That Moment You Record Your Vlog, But The Angle Is Tilted Badly.

RiderInRed said:
Well. The title says it all! UGH Just got back and it looks bad! Idk how I didn't notice that.
Anybody else had an epic fail like that?
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Just had one yesterday. Rode to a restaurant to meet up some co workers and then ride back in the rain. The camera angle was pointing left so you can see the car in front of me but all the way to the right side of the screen. Had the wrong mounts on the bike, couldnt make it look straight forward. Good trial run ... thats how you learn and get better. Keep vlogging RiderInRed.
 
SamBiker said:
Just had one yesterday. Rode to a restaurant to meet up some co workers and then ride back in the rain. The camera angle was pointing left so you can see the car in front of me but all the way to the right side of the screen. Had the wrong mounts on the bike, couldnt make it look straight forward. Good trial run ... thats how you learn and get better. Keep vlogging RiderInRed.
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Thanks brother! Same goes to you! Idk why exactly I got a bit of an off angle. I did see the camera was horizontally aligned. I guess not good enough lol. Next time, I should check on the phone via wifi.

Safe riding mate!
 
I've noticed when riding my Ducati, I tilt my head to the right slightly. Think it is a result of a couple of shoulder injuries (from bikes) and an op which is again possibly one of the reasons I struggle with sports bikes these days.
 
scooterwuf said:
Happens a lot with me too. Sometimes I can use scale and rotation to fix things, but if it's that bad, I just go back and shoot things again. A lot of times the 2nd time's the charm.

- Wuf
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That's one of the beautiful things about making movies, multiple takes. You can do the ride again and have fun editing the shots together and taking the best audio and comments you made and splice them together.
 
Just yesterday! Went out for a ride with new GoPro Hero Session (the 4), and I thought it would "right" the picture no matter which side was up, so I put it on its side in the case. Have a great sideways video of my ride now. lol
 
It happens, don't worry about it, you get to learn from it and make sure it doesn't happen again. You didn't miss out on anything important so it's all good.
 
ShiftHer said:
Just yesterday! Went out for a ride with new GoPro Hero Session (the 4), and I thought it would "right" the picture no matter which side was up, so I put it on its side in the case. Have a great sideways video of my ride now. lol
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Did you actually record a vertical video? hahah.

or you actually recorded with your phone, but wanted to disguise it as Hero 4? *shock*

On a serious note though, as far as you dont miss out on anything important like SighBored noted, you're good to go.
 
My spine sometimes shifts and I don't notice so my head will be clocked to one side.

Then upload the video for editing and see the wierd camera angle from the old Batman TV show...
 
I tighten it so hard that it can't move without actually dropping the entire helmet. Secondly, i do a quick check before every ride. - I look from a birdseye view to measure how straight it is. As well as from the (in my case) left side of the helmet towards the right.. to see if it's facing in the perfect direction.

Thanks to the fish eye lenses even if it is a little tilted it's usually still quite usable.
 
Lol I recorded my first track day ever, every session, every lap.

I had around 4 hours of me absolutely hammering it around track, all looking straight down at my lap (camera mounted on top of helmet). I cannot tell you how upset I was, that I never checked between sessions.

But so you learn, now I take 5 minutes to make sure its pointed in the right direction.
 
One of the things I like about the Drift Ghost S is the rotating lens. When it's mounted to the side of my helmet I can counter turn the lens to compensate for any off angle tilt.

I once shot something with a GoPro with the chest mount harness and hated the footage because it was angle too high. I turned it into a visual film using multiple tiles of the same footage. So far if may have gotten into 2 film festivals. Hope I get into more. Sometimes mistakes are happy accidents.

- Wuf
 
WheelyPerd said:
Lol I recorded my first track day ever, every session, every lap.

I had around 4 hours of me absolutely hammering it around track, all looking straight down at my lap (camera mounted on top of helmet). I cannot tell you how upset I was, that I never checked between sessions.

But so you learn, now I take 5 minutes to make sure its pointed in the right direction.
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Hey man, were you at the Mike Hopkins track day a week or so ago? What group were you in?

I did the same thing lol. Side mount on the fairing facing backwards.

Camera got some really nice footage of my clutch cover and my boot and not much else. Also annoyed I didn't check between sessions!

I was on the silver and black Aprilia Tuono in the medium group.
 
scooterwuf said:
One of the things I like about the Drift Ghost S is the rotating lens. When it's mounted to the side of my helmet I can counter turn the lens to compensate for any off angle tilt.

I once shot something with a GoPro with the chest mount harness and hated the footage because it was angle too high. I turned it into a visual film using multiple tiles of the same footage. So far if may have gotten into 2 film festivals. Hope I get into more. Sometimes mistakes are happy accidents.

- Wuf
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I think just to be clear and technically correct: it doesn't rotate the lens only but the sensor with it. Otherwise if you rotate a lens of a camera, you'll get pretty much no difference unless you have a anamorphic lens. Sorry just wanted to put it out there. Being a filmmaker, does make you get specific about cameras and lenses lol
 
I understand what you mean, but mechanically, and physically the lens housing does rate, even if it is just the sensor. This helps the user gauge its position relative to giving a leveled composition.

- Wuf
 
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