Filming bicycle rides? - /n/ (#2041715) [Archived: 242 hours ago]

Anonymous
5/28/2025, 7:46:15 PM No.2041715
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How do you film your rides?
I'm going to start filming content on my bicycle/while walking.
Most of it will be done at night time in a big city, in POV.
I'm not sure which camera to pick that would be :
1) bang for the buck(under $200 ideally, would go as high as $300)
2) wearable and discreet enough to film interactions and keep them natural
3) decent battery life(at the very very very least, 5 hours)
4) decent video quality
5) still able to operate with relatively low light (not extreme darkness per se, moreso like 10 PM in a urban area)

Any suggestions?
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Anonymous
5/28/2025, 8:15:46 PM No.2041716
>>2041715 (OP)
I’ve been looking for the same thing, I don’t think it’s possible. Plebbit will recommend DJI Osmo Action and those are 600+, even the old 1’s instead of the newer 3, and they will recommend insta360 which even the old 4, on sale, is 440 here(in NA).


AFAIK Akaso is the only true budget (under 200$) action camera but it suffers from overheating and short battery life just like the gopros.


I genuinely think creating yootoob content or just making your own videos is automatically priced out for poor fucks, aside from just using a phone and hard coping.
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Anonymous
5/28/2025, 8:30:49 PM No.2041717
"discreet" is going to be the dealbreaker here. all of the reset is achievable if you don't mind looking like a vlogger
Anonymous
5/28/2025, 8:30:57 PM No.2041718
>>2041716
>I genuinely think creating yootoob content or just making your own videos is automatically priced out for poor fucks

Nah mate, just get a insta 360. Sure the battery life sucks without the case but have you seen how long the average youtube video is? You'll probably only need around 1h of content to snibble a 20min video. Longer than that and most people will probably close the video.
But make sure you'll get a decent mic because the audio is a very important part.
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Anonymous
5/28/2025, 8:43:51 PM No.2041719
>>2041715 (OP)
I used to film my rides but stopped because I ran out of video storage and really only uploaded less than 1% of the footage I captured.
1. I got lucky and found an open box sale for a GoPro 11 (it sucks but has its upsides)
2. People will never be natural around a camera unless they're the type who lack self awareness and the more discreet the camera, the more weird people will be around you. Also, there's the people who will be weird because there is a camera. Last, legal issues regarding recording in states where that matters.
3. decent battery life is where the GoPro unironically wins because aftermarket passthrough door and 20000mah battery bank. It also feels cyberpunk af having wires, cameras, and batteries on your body. I got about 8 hours of 4k 30fps recording time with that setup
4. video quality is less the issue and the more important thing to worry about is stabilization capability and mounting points. Eye or near eye level recording make the best and most realistic pov videos but getting that right is difficult
5. this is where the gopro 11 sucks really hard, all my low light footage was a waste of storage space
6. bonus, you don't have near enough storage to even start recording regularly, even less if you're a film autist that neeeeds to record at the highest quality possible
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Anonymous
5/28/2025, 8:52:24 PM No.2041720
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>>2041716
>aside from just using a phone and hard coping
not coping here but the hard truth is you don't neeeeeed a fancy camera, a phone and an idea is the minimum to create and the best can do it with just that
>>2041718
>audio is a very important part
also true but you don't even need to buy a decent mic, mic muffs on the camera works surprisingly well, so good I was surprised myself when I tried it. Here's what my camera setup looks like
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Anonymous
5/28/2025, 9:40:52 PM No.2041726
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>>2041718
You say just get an insta360, but like. the X4 + stick is 450ish before tax. That’s an entire full-time two weeks if I was employed at an entry level dishwasher min wage job.

Which I am not cause the country is in the shitter and I’m completing with college degree grads for slave wagie labor but that’s besides the point. I’ve seen people put that invisible stick on their bars and just record themselves from the front, or record the front view. It looks insane. But that price tag mayne. I already near bankrupted myself with the bike, can’t do it

>>2041719
>>2041720
I doubt that. Not saying you’re wrong, but in my experience, a phone and an idea will get me shaky, unwatchable footage with earrape audio. I heard every car engine so loud, and then when I tried to audio correct in DVR, I couldn’t supress the cagie noises without also muting the birds chirping and bike biking. It was hell to work on.

I’m a shitty videolet, yeah, but even I know it was bad. I need a clamp or something ti stick an actual gimbaled, dedicated camera to the drop bars.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/gopro-hero-action-camera-black/6579901.p?skuId=6579901


I am actually not sure if you all mean this, it’s what I get when I type in hero 11, but upon further research gopro has about 30 different kinds of similarly named cameras. This one IS under 200, which leaves money for a clamp and/or tripod and/or mic, so I may bite the bullet.
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Anonymous
5/28/2025, 10:51:36 PM No.2041734
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>>2041726
I didn't mean in the context of using a phone for ride videos... but even then a phone is more than enough with the right methods and editing. You can muff a phone's mics and software stabilization can carry quite hard now. It's less about the gear and more about the video editing process
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Anonymous
5/28/2025, 11:35:17 PM No.2041737
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>>2041726
>>2041734
so that's a phone video and here's a gopro video. These comparisons don't make sense because of the 4mb constraints, I agree with the other anon though, I would have gotten a 360 camera instead of a gopro if I didn't get the open box discount
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Anonymous
5/28/2025, 11:57:18 PM No.2041743
I will suck both of you down to the bone if you can find me an insta360 for 2-300.

The coughing and gagging will feel extra good.
Anonymous
5/29/2025, 12:23:53 AM No.2041749
>>2041715 (OP)
The most discreet option would probably be to find a way to drill a small camera(say an Insta 360) into your helmet, leaving only the lens exposed.
With say a black helmet this could be very unnoticeable, or people will think it's part of the helmet's design.
You could even try to put a power bank inside of the helmet, attached to the camera, to get more battery life. But this is getting into >>>/diy/ territory.
You could do the same with another camera like say the GoPro but it's bulkier and would be harder to drill into an helmet.

I'm just brainstorming I haven't done any of these things.
>>2041716
>I genuinely think creating yootoob content or just making your own videos is automatically priced out for poor fucks, aside from just using a phone and hard coping.
You could start with a phone, and then as you get more income invest in a proper camera.
>>2041737
How do you mount your phone camera?
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Anonymous
5/29/2025, 12:40:08 AM No.2041750
The insta360 has been shilled everywhere and it looks like potentially the most convenient and usable camera for cycling but i fucking hate how the footage looks, same kind of disdain for gopros in wide angle mode
But im not gonna be bolting my real mirrorless camera to my bike so fuck it idk. I already have a gopro hero 8 i guess ill use that, or my iPhone
I want narrower fov footage
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Anonymous
5/29/2025, 1:13:10 AM No.2041754
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>>2041749
I do not think drilling into a helmet is good for the helmet keeping my brains inside. I will not be doing that. But I agree, I think phone is going to have to be the way at first. I really want either an Insta or a DJI but I am not a richie rich, I am a 3 subscriber andy. Which brings me to

>>2041734
This is okay quality. How did you take that? Is there a clamp? How do you fix the audio?
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Anonymous
5/29/2025, 7:46:08 AM No.2041771
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>>2041749
>>2041754
>How do you mount your phone camera?
In these videos I'm holding my phone with my right hand and steering/braking with my left. With software stabilization in post, you can get it this smooth (posted video)
>How do you fix the audio?
audio is no good in my phone videos, this one will need mic muffs or separate mic
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Anonymous
5/29/2025, 7:52:34 AM No.2041772
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sometimes I fold the flap of my backpack strap and hold my phone like this, it works surprisingly well but the angle is sometimes off, it doesn't stabilize in post as well, and is further away from eye level. A big part of why holding the phone while recording goes so well is because the phone can be held exactly at eye level plus the hand and brain has its own stabilization that works well in post
Anonymous
5/29/2025, 7:58:07 AM No.2041774
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and since we're on the topic and I want to share my setup, here's my gopro setup, battery bank in the phone holder and gopro on a backpack strap mount, less than ideal filming from the shoulder but it's close enough to eye level while torso stability works well with gopro's integrated stability. Paired with mic muffs, this is a very capable budget setup
https://youtu.be/JUFUCegWMUw
Anonymous
5/29/2025, 9:56:44 AM No.2041778
>>2041771
Cars parked in bus and bike lanes should simply be towed without warning and auctioned off by the city.
If the owner wants his car back, he can join the bidding.
Could be a good source of funding for public transport, until people learn.
Anonymous
5/29/2025, 10:09:35 AM No.2041779
>>2041771
With drops? How do you ride with one hand off without falling over/being too bent to see anything?
Anonymous
5/30/2025, 5:10:16 PM No.2041930
>Nooooo I'm so poor I can't do anything
This is why a lot of you will never make it.
Trust me I know how hard it is to be a poorfag but there are too many opportunities in first world countries like the US (which I assume most here are from) to be complaining like that.
I grew up poor in an absolute shithole as a failed anchor baby because my mother had to go back home. I have seen the contrast when I "came back" to the US. There are too many opportunities in the USA you have absolutely no idea.
If you plan on making content and got good reasons to believe it would make you some income, then why not take the risk and buy what you need to make it?
Why wouldn't you take a loan? Why wouldn't you risk your next month's rent? Why wouldn't you wageslave for a few months and save up for it?
Instead of seeing opportunities yall focus on obstacles.
I'm not saying you should be impulsive and take any retarded risk, but sometimes you just have to say fuck it and take a somewhat calculated risk. You have to be patient, proactive, and brave.
If you are not born rich you will never make it without suffering like dog. You will have to take risks, you will have to be creative, you will have to make a way somehow, and you might not even make it. You will be alone, crying by yourself, feeling shame, regret, sorrow etc... and fail a million times, but you'll have to get back on your two feet and try again.
A lot of you already have bicycles which cost MINIMUM probably $200 unless you are riding an FB marketplace gem or some Walmart bicycle, which I doubt. You own a computer, a phone, etc.... You can spend $200 on a camera. See it not as a lost but as an opportunity. "I spent $200 but I'll make it back with what I'll do with this camera or some other way". Think long term.
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Anonymous
5/30/2025, 6:14:10 PM No.2041935
>>2041930
>you might not even make it. You will be alone, crying by yourself, feeling shame, regret, sorrow etc... and fail a million times
Sounds like shit advice then, especially now that failing once leaves you homeless with no healthcare.
Anonymous
5/30/2025, 6:36:33 PM No.2041936
>>2041750
>I want narrower fov footage
the gopro 8 you have is more than adequate for the task if you lens correct in post with gyroflow, gyroflow can also stabilize and horizon level using the gyroscope/accelerometer data embedded in gopro videos. It's also a free and open source app available for linux, windows, and mac and it supports other action cameras too like DJI and insta360 and more.
Anonymous
5/30/2025, 9:17:39 PM No.2041948
>>2041930
Nice TEDx talk
Anonymous
5/30/2025, 9:56:55 PM No.2041958
None of you fucks respond to that chatGPT Millenials Dont Wanna Work These Days post.

instead, respond to this: how do i practice balancing on one arm, while holding my phone up, without eating shit on grass/pavement?
Anonymous
6/3/2025, 6:59:39 PM No.2042474
bump
Anonymous
6/4/2025, 2:35:17 PM No.2042587
>>2041715 (OP)
The right way to do this is a gopro on a chest gimbal mount. It gives the best stability and view. I've tried helmet-mounting it, it's no good. The video is unwatchable because invariably you have to turn you head to look at things, and it happens a lot more than you would think.
Anonymous
6/7/2025, 3:11:10 AM No.2042884
>>2041715 (OP)
PSA: over here (Portugal), dashcams are considered surveillance cameras, and ate illegal.
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Anonymous
6/8/2025, 2:21:34 PM No.2043074
I should've got an insta360, I'm fucking retarded and got a GoPro. good footage but I mostly road cycle and it's not exactly thrilling just seeing road and almost car accidents. I'm going to transition to add MTB to my kit so I guess I'll be helpful for that
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 4:09:38 PM No.2045056
>>2041715 (OP)
just do it
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 11:00:58 AM No.2045181
>>2041737
nigger behaviour
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 7:18:39 PM No.2045245
>>2041715 (OP)
>How do you film your rides?
Look up some of those ebike review channels on youtube and you will will see a list of the gear they use to film the rides and trips.

Some use those drones which have software to make them automatically self-adjust a fixed distance while filming the rider. They're pretty neat and even automatically detect and avoid tree branches as they fly along a mountain bike trail filming the rider.
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 11:34:31 PM No.2045257
>>2042884
surveillance cameras are illegal in Portugal? I highly doubt that.
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Anonymous
6/21/2025, 8:11:49 AM No.2045469
>>2045257
Who said that?
Dashcams ARE considered surveillance cams by regulator (national data protection commission) and ARE illegal. DASHCAMS.
...Unless you have a surveillance camera license for your vehicle; do you have one?
Even Police and municipalities have had their installed surveillance cams disabled for a longtime in a very public way, because they either weren't issued a license or had them pointed filming public walkways. It was in the news multiple times.