What kind of shutterbug are you?

This is a multiple choice poll. So, choose all that apply.

i would not mind a video for mountain bike riding but I really have no idea what i would do with the video. i like the still so i can dream while at work in my cubicle.

This is the only mtn bike video I've made.

https://vimeo.com/14682234

Have a selection of options already available. A friend has a GoPro that I can borrow if interested but haven't as of yet. Don't personally feel a burning need to record everything while riding. Usually I stop to take stills.

I typically have my phone with me and often times it's even charged. So if I see something I want to capture for posterity I use that.

There are some folks on this forum that are gifted at making cycling videos. I guess I have a question though. If some dude posted a video of his drive to work taken from a camera he stuck on his dash, would you want to watch it? Most cycle commute videos don't really look any different.

I suppose there'd be some value of having a camera if I were in accident and wanted evidence. However, I'd find myself wanting to get into an accident in order to justify the expense and hassle of mounting a camera to my bike in the first place. I don't want to put myself in that position.

Now, I do have my geeky side. Last year I taped a keychain camera to the side of a model rocket. That was cool.

My stills are mostly for fun, occasionally for legal issues, whereas the video is intended for legal issues mostly, and occasional fun ones.

Oh, and I agree, it is is a smart idea not to get into an incident just to justify the expense and hassle of mounting a camera to your bike.

Now for MY geeky side, where did you post the video of your keychain camera getting a ride?

It was a smaller rocket and not terribly stable with the camera on it. Here's a slowed down version of the video that's more tolerable to watch:

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There are lots of better examples if you a do a search for "model rocket launch" on you tube

The vid was not bad but the impressive part was the rocket went STRAIGHT up and back down to the launch area! Really!? No tree climbing? Or chasing the thing on a motorcycle four blocks away? Sweet.

nice but now devalued 35mm film SLR.

Sounds like you've had some experience with model rockets. Putting a hole in the parachute helps.

I built quite a few rockets as a kid. One of my favorites was a two stager with a glider attached. Could never bring myself to launch it because the chances of recovering all three pieces was just about zilch.

It's going to sound very retro-grouchish of me but it seems like video games are about the only things most modern kids above a certain age are interested in playing with. They're missing out.

I still love the lines of the original Estes Astron Omega CineRoc (photo below is using the OEM nosecone and payload section, not the Cineroc camera payload section). The Omega alone doesn't quite have that look



This reproduction has the look, but apparently it has been scaled down somewhat, and also lacks the camera.



Finally, I found a vintage photo of the Omega, and the Omega with the CineRoc...

I voted "I wish...".

What I would like is a cheap and light camera I can mount on the handlebar, or on the frame (more stable?), that would take a frame of video every second or so, so a video of a ten hour ride can be watched in a few minutes.

But I have two or three perfectly good cameras already... I don't think I'll be buying another one anytime soon.

I use to dream of owning one of those. My older brother had a Camroc and an Astron Delta. Like the Omega, it was also a beautiful rocket. I don't know if he ever managed to get a decent picture out of it. It took one shot and it had to be sent to Estes for processing unless you had your own darkroom.

Modern technology has improved a few things.