Prickle, that song is "White Lies - Death, Chase and Status Remix" - it's a banger isn't it!?
Cool videos folks - keep em coming! There's been some great creativity in some of these vids. Awesome editing too. Does anyone use Deshaker for their clips? That seems to be the only thing I could find to stabilize the image a little bit...
I have yet to spend more than 20 seconds clicking my way through one of these droning POS films.
These things are for f*#king noobs… I should get one. LOL
Seriously though, seems like something that could be nice to have on a few memorable climbs with exposure/views. Ancient tower for example is a great spot for it.
I'm waiting for the GoPro footage from the gyms to start showing up. Bound to be better than the outdoor footage because instead of a schitzo view of trees and rocks, you'd get steady cam shots of every hot ass in the place, bookended with sportsbraction.
I'm waiting for the GoPro footage from the gyms to start showing up. Bound to be better than the outdoor footage because instead of a schitzo view of trees and rocks, you'd get steady cam shots of every hot ass in the place, bookended with sportsbraction.
There are kids in my gym who have goPro's mounted to their chests and sticks who climb and take lead falls to post on Facebook.
I saw a guy at PG Sunnyvale using a GoPro while toproping a 5.6 route. Can't wait till that one shows up on this thread! Yes! With an awesome soundtrack!
In my opinion, GoPro footage doesn't work for climbing. Disembodied hands emerge from frame to grasp things, everything spins and pitches, maybe a foot comes into view but usually not, the view lurches back to the hands, there never seems to be a midsection to this body, and so there is no sense of what the body is doing and very little sense of position on the climb. Moreover, the fisheye perspective looks nothing like the way we see things and, although more inclusive, nonetheless adds visual confusion. I think we can sort this confusion out with a static image, but when the scene is constantly shifting, the viewer can't adjust.
I can see using it in a party of two so that the belayer can simultaneously belay and film the leader, but filming yourself climbing doesn't produce results that are interesting to watch, even for other climbers.
Yeah, lots of the climbing gopro is shaky, here's my hand, here's my feet, heres the view.
I thought the surfing gopro was the best, most pleasing effect,
then I saw this-
I saw the video a while back of the father and daughter doing snake dike (liked it) and I thought I would give it a try.
My daughter and I did a two day trip through JT last week. I put a little vid together of the Quail Mountain part. It was fun and unwatchable or not, Sierra likes it and someday when I'm dead and gone, perhaps she'll smile about how cold we were that night
I like using the gopro for time lapse photos on long routes. Set it for every 30sec & ur probably going to get some cool stuff & it's way less n00b than having to stop & take photos every pitch, resulting in a dark descent. Here's a few more crappy gopro climbing shots. For video, from a head or helmet perspective it's more difficult to get quality results unless you are climbing with the camera in mind.
Charlie heads into the notch between Thunderbolt & Starlight
Let us know!