The problem with the chest mount is (a) It's right on top of the chicken loop so it takes up half (or more) of the frame; and (b) you can't point it in different directions without moving your whole body. I love the chest mount for skiing but it's kind of useless for kiting imo.windrider1 wrote:Whats wrong with the chest mount I mainly use the chest mount and board mount. bought a line mount but didn't get around to using it yet though. As for filming I have a model 4 and use 1080p at 60fps works the best in my opinion , you get really nice smooth and clear picture. also try to film in direct sunlight , low light and cloudy days are bad for clear video.
Yup. right now I have 2 sjcams 1 gopro, and 1 long distance peau lens (2.5x magnification) that I changed out a wide angle for. You can use the special "narrow" setting on the gopro but it's better to just swap in a new lens. If you don't have that many gopros you can just take more time during filming to mix it up and like I said before about 50 mounts but I only regularly use 3 of them. It's not that expensive to gear up like this. Next step. Drone. You can make such incredible videos with a drone, but I'm not sure I will ever take that step. The problem with a drone for me is you have pretty much moved from the kiting side over to the filming side at that point. Making videos with a drone means you are going to be dedicating a lot of time flying the drone and getting shots, though they do have that "follow me" setting now on the drones.socommk23 wrote:The main limit i found was having just one gopro.
To make the video interesting youll have to change angles a lot. Mix it up between fpv and tpv.
Gopros wide angle means for the best shots you need to be super close to the lens.
Also music choice......youll never chose something everyone likes. But you can set the mood and even use lulls and highs in the music to emphasise parts of the video. I find less lyrics the better.
Iv got loads of videos but still not anywhere near perfect.
https://youtu.be/KMqOZHRGifA
Tried the drone while on a tandem buggy. Was a challenge as it was actually a quad copter. I had to fly it constantly the whole time. Didnt get any footage of myself flying a kite but did get myself flying the quad from the tandem buggy.edt wrote:Yup. right now I have 2 sjcams 1 gopro, and 1 long distance peau lens (2.5x magnification) that I changed out a wide angle for. You can use the special "narrow" setting on the gopro but it's better to just swap in a new lens. If you don't have that many gopros you can just take more time during filming to mix it up and like I said before about 50 mounts but I only regularly use 3 of them. It's not that expensive to gear up like this. Next step. Drone. You can make such incredible videos with a drone, but I'm not sure I will ever take that step. The problem with a drone for me is you have pretty much moved from the kiting side over to the filming side at that point. Making videos with a drone means you are going to be dedicating a lot of time flying the drone and getting shots, though they do have that "follow me" setting now on the drones.socommk23 wrote:The main limit i found was having just one gopro.
To make the video interesting youll have to change angles a lot. Mix it up between fpv and tpv.
Gopros wide angle means for the best shots you need to be super close to the lens.
Also music choice......youll never chose something everyone likes. But you can set the mood and even use lulls and highs in the music to emphasise parts of the video. I find less lyrics the better.
Iv got loads of videos but still not anywhere near perfect.
https://youtu.be/KMqOZHRGifA
yojimbo wrote:[youtube][youtube][/youtube][/youtube]i see there are a lot of opinions on this topic.
if you only have one camera, go with a line-mount. I've been using the camrig, but someone mentioned the Beastmount, and I can attest that the camrig is a hassle to mount. I'm going to try out the Beastmount.
If you get super into then I could see adding other POV.
I'm posting one of my vids, I recommend everyone that chimed in post one of their vids as well so the OP can see and decide which route he wants to go.
Also, keep the vid short, and no matter what you do the compression tech that youtube and vimeo use will turn your crystal clear video into shiiite.
I also shoot at 60fps and 1080p. Then when you go to watch your video on these platforms, the default setting is like 480p and you have to know how to change it to 720p, its just a mess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdzdSN4xg4M
here is a short one, shot with just orange floaty and from the beach.. nothing too crazy, just goofing around, occasionally running out of wateryojimbo wrote: I'm posting one of my vids, I recommend everyone that chimed in post one of their vids as well so the OP can see and decide which route he wants to go.
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