See video below I took with my TachyonXC "sports camera". It's a relatively cheap video camera meant to be used outdoors, under extreme conditions, and works fairly well mounted to the handlebars of the FZ. Unfortunately, I wasn't aware that the camera required 6X speed SDHC memory to record at the highest resolution and purchased only 4X memory so I am unable to capture the highest quality resolution but I think what you see below is perfectly acceptable for stuff uploaded to YouTube. In all actuality, there is very little difference in the two but when I record at the highest setting, there is some jitteriness in the video. Keep in mind that the view is through the windscreen so there is some distortion from the curve in the screen. Also, the camera is completely sealed, including the microphone, so the sound is not so great. For some reason, their is a resonance in the FZ exhaust that seems to disagree with the built-in mic causing an obnoxious buzzing as the FZ is almost whisper quiet although it sounds as if it has a bad Kerker mounted! Anyways, don't bore yourself with watching it all but it does give you a feel for what you will look like from behind.
Pretty decent resolution even through the wind screen.
ReplyDeleteIn the first part of the video, as you're riding on part of the interstate that appears to be concrete, it's CRAZY how big some of those pot holes are. That's serious road damage.
Also, I now SEE what you mean by the close ratio gearing. You get through those gears FAST. You're probably in fourth by the time you hit 40 miles per hour.
So are you going to fix the buzzing in the audio? If not, you can "duck" the audio and lay a music track over it when you make a video. Always nice to have some exhaust audio though.