Mounting cameras on the trike
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ธ.ค. 2020
- Trying out some different ways of attaching action cameras and the Insta360 OneX to the recumbent trike. Plus a short trike ride
Links for some of my video and lighting equipment.
Canon EOS M50 Mirrorless Camera
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Sony FDR-X3000 4K Action Camera
adorama.evyy.net/Dajm2
Insta360 One X 360 camera
adorama.evyy.net/ejO2O
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John Switzer
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Nice camera angles. Insta 360 drives me crazy. Sweet drive👍👍
It looks like your setup worked well!
That's pretty cool all the different cameras, I like the 360 one.
Interesting points of view!
you cameras are looking great thanks for sharing this with us all.
Thanks for watching
thank you so much!!
The video was great. The trike was great. I loved the music at 2:20, but that sure seemed an odd choice. It made the mounting of the cameras somber and filled with foreboding.
Fun little video, John, really enjoy the 360 footage. Thanks for taking us on these trike rides!
Glad you enjoyed it
Quite the setup John, seems to work quite well.
Have also been trying to find a good mount for the Insta360 X3. Am trying a sideways mount off the headrest tube, with a selfie stick poking up. It is just not solid enough for my tastes. Also thinking of adding a Side Seat mount and maybe put a rearward camera on the end of that tube, maybe even a traffic-side rear flasher there too.
Have Versa bars on and a GoPro 6 Black records on the left side getting footage from the mirror there too. It is more of an unbiased witness for me in case I am involved in an accident.
Hello John
Your Setup works real well i hope to see more of your landscape while you drive your trike
Stay safe all the best
Yours Frank
Thank you for the beautiful video.
There is a scene in the video where you cross a bridge, and it looks sturdy.
I wonder if it was originally a place where a railway ran?
There are places in Japan where abandoned railway tracks have been turned into bicycle paths.
The video was also shot beautifully with no blurring.
What kind of camera did you use to film it?
Great info. Thanks.
Umm, 1st.
Edit: I don't know what gear ratios that trike has, but it certainly looks as if you are pedaling faster than you are traveling throughout much of the video. Are these trips just for cardio workouts? Or do you change gears from time to time as well, to get the speed up too?
Second!
We'll John if any one can solve the problem it would you.
The more I watch your bike riding videos the more I won't one.(:
I see your using the Azub Fat trike/ Which do you prefer riding more and why?
I ride the TyFly X and Janet rides the Fat trike. Both do well on out steep dirt road, but I'm not sure one is really superior to the other. Mostly we both had our own idea of which we wanted.
John, you related to Carl (Alfalfa) Switzer? From "Lil' rascals"
I've found that most of the selfie sticks for things like the DJI Pocket 2, GoPro and Insta360 cameras fit snugly inside certain sizes of PVC pipe. I have used double clamp ball head "light clamps" that seem sturdy enough for holding up light weight action cameras like a GoPro, the DJI Pocket 2, or Insta360 cameras. One side I clamp to my trike, and the other side I clamp to a short length of PVC pipe. I slide the selfie stick into the PVC pipe like putting a water bottle into a cup holder. I can let the camera run while it's sitting in that mounted position, and can slide it out easily for handheld use. This works better than any traditional camera mount for me because it's so much easier to slide the selfie sticks in and out of the PVC tubes like a sword in a scabbard. I don't have to fiddle with screwing them or clamping them down each time.
In my experience there are four problems with this setup, all related to vibration:
1. Vibration noise from the slight play between the selfie stick and the PVC pipe that is annoying to listen to while riding. I like my rides to be quiet darn it! I have experimented with lining the inside of the pipe with fabric or tape. This adds some cushion to dampen the vibration, and the sound, but can make getting the selfie stick in and out of the pipe more challenging. Of course, it can also help hold the selfie stick in place.
2. Vibration causes the selfie stick to rotate in the tube. I had to find a way to prevent the selfie stick from spinning around if I wanted to run the camera while it rests in the pipe. The solution above helps with this. With my DJI Pocket 2 and the advanced selfie stick, I solved this by making a notch on the top side of the PVC pipe that fits the flare above where my hand holds the stick and the controls reside. This notch prevents the stick from rotating except under the most extreme vibration while still leaving the selfie stick free to slide in and out of the PVC pipe so I can quickly use it in a hand held mode. As long as the stick is sitting firmly in this notch, I'm also more confident that the camera will face my chosen subject, be that me, the road ahead, or the road behind.
3. Vibration and shock makes the video image strangely shaky at times where holding the camera naturally absorbs a lot of the shock before it can get recorded in the video. The fact that I've also added in the the clamping mechanism seems add somewhat to the video shake when I ride. Some cameras, like the Insta360, seem to be better at dealing with this than others. Without additional shock absorption, the only way I've found around this is simply editing around it.
4. Since the camera and selfie stick are just slid into the PVC pipe, there is a chance, under heavy vibration, that it could slide up and out. If the trike is tipped over it can slide out. Also, a thief could quickly slide the camera out and run away with it, but I think the convenience of being able to quickly get the camera out for hand held use more than makes up for this. Putting an air tight cap on the bottom of the PVC pipe is a decent way to mitigate unexpected camera loss. It creates a small amount of vacuum in the tube when the selfie stick is removed that resists the action of removing the stick enough to keep it from just flying out on its own under most conditions. Also the solution to problem 1. above helps make the stick less likely to simply fly out without warning.
All in all, happy to see you enjoying your trike!