J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bedrock barney

Well done!! Did you need to have an extensive knowledge of AOR to win the prize??!

That makes me a double plonker then....

I had a minor paddy when the start of the programme was delayed and the BBC shoved on some Jools Holland sponsored caterwauling by bloody Adele and Duffy........I turned off the sound and flicked through some ski brochures to calm my nerves.

Great skiing from Kitzbuhel. My snow boarding daughter started shouting at the telly when the Alta piece came up. Don't think we'll be heading there anytime soon.

Looking like a plonker is a small price to pay for getting some decent hands free holiday video footage.

It does look a bit odd to have a camera sat on top of your bonce....but what the hey..

Whilst in Val d'Isere I was highly amused to receive a subtle "gopro nod" from a skier who passed by me whilst I was having a breather. I returned the nod. Bit like two VW camper vans meeting up in Cornwall! :thumbup:

Marksman wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:...This is a run down the arcelle piste in Val d'Isere (with stops!) on Fri 13th Jan 2012. This is using the chest mount and at highest HD setting (1080). Results seem pretty good to me.

Very nice indeed. I like the point of view from the chest harness too.

How much footage can you shoot at 1080 for a given card size? Lots of companies seem to give meaninless "up-to xxx hours" statements.

Where I'm coming from is can you switch the camera on and then forget about it or do you really have to turn it on and off to record the bits you want?

Cheers,

Owen.

I have a couple of 8gb cards but bought a new 16gb high speed card for the camera. Apparently older cards struggle with the writing speed. I bought a Sandisk Extreme SDHC card which apparently (!) will hold 4 hours of video.

The clip I uploaded to youtube is 385 seconds long and 730mb in size. Therefore at highest level the camera uses up 1.9mb per second (this seems consistent across the other videos I took). This equates to approx 7gb per hour or just over 2 hours 1080 HD (30 fps) recording per 16gb card. You can buy 32gb cards but of course the camera battery will run out before then. I carried around a spare Gopro battery but only had to swap over once during the week.

Switching the camera on and off via the chest harness was pretty easy. I was able to look down at the camera and simply tilt the front upwards a little to be able to see the LED screen. The new model has flashing leds to remind you that it is on.

Cheers, Rich

The skis were great. I hired them from Snowberry. They picked them out for me and said that they would be good for the conditions following the heavy snow falls. No discussion regarding early rise/tip rockers - doesn't mean a lot to me unfortunately. I felt in more control with lumpy pistes than I have before although I would hope my skiing is improving as I get in more mileage.

The skis certainly felt very stable (better than the Volkl R1 unlimited skis I hired last year).

I haven't done any kind of video editing yet but hoping I can use iMovie to tidy up the vids. In the meantime I've uploaded a 5 minute bit of video to youtube. This is a run down the arcelle piste in Val d'Isere (with stops!) on Fri 13th Jan 2012. This is using the chest mount and at highest HD setting (1080). Results seem pretty good to me. Very pleased with the camera and looking forward to using it more in April when we are off skiing with the family.

Go easy on comments re. skiing style - I've only got 4 weeks under my belt and the wrong side of 40 these days!!

billip1 wrote:To change the mood a little (to quote Squeeze), I personally find that one of the joys of being on holiday is that I can switch off my mobile and forget it for the week. But then I'm very old-fashioned.

It's hard to disagree with this sentiment. However, I did enjoy watching us whizz along at 190 mph on google maps (in the train mind you, rather than on skis)