Myloubylou
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Has anyone got a GoPro session (4 rather than 5). Am doing lots of fun stuff with the horse this year with friends and so would like to capture. Would like reviews from people who have used when riding. Thanks
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ecb89
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I got one for Christmas. Only used it once so far and it's really good
conniegirl
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I got one for christmas too but as I'm currently lame it is still in its bag
Svapu
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I recently bought GoPro HERO4 Session as a gift for my friend's birthday as she loves Klimkes videos (try to find on youtube, looks really cool) and also started eventing last year. So far she hasn't tried it yet, but as I spent hours and hours with my research reading reviews and watching videos so I'm confident to recommend it to you, too
Amye
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I have a GoPro Hero (older version no touchscreen). I think it's great! I am really pleased with the quality video it produces and it's dead easy to use (instructions are also simple). Haven't tried the time lapse on it or anything but video and pics are good.
I love all the hacking clips I get with it
Make sure you get a decent micro SD card as the videos do take up a lot of room!
Microphone quality isn't bad, I always have the waterproof cover on it but you can change to a non-waterproof which is supposed to increase the sound.
I do have some examples of clips I've taken which I am happy to share if you want but I can't right now as I'm in work!
I love all the hacking clips I get with it
Make sure you get a decent micro SD card as the videos do take up a lot of room!
Microphone quality isn't bad, I always have the waterproof cover on it but you can change to a non-waterproof which is supposed to increase the sound.
I do have some examples of clips I've taken which I am happy to share if you want but I can't right now as I'm in work!
MissTyc
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I got one for Christmas and its fuuuun!
miarosella
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I have a gopro hero 4 session and its amazing! I've taken loads of videos with it on my hat, I've experimented with angles while jumping and even attached it to the girth! the picture and video quality is amazing too.
tashcat
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I have one, use it for skiing not riding though.
Really simple to use once you get the hang of it, but videos take up so much storage space on my laptop or memory cards so I try to only keep bits I want to watch again! Hoping to take mine with me xc schooling later this year.
Really simple to use once you get the hang of it, but videos take up so much storage space on my laptop or memory cards so I try to only keep bits I want to watch again! Hoping to take mine with me xc schooling later this year.
Pedantic
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I like my Go Pro, I prefer it fixed to my hat, so it records where I look, I tend to use the open back for better sound if weather ok, as the waterproof back cover muffles the sound too much, I have the Bluetooth fob which I clip to my saddle ring so I don't have to faff around trying to switch on and off on the camera.
Lots my stuff on You Tube, my early stuff was done with a handy cam riding one handed or my phone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J54h3vRNQYA
Lots my stuff on You Tube, my early stuff was done with a handy cam riding one handed or my phone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J54h3vRNQYA
Svapu
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Nice! I'm seriously amazed at your stair-climbing skill, I rewatched this part like six times in a row
Cowpony
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I got a Hero 5 for Christmas and haven't managed to get it out of the box yet! Seriously, it's attached to something so firmly I'm afraid of breaking it if I pull too hard. So it's sitting there looking at me and I'm thinking if the non technological part is this hard, what chance do I have of actually making it work??
tashcat
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I am SO jealous of your hacking (and your pony!!) What lovely green fields to canter in, and those stair climbing skills!
What a good boy to be so calm with all that traffic!Anna*
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https://youtu.be/JRF05tbnCrE
https://youtu.be/n5DzIc144AY
A couple from my GoPro - I only mess about with it out hacking so not terribly exciting! Love it though. X
https://youtu.be/n5DzIc144AY
A couple from my GoPro - I only mess about with it out hacking so not terribly exciting! Love it though. X
Pedantic
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Pedantic
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Did this two days ago using Win Movie Maker as Gro Pro Studio software was messing me around, I was on my friends horse not my own Po, Youtube cuts the Quality , if you watch on an HD TV direct with the Go Pro files before converting, the picture is AMAAAAAAAZING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcmVhHmQ9QE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcmVhHmQ9QE
Darbs
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GoPro's are great, its the software that lets them down. Many people use GoPro to capture the videos but then other editing software for viewing and creating videos. The 'Capture' software is clunky and doesn't work on many iPad/iPhone combinations. Anything older than an iPad 4 or iPhone 5 will struggle. Also the newer GoPros want you to use their own video software so don't make it as easy to view the files directly from the SD card.
This shouldn't put you off buying a GoPro, just be aware that there is other video software that is better and easier to use than the GoPro supplied products. (Some of which is free and already installed on your PC, such as Windows Movie maker)
I have used GoPros and Garmin cameras for years, mainly for mountain biking and cycling videos, but have also done quite a lot with my daughter and our pony over the past few months. I use a GoPro Hero 5 Black and Windows Moviemaker to create these. (Some of the shots were also with a Garmin Virb)
Here is one of them having a good morning out in the arena and cantering up the fields https://youtu.be/Ko8Oiaz98H4
This is them playing festive football for the first time https://youtu.be/jqNGWjOg_x8
(My daughter is 7 and the pony is 5, so they are of the same mindset!)
This shouldn't put you off buying a GoPro, just be aware that there is other video software that is better and easier to use than the GoPro supplied products. (Some of which is free and already installed on your PC, such as Windows Movie maker)
I have used GoPros and Garmin cameras for years, mainly for mountain biking and cycling videos, but have also done quite a lot with my daughter and our pony over the past few months. I use a GoPro Hero 5 Black and Windows Moviemaker to create these. (Some of the shots were also with a Garmin Virb)
Here is one of them having a good morning out in the arena and cantering up the fields https://youtu.be/Ko8Oiaz98H4
This is them playing festive football for the first time https://youtu.be/jqNGWjOg_x8
(My daughter is 7 and the pony is 5, so they are of the same mindset!)
Myloubylou
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Anna which model do you have, love the bluebell woods & the gallop looks amazing! Also do you have a helmet mount?
Anna*
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Mine is a GoPro Hero - can't remember the number! I know others who have different models and all have a pretty good picture. I use an elastic hat mount with mine. I tried the chest mount but I found that I ended up with 'wither only' footage when I rode in a forward seat!
Crosshill Pacers
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Ok some help here people - decided to 'invest' my Christmas money in a GoPro. The purpose would be for capturing a different side to racing for my blog/Youtube channel. I know people fit the cameras to helmets/hats but I'm thinking of fitting one to either the breastplate of the horse, the top of the bridle (between the ears, where we sometimes have to fix head numbers) or either the inner or outer shaft of the sulky. I'd also like to get certain drivers to wear it at a meeting so that we have a 'follow XXX at Corbiewood' which shows them warming up for various trainers and then racing and the bits in between.
Is this a crazy idea? If not, which version is the one I'm after?! I'm a technophobe and I don't want to spend a fortune if the camera isn't going to stand up to a bit of work (thankfully very few accidents in racing *touch wood* so little chance of getting trashed that way but how secure are they when you fit them and are there different ways to affix them to things? Bearing in mind it'll be travelling at 30+mph and getting covered in sweat and dirt!)
Thanks
Is this a crazy idea? If not, which version is the one I'm after?! I'm a technophobe and I don't want to spend a fortune if the camera isn't going to stand up to a bit of work (thankfully very few accidents in racing *touch wood* so little chance of getting trashed that way but how secure are they when you fit them and are there different ways to affix them to things? Bearing in mind it'll be travelling at 30+mph and getting covered in sweat and dirt!)
Thanks
Darbs
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Ok some help here people - decided to 'invest' my Christmas money in a GoPro. The purpose would be for capturing a different side to racing for my blog/Youtube channel. I know people fit the cameras to helmets/hats but I'm thinking of fitting one to either the breastplate of the horse, the top of the bridle (between the ears, where we sometimes have to fix head numbers) or either the inner or outer shaft of the sulky. I'd also like to get certain drivers to wear it at a meeting so that we have a 'follow XXX at Corbiewood' which shows them warming up for various trainers and then racing and the bits in between.
Is this a crazy idea? If not, which version is the one I'm after?! I'm a technophobe and I don't want to spend a fortune if the camera isn't going to stand up to a bit of work (thankfully very few accidents in racing *touch wood* so little chance of getting trashed that way but how secure are they when you fit them and are there different ways to affix them to things? Bearing in mind it'll be travelling at 30+mph and getting covered in sweat and dirt!)
Thanks
You won't damage it with that type of use. They are extremely robust, have a look on YouTube for people trying to damage them, they end up being used in some very extreme circumstances. There is a video of one being dropped from a drone at 1500 feet, it films the whole drop and continues working after it hits the ground. One of the wing-suit flyers who was killed when he hit a mountain rock face at 100mph+ had the whole thing recorded on a GoPro that wasn't damaged in the accident.
Get the best model you can afford, the Hero 5 Black is worth it for the touch screen on the back, its much easier to use and navigate the menus than previous versions.
As for mounts there is every conceivable type available, have a look on eBay, there are kits available for about £20 that contain 20 different mounts, this is the type of thing http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/77in1-Pol...607041?hash=item3f697afb41:g:NCIAAOSwKOJYKnNV
Now you have mentioned fitting one to the bridle between the ears I am going to try that on my daughters pony tomorrow to get a view from his perspective, I'll post the video when its done.
conniegirl
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sorry for jumping on someone elses thread but what mounts does everyone use for thier Gopro and how secure are they?
Crosshill Pacers
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That's a very informative and helpful post! Thank you
Please do post the video - some friends of mine use them on their race helmets but it was suggested by the racing club I'm a member of that we could use one for filming during races to assist the stewards with any allegations of foul play (attaching it to a nominated horse). OH thinks I'm just wasting money for the sake of it but I have so many creative ideas in my head for helping 'sell' harness racing to Joe Public as not a road-racing sport!!
Darbs
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I use most of that kit in the eBay link above. All of the mounts are super secure, its not the mount that is generally the issue, its the way the user fixes it to the object. I have only ever had mounts come off when I have not got the clamp gripping correctly or the adhesive tape has not been on a clean, smooth grease free surface. The camera never comes off its mount, its always the mount coming off the object it meant to be fixed to, and its usually user error!
The trick is to get a lot of different mounts so that you are more likely to end up with one suited to the task. I also use cable ties to fix the flat mounts if I am in doubt.
When I mount my GoPro to my daughters ponies bridle tomorrow I'll take a photo of how it was fixed.
conniegirl
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Thanks, I'm just a bit wary of buying a helmet one and having it fly off when we go for a canter (assuming that is that I am allowed to ride any time soon)
Darbs
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My 7 year old daughter wears the head-strap on her helmet when cantering and jumping on her bouncy pony! If its pulled down completely and the back of the strap tucked slightly over the rear edge of the helmet it won't go anywhere. One trick is to run a short cable tie or length of cord from the helmet chin strap where it joins the helmet above your ear around the GoPro helmet strap. That way if it does come off it won't get run over or lost.
Darbs
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OK, for the benefit of science and technical advancement I have used my time wisely today and fitted a GoPro between our ponies ears.
I used a wide base GoPro mount and electrical insulation tape to fix it to the head band of the bridle (Its a Micklem so its very wide across the top behind the ears).
As you will see in the video I changed the setting a couple of times, the superview looks better as you get a better view of his ears, but overall I think the effect is best when the GoPro is fitted to a helmet strap, its much much smoother with a wider view, plus we had issues with the forelock when it was between his ears!
It was shot in 1080p at 60 frames per second. YouTube does reduce the quality initially but it often improves as it gets some processing time.
[video=youtube_share;WOA_i40u4ZY]https://youtu.be/WOA_i40u4ZY[/video]
I used a wide base GoPro mount and electrical insulation tape to fix it to the head band of the bridle (Its a Micklem so its very wide across the top behind the ears).
As you will see in the video I changed the setting a couple of times, the superview looks better as you get a better view of his ears, but overall I think the effect is best when the GoPro is fitted to a helmet strap, its much much smoother with a wider view, plus we had issues with the forelock when it was between his ears!
It was shot in 1080p at 60 frames per second. YouTube does reduce the quality initially but it often improves as it gets some processing time.
[video=youtube_share;WOA_i40u4ZY]https://youtu.be/WOA_i40u4ZY[/video]
Pedantic
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Love those spotty ears
Crosshill Pacers
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Great to see how you fitted it - my GoPro Hero Session 4 arrived yesterday so just fiddling around with it tonight. Will probably try the top of the bridle first just because I think the view from your video was quite good - I won't have the forelock problem as I plait the forelock for racing and tuck it inside the browband (the bit attaching the blinkers to each other also keeps the forelock plait out of the way!). Ears also shouldn't be a problem (despite all mine having donkey's ears) as they usually go all aero-dynamic on me and stick them back out of the way! But it'll be trial and error for sure!
Darbs
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Great, just have a play around to see what comes out best. I have found with GoPro its worth just seeing how it can be mounted and use the different settings to find out what suits different circumstances. Its like anything, when you have got the hang of it you'll soon see what works and what doesn't.