod last year, but I can't find the camcorder mount.
Does your use suction cup mounts ?
Are you concerned about loosing suction ?
David- very video video of the cars.
My Sony camcorder has a wireless mic that can be placed anywhere, like under the dash, but actually, I held the camcorder in one hand and recorded the engine going down the highway for the buyer of my last engine, and it did come out very nice, just using the internal mic. As you'll hear, the wind noise was low.
Does your use suction cup mounts? Are you concerned about loosing suction?
Yes the GoPro comes with a suction cup base. It actually grips on very tightly. But of course I worry somewhat that it'll let go and the camera will get smashed and damage the car/paint along the way. Touch wood, that never happens.
__________________ "Anyone who drives faster than you is a Maniac,
and anyone who drives slower is an Idiot." - George Carlin
SunDude- "Sorry, no soundtrack. Hope you enjoy it anyways".
I prefer to hear the music of a engine,... and a little wind, not some band.
I made a camcorder roll bar mount out of a Mickey Thompson big block connecting rod, and a mount of a old tripod last year, but I can't find the camcorder mount.
Does your use suction cup mounts ?
Are you concerned about loosing suction ?
David- very video video of the cars.
My Sony camcorder has a wireless mic that can be placed anywhere, like under the dash, but actually, I held the camcorder in one hand and recorded the engine going down the highway for the buyer of my last engine, and it did come out very nice, just using the internal mic. As you'll hear, the wind noise was low.
I like your car but , whats with the ear plugs, the best part of a great car like this is the roar of the moter and you use ear plugs.
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Considering the purchase of a video camera, contacted GoPro with an inquiry on an external mike, " audio in " , see below. Replied back asking that there be a way to connect the external mike to existing cameras, not just adding the feature to new cameras. Also, that the internal mike is retained and connecting the external mike would disable the internal mike.
" Currently, our developers and engineers are considering incorporating the audio in feature into the HERO cameras. However, no specifics regarding an ETA have been released.
If you find that you are picking up too much wind noise in your recording, there are several things you can do to minimize this.
1) When you don't need the camera to be waterproof and are traveling under 100MPH, you can use the open back housing door. This will allow for more of the engine or exhaust noise to be picked up by the microphone, and override the wind noise.
2) Mount the camera in a location that is exposed to the wind as little as possible. Placing the camera right in the line of the wind stream, such as at the top of the windshield, will cause the most wind noise.
3) Mount the camera closer to the surface of the car. If the camera is mounted using a fully extended extension arm in an area of high wind, the extension arm itself will generate a bit of wind noise that the camera's microphone will pick up.
Hopefully these tips get you some improved results. Please let us know if you have any further questions.
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Today I tried something a little different with my GoPro. I was hooking up with a local car club for a nice cruise, so we mounted the camera on the back of my friend's car filming backwards towards the convoy. Unfortunately, it didn't really work all that well.
I made sure to drive real close to my friend's car, much closer than I would normally follow, but the wide-angle lens makes it look like I'm very far away. The cars behind me in the convoy can barely be seen (except when my friend stops to make sure we've reached the right bridge). And of course there's hardly any engine sounds, just a bit from my friend's tailpipe (and the booming of his subwoofer in the trunk).
See for yourselves...
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and anyone who drives slower is an Idiot." - George Carlin
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