Video Equipment

I've seen lots of great cycling videos here on the Veloist and wonder what people use. I just got a Mino HD and affixed it to my bike, but it seems prone to shakiness. I'm wondering how best to mount it. What's worked for other people?

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Permalink Reply by Mike the Veloist on April 21, 2009 at 4:31pm: Tom,
I shoot with a helmet cam to avoid the shakes. And hand hold once in a while. I also have a mount called "Boom Stick" which is great for interviews and going slow 15-17mph. I love it.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Hedeen on April 22, 2009 at 2:07pm: Looks like I bought the wrong camera!
I got the Flip Mino, which shoots Hi_Def, but doesn't mount as easily as the VholdR.
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Permalink Reply by Bikewrench on April 25, 2009 at 8:53pm: I shot mine with the vholdR. Look up videos by Bikewrench. I suppose the quality is good I wish I could get the wind noise to go away. All my videos were taken with the camera mounted to the side my stem.
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Permalink Reply by Harm Job on May 11, 2009 at 3:46am: Working in the world of tv and radio I know you'll never get rid of the wind noise, wind and mike's are long known enemies. Use an edit program and delete the noise and replace it with something different. A nice song or you're own comment...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Harm Job on May 11, 2009 at 3:53am: I use a Mustek DV316L, a cheap light digital cam, it was about €30,-. You'll get the quality you'll pay for, but it suits me just fine, I only use it on the internet. When it breaks during a fall or else, it's replaced easy and cheap...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jack Day on September 27, 2009 at 10:08pm: Tom:
Just ordered a ContourHD helmet cam yersterday after spending most of the summer attempting to mount a camcorder on my bike. No matter what I did I couldn't get rid of the vibration and shock, although I'm pretty fussy with the final result. It depends on what you will tolerate. The best was a RAM mount that was good in every way except the vibration. If I let the air out of the tires of a hybrid, it came out okay, but who wants to ride like that. Mentioned below, I saw a video on Vimeo of an item called the Boomstick 360. This is a two piece boom set which will manipulate into almost any configuration or weird camera angle. The length of the booms is long and it seems like this would absorb a lot of vibration before it arrived at the camera. The developer is a member here and he emailed me back yesterday. If you would like, I'll pass on info to you when I spend a little more time with him. In the mean time I'm pretty excited about the helmet cam that 's in my future. I kind of like the Borg look.
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Permalink Reply by Tom Hedeen on November 3, 2009 at 3:12pm: Jack,

The Boomstick 360 look perfect, but their website isn't loading.
Are they still around?
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Permalink Reply by Mike the Veloist on November 3, 2009 at 3:20pm: Tom, search Boomstick360 in the search box, it will go to Steve's page, send him a note. Hope that helps.; ▶ Reply to This