I don't like the look of the footage. It's too streched out and looks just unnatural. Hypersmooth on wide (or superview) is nice to look at and gives you a slight sence of the action going on.
I didn't really like how the footage looked, but there was something super nice about being able to see the bike moving around beneath you. Maybe you could record in the taller setting, then crop down in post. That means you can still nudge the camera up or down a touch if its mounted pointing slightly in the wrong direction.
Ever since reading about the MAX I've had this same thought about using this type of cam so glad you filmed it, though the stretch definately looks meh. But the FOV is 👍
yeah, it has been written already. The bad stitching of left right and middle doesn't work properly. The total view ist better than the cropped in hypersmooth footage I get from the Hero 7 though. I'd use this cam for cool B-rolls mounted on different parts of the bike, giving different angles, but not a s a chesty anymore. Maybe on a spinny mount? I donno ;)
P.S.: I prefer the look of the footage from the chin mounted gopro 8 (like Phil Kmetz) or, if you want to use a 360 camera, check out the rearward mounted stick on the helmet Ali Clarkson tried with the Insta 360. Don't know about the safety of these compared to the chest mount though...
Beautiful track and colours, I couldn't stop watching it. Camera wise, I would really love to see the difference using the GoPro 8, I actually really liked seeing something filmed differently like this dispite the huge wide angle/etc
The thing that is annoying is that break in the image in ~1/4 from the sides. It's probably also a bit too much of a stretch of the image, but the stability is great and the riding looks mint! Makes me wanna go ride in the uk for sure, so many great areas to ride!
I love the psilocybin purple hazed fringiness... really sweet. Were y'all trippin? After watching your Mr. Fantastic elasto-man arms work that tiny handlebar I think I'm trippin balls myself
I have the same problem with the OneX, you need to get the lens closer to the bars, the opposite of the gopro, where is looks best further away. But then the camera gets smacked around when things get rowdy. 360s best for B angles imo.
Distorted is the word I’d use . But the position of it counts as it has 360 vision! Having it on an extendable bar mount could yield some awesome footage which I’ve witnessed on a Drone Film channel, I’ll add the link shortly!
Perhaps it was the weird colour hue or the bizarre arm stretch ratio but it reminded me of crazy 90s mtb videos featuring the likes of Rob Warner et al. Not sure if that's great or terrible tbh 🤔😂
I lasted 3 min. purple tree highlights? that aspect stretch does some trippy stuff to the side frames... when you rinse your gopro in acid please wait 8-12hrs for it to recover before recording ^^ an episode!
It actually made me feel a bit ill watching it. The blurry bits at the sides made me feel like i had a migraine coming on! Definitely prefer the 7 or 8!
It looked good to me. But the trails looked good no matter what camera you would of used's. Sounds like a lot of work to get the picture you won't. Will any camera be as good as the 8 ????? If your thinking of giving it away ? can you give it my way.
Weird pov footage. Looks like you are riding 350mm bars. But i am not a fan of pov in general. Thx for all your work and videos in general. I really enjoy watching them.
I like it but kinda of looking like your in a round setting. Nice video colors good but I’m on a iPad 11 so maybe the color is good. But on a laptop maybe different to view but the 360 cameras looks like a circle effect. Being your using the front or one camera. Maybe the same effect.
That’s look like you are a giant on a tiny bike...it’s really weird. But maybe a better impression of negative an positive elevation...? The color grade is too much. The hero 7 pr 8 is better in my opinion for a chest mount. Maybe try an other point of view
Do it like the Red Hot Chili Peppers. „Give it away, give it away, give it away now!“. The footage doesn‘t look good. I think this camera isn‘t good for MTB riding but I could make use of it in other areas.
Hi, maybe you should better crop to 16/9, instead of the lycra thing. Losing some of your thigh action, though…!?!. The dynamic range seems quite limited, but there are probably much better results possible, as the recording is very light in general. The color, as in the video above, is 'not good'.
couldn't stand watching more than 30seconds of it with the stretched image, mad me feel sick. had to skip to the 9min mark to hear what you had to say about it.
Really don't like that kind of half 360 footage :x not very watchable to enjoy the action to its full extent, a classic wide angle view on supersmooth is far enough, especially on the new 8
eeeeerk... What the heck is that ? Is that from GoPro ?? Wtf I actually think that's the worst camera quality they did since the beginning of the brand. Omg these edges are awfull and the chromatic aberration is overkilled. I personnaly hate it and I think I didn't had to precise it x) Total rage from myself
I don't like the look of the footage. It's too streched out and looks just unnatural. Hypersmooth on wide (or superview) is nice to look at and gives you a slight sence of the action going on.
Not just me. Look strange
It looks amazing....said no one in the comments....
No no no!! The ribbon arms and blurry stretchy outer edges of the screen make me want to blow chunks....
I think that's just a genuine representation of how long Cathro's arms really are, the lanky bastard.
I agree .... looks super weird! Sorry Ben, not for me!
why are you watching his arms? i think it gives a really good feel for what you are riding better than normal POV cameras
I didn't really like how the footage looked, but there was something super nice about being able to see the bike moving around beneath you.
Maybe you could record in the taller setting, then crop down in post. That means you can still nudge the camera up or down a touch if its mounted pointing slightly in the wrong direction.
I'm 10s deep and can't help but notice those g-narly abberations around the trees
Thoroughly enjoyed the musical nod to Sprung at the beginning.
Vertical iphone footage is the best footage ive ever seen, not joking
I can’t wait for next seasons cathrovision!!! Your vids are 🔥🔥🔥🤯🤯🤯
Best quality footage I’ve seen in a while, good job🤟
I like it cause you get more feeling of riding on your own when watching.
I think its great. On my 43 inch computer screen I can almost feel like I'm there, it gives that super wise perspective like when you ride IRL!
Ever since reading about the MAX I've had this same thought about using this type of cam so glad you filmed it, though the stretch definately looks meh. But the FOV is 👍
yeah, it has been written already. The bad stitching of left right and middle doesn't work properly. The total view ist better than the cropped in hypersmooth footage I get from the Hero 7 though. I'd use this cam for cool B-rolls mounted on different parts of the bike, giving different angles, but not a s a chesty anymore. Maybe on a spinny mount? I donno ;)
I can't get over the tons of chromatic abberations (= pink fringing around contrasty edges, e.g. trees vs sky)
P.S.: I prefer the look of the footage from the chin mounted gopro 8 (like Phil Kmetz) or, if you want to use a 360 camera, check out the rearward mounted stick on the helmet Ali Clarkson tried with the Insta 360. Don't know about the safety of these compared to the chest mount though...
It looks like your arms are 2 m long and as if your bars are 400mm
Beautiful track and colours, I couldn't stop watching it. Camera wise, I would really love to see the difference using the GoPro 8, I actually really liked seeing something filmed differently like this dispite the huge wide angle/etc
The thing that is annoying is that break in the image in ~1/4 from the sides. It's probably also a bit too much of a stretch of the image, but the stability is great and the riding looks mint! Makes me wanna go ride in the uk for sure, so many great areas to ride!
I love the psilocybin purple hazed fringiness... really sweet. Were y'all trippin? After watching your Mr. Fantastic elasto-man arms work that tiny handlebar I think I'm trippin balls myself
I have the same problem with the OneX, you need to get the lens closer to the bars, the opposite of the gopro, where is looks best further away. But then the camera gets smacked around when things get rowdy. 360s best for B angles imo.
Distorted is the word I’d use . But the position of it counts as it has 360 vision! Having it on an extendable bar mount could yield some awesome footage which I’ve witnessed on a Drone Film channel, I’ll add the link shortly!
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I'm an advocate for the chin mounted hypersmooth gopro
Perhaps it was the weird colour hue or the bizarre arm stretch ratio but it reminded me of crazy 90s mtb videos featuring the likes of Rob Warner et al. Not sure if that's great or terrible tbh 🤔😂
It is smooth, but that's about it for good things, the footage is distorted in many ways and the audio is far from perfect too.
The only thing I like about this footage is the brightness. And the riding.. maybe the rider too.
Sick video! Would love to see a bike check and some Training videos!
I lasted 3 min. purple tree highlights? that aspect stretch does some trippy stuff to the side frames... when you rinse your gopro in acid please wait 8-12hrs for it to recover before recording ^^ an episode!
Can't watch the stretchyness - too much motion sickness.
It actually made me feel a bit ill watching it. The blurry bits at the sides made me feel like i had a migraine coming on! Definitely prefer the 7 or 8!
As long as you ignore the weird effect on your arms the central section which is the filmed bit is great. As you say 16:9 and she'll be reet!
I quite like the look of the Hero Max. Would you be interested in a swap for a Hero 7 I've got lying around? 😉
Thanks again! 🤘
I thought yours got stolen?
It looked good to me.
But the trails looked good no matter what camera you would of used's.
Sounds like a lot of work to get the picture you won't.
Will any camera be as good as the 8 ?????
If your thinking of giving it away ? can you give it my way.
when is the bike build coming (megatower)
Why didn't you do a build video for the megatower😭
Any race vlogs coming up?🤔
Megatower bike check?? Please.
Yeah, the camera is nice and all but... What is that yellow lockout knob on the fork?
Should do a few more riding vids on your local stuff.
Footage looks great, no camera seems to pick up the true steeeeps though.
10:13 I see what you did there. JK thanks for the awesome video Ben
Feels like you're on board with Reed Richards with those long floppy arms.
i dont like the color of the vid, it looks weird that all the green colors are so bright
I personally prefer the hero 8, there's a just something a little weird with max and I don't think it's from you stretching it.
Weird pov footage. Looks like you are riding 350mm bars. But i am not a fan of pov in general. Thx for all your work and videos in general. I really enjoy watching them.
I like it but kinda of looking like your in a round setting. Nice video colors good but I’m on a iPad 11 so maybe the color is good. But on a laptop maybe different to view but the 360 cameras looks like a circle effect. Being your using the front or one camera. Maybe the same effect.
Love it to be honest looks real good and realistic
i like that bike is more visible , but streched arms looks weird and colors in the sky ...
What did your software think of trying to digest that file format?
Chuck that camera in the sea!
Are we going to get a bike build on that beaut?
Can you do a bike check on your trail bike plz
how long are your arms man? ;)
I kind of like the way it looks, reminds me of taking acid hahaha.
You should have cropped it a bit top and bottom instead of stretching but whatever
Good riding! But your arms look like they're 2m long with that wide angle.
It feels like those arms are from a monty python sketch😂
I've got to be honest, it looks like insta360 footage. Not my favourite. Cheers 👍🍻
That chromatic aberration though 🤮
Instead of RGB we have RRR scale here :-)
That’s look like you are a giant on a tiny bike...it’s really weird. But maybe a better impression of negative an positive elevation...? The color grade is too much.
The hero 7 pr 8 is better in my opinion for a chest mount. Maybe try an other point of view
Those arms look freaky af
Do it like the Red Hot Chili Peppers. „Give it away, give it away, give it away now!“. The footage doesn‘t look good. I think this camera isn‘t good for MTB riding but I could make use of it in other areas.
that looks super weird, like you have really narrow bars and orangutan arms
Nice for about 10 seconds, after that it's making me an headache.
Nice! But your arms looks a bit weird. 👍
I don't like the super warping.
Where’s the mega review? Lol
Hi, maybe you should better crop to 16/9, instead of the lycra thing. Losing some of your thigh action, though…!?!.
The dynamic range seems quite limited, but there are probably much better results possible, as the recording is very light in general. The color, as in the video above, is 'not good'.
The warping is really disorienting and makes the trail look flat, I'm not sold at all sorry mate
It dosent look to good, but might be ok for a race runs etc. So you dont have to faff around with gimbals and trying to race an enduro.
Yeah for race runs it's good enough
The bin beckons...
couldn't stand watching more than 30seconds of it with the stretched image, mad me feel sick. had to skip to the 9min mark to hear what you had to say about it.
Stretch Armstrong
Really don't like that kind of half 360 footage :x not very watchable to enjoy the action to its full extent, a classic wide angle view on supersmooth is far enough, especially on the new 8
Nice but wonky
The streched footage is nearly not watchabel with the not good quality and weird look on the sides of the footage...
Fisheye effect is too much
So good!!
Ben you're not doing clickbait right...m add 3 or so big red arrows pointing to anything remotely interesting and youl get 1938482838x views!
Tons of chromatic aberrations...
Nice Work dude, come check mine out and you can help me change up my stuff.
Yeah, Nah😜
eeeeerk... What the heck is that ? Is that from GoPro ?? Wtf I actually think that's the worst camera quality they did since the beginning of the brand. Omg these edges are awfull and the chromatic aberration is overkilled. I personnaly hate it and I think I didn't had to precise it x)
Total rage from myself
No bueno.
Appalling, sorry dude
Not a fan
Definitely not the best for mtb POV
Looks pretty bad , rather hero 8 on helmets
Damn.... I just threw up. Typical
Didn't like it. Sorry