Do You Always Have Your Camera On?

[BbqRider]

I always keep mine on. Hero 2 with a battery bacpac so I get almost 4:30min worth of recording time

 

[MotoShane]

I record all the time. Recently I recorded in my truck for a video about how boring the truck is compared to the bike. Figured I had enough footage and put my camera away. A few minutes later, in a parking lot was a little group of foxes all trying to eat a McDonald's sandwich they were all trying to take it from each other and running around. I wish I had kept recording.

 

[VroomVroom]

I feel like I always have to have my camera on and enough battery for the gopro when I am riding otherwise I could miss something exciting. hahaha.

Anyone else?

The other day I said screw it, and enjoyed a quick paced ride without my gopro.......then as soon as a squirel crossed my path, and then a momma duck and ducklings crossing the road, I was wishing I had the gopro because I could have turned that into an amusing vlog. lol

Every sinle time I Step foot outdoors I got that baby on! You just never no what can happen. I feel like if I left it at home I am gonna come across an alien or something.

 

[willph]

That's too short for a GoPro battery. Should be at least 1 hour. Are you recording at 60FPS or higher?

I record on loop

I am running at 1080p @ 60fps.
720 @ 60fps didn't make much difference in time either.

 

[RealRider]

I try to have mine on for as long as I can. I can record all day with spare batteries and my batt pack. Just make sure you take note of the time of day that things of interest happened on or else you will be watching lots of footage.

 

[/ryantanyu]

I am running at 1080p @ 60fps.
720 @ 60fps didn't make much difference in time either.

I'm going to test different settings and re-evaluate my sticking to 720p@30FPS. I record at that rate because it's easier to edit, and we in this country have the slowest internet speed in our continent.

I try to have mine on for as long as I can. I can record all day with spare batteries and my batt pack. Just make sure you take note of the time of day that things of interest happened on or else you will be watching lots of footage.

How do you take note of the interesting parts? I usually end up scanning all my footage

 

[RealRider]

Google keep.

SD 1, battery 2 or even timish 11am.

 

[Marbro_za]

The GoPro 4's have terrible battery life, it's definitely a far better idea to get the older ones if you do go for a GoPro.

even with wifi etc all turned off?

 

[SwissMotard]

even with wifi etc all turned off?

Yeah it's around 20% worse with the same settings as as the previous generation of GoPros.

I bought one and sent it back as it was terrible compared to my Hero 3+ Black.

 

[Meifesto]

I just hit the remote to stop recording when something interesting happend.
And then i start recording again.
Finding back is easy, just check the last minute or so of the saved clips.

 

[Marbro_za]

Yeah it's around 20% worse with the same settings as as the previous generation of GoPros.

I bought one and sent it back as it was terrible compared to my Hero 3+ Black.

wow, now im glad i didnt go gopro

 

[Ride_NZ]

I have the Hero 4 Silver with a spare battery and the non-LCD bacpac. I haven't timed it since it ate my brand new 128gb card, but it was something like 3+ hours without going to the spare battery. For longer trips I have a 13000 mah pack that fits my pocket and a right angle usb cable so I am basically on permanent power and can run indefinitely. Now an external recorder might be nice if they weren't so damn expensive...

 

[SwissMotard]

I have the Hero 4 Silver with a spare battery and the non-LCD bacpac. I haven't timed it since it ate my brand new 128gb card, but it was something like 3+ hours without going to the spare battery. For longer trips I have a 13000 mah pack that fits my pocket and a right angle usb cable so I am basically on permanent power and can run indefinitely. Now an external recorder might be nice if they weren't so damn expensive...

Your phone is free.

 

[Ride_NZ]

Your phone is free.

Sorry mate, I meant an external video recorder like the Ninja so I don't have to keep recording to cards which my camera has started eating

 

[Dan 53na]

I have it rolling all the time till the battery dies that is That is about 50-55min. (HERO 2 HD)
I just ordered a second battery and installed a usb power outlet on my bike so in the future battery life should not be a problem.

 

[SammyT]

Not as much as I wish I did. Missed quite a few things without it.