Windy Day in Fat City

Mmm... donut

Today, as an excuse to ride my Road King, I decided to shoot some video in 720p widescreen format with my GoPro HERO2 (GH2) minicam. When you shoot in 720p you get 60 frames per second, which lends itself to slow motion. I'll experiment with that in the future.

I like the widescreen aspect of 720p but there seem to be occasional glitches in the playback, as if the video resizes itself from time to time. You'll see what I mean. If this is a known bug I may stick with the 960p format. We'll see- I'm still scratching the surface of what can be done with the GH2.

For this clip I rubber-banded a two inch thick piece of open cell foam to the skeleton back of the camera enclosure. There's still some wind noise, but not as much as before, and you can hear more of the motorcycle's sound. I have a made-for-the-GoPro windscreen on order, but there may be a limit to how much wind noise I can realistically eliminate. I want to get all the technical glitches and learning curves behind me before the riding season begins for real, so I can concentrate on making entertaining videos of epic rides.

I was restricted to the neighborhood streets today because it was just too windy to get out on the Foothills Road. And at the required coffee stop, I went with a blueberry donut.

Good ride.