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WHAT! All those people got to meet Ray? How lucky they are :)
I like having the brake levers centered in the shot. We use GoPro footage in race efforts on my team to analyze performance in road races/crits objectively seeing the pull of levers etc gives insight into where we can improve w/regards to cornering and shifting.
Sorry I didn’t mean to post this as a reply ?
Well, being a Bolt owner I must say that Wahoo’s software still sucks IMHO. There’s still no way to display gearing info in the 39×12 format. The iOS app is still a drama. Every time I set my Wahoo to English, it puts itself back to Dutch as soon as a pair with the companion app. It’s still not possible change the language of the iOS app to English. Weird GPS bug still not fixed. I could go on for days….
There are options, prefab on eBay as well as print-to-order, for offset GoPro mounting to center the lens, such as this inexpensive option: link to shapeways.com
Or this: link to ebay.com
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Ray was the only person listed with the stage name – or web name? How cool is that!
Haven’t checked out any Fulgaz videos but does anyone shoot rides with occasional pans left and right?
Getting pretty tired of HD videos that shoot straight ahead mile after mile especially when the route is scenic or there are interesting things you pass by.
Who the heck looks straight ahead for hours on end during a training ride?
Someone needs to make a gimbal mount that pans on demand (tap it) or through a random setting. Or a camera sensor that IDs surroundings like a smartphone detects faces. In this case the camera would sense a scenic view on the left or the castle on the right and send a signal to the gimbal mount to pan left/right then back ahead after you’re past the POI.
Anything of this nature would reduce the boredom on many video rides. Otherwise you end up with titles like “Grand Tour in the Alps” that never show one overlook the entire ride.
Scenic rides could include waypoints like you might train on a group climb. Climb to this overlook and wait for stragglers to regroup. In the meantime there are views in all directions at that waypoint. Or continue riding and the video skips the waypoint.
At some point 360 VR videos should be possible, but for now I’d settle for the occasional pan left/right.
Need a 360 camera with some AI to detect when the straight ahead shot isn’t changing much and virtually pan to something it detects as possibly interesting by post processing what is on the sides of the bike.
Nice summary Ray, Cheers. I think it was a really great night and will look at something again next year, I liked the casual, getto like feel, just need to find some good beer not under a flight path… i will post a link to some more photos later today
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Great to catch up with you & an interesting night. I’m sure the flypasts were more frequent during your segments!