You have some amazing country roads where you are, free of traffic too. I'm planning on buying a GoPro for rides like this, any advice on which model to go for? I'm in the Uk.
Sorry about being a little slow to respond. If you find the overlays of speed, lean angle, etc., nice to have, don't get the Hero 12. On that model, GoPro eliminated the GPS chip, to prolong battery life and lower internal heat. They had it on the Hero 11 (and some earlier models, too) and brought it back on the just-released Hero 13. GoPro currently sells the 12 and 13 on their site, but you can still get a new Hero 11 on Amazon and elsewhere. If that doesn't matter to you, then the 12 would be fine. I prefer the set-it-and-forget-it mode of recording. That is, I power the camera from the moto (with rainproof connections on both ends of a USB cable), turn it on, and let it run for a day's ride, pointing ahead. At the end of the day, I download the files and create "highlight reels" -- see my YT channel. The downside of this is that I don't see anything off to the sides, certainly can't record any images of me, etc. If you want to get into that, you -- and I -- might find a camera such as the Insta360 X4 (www.insta360.com/product/insta360-x4 ) appropriate. You won't be able to record a full day's ride (unless you stop often to change batteries), but maybe that's not an issue for whatever you have in mind. You WILL be able to create output videos with views to the side, and looking back at you, and so forth. If you look at some pros doing this sort of thing, you'll find that they employ both types. For instance, Itchy Boots (www.youtube.com/@ItchyBoots/videos ) employs both a 360-degree and a regular GoPro Hero. And she's pretty much the ultimate professional moto vlogger (and offers some on-line courses on this stuff, but note that they're not free -- I took some of them, just out of curiosity, even though I don't do voice-overs or any of that other vlogging stuff). If you'd like some more info, and are serious about this, AND have a lot of free time, you might be interested in a VERY LONG article I wrote and put on my web site: billanddot.com/gopro-windshield-mount.html . In that, I describe my camera setup, why I chose to do things the way I do, the software I use for overlaying telemetry, some general tips, and so forth. You might also enjoy my gallery of the most recent Edelweiss tour I participated in, their Ultimate Alps. I did that last year, and have about 70 highlight-reel videos (ranging from about a minute to half an hour or so): billanddot.com/Ultimate-Alps-Tour/ . These were all made with a Hero 11 stuck on the front of a moto windscreen, with the beauty of the Alps in front of me while riding.
You have some amazing country roads where you are, free of traffic too. I'm planning on buying a GoPro for rides like this, any advice on which model to go for? I'm in the Uk.
Sorry about being a little slow to respond. If you find the overlays of speed, lean angle, etc., nice to have, don't get the Hero 12. On that model, GoPro eliminated the GPS chip, to prolong battery life and lower internal heat. They had it on the Hero 11 (and some earlier models, too) and brought it back on the just-released Hero 13. GoPro currently sells the 12 and 13 on their site, but you can still get a new Hero 11 on Amazon and elsewhere. If that doesn't matter to you, then the 12 would be fine.
I prefer the set-it-and-forget-it mode of recording. That is, I power the camera from the moto (with rainproof connections on both ends of a USB cable), turn it on, and let it run for a day's ride, pointing ahead. At the end of the day, I download the files and create "highlight reels" -- see my YT channel.
The downside of this is that I don't see anything off to the sides, certainly can't record any images of me, etc. If you want to get into that, you -- and I -- might find a camera such as the Insta360 X4 (www.insta360.com/product/insta360-x4 ) appropriate. You won't be able to record a full day's ride (unless you stop often to change batteries), but maybe that's not an issue for whatever you have in mind. You WILL be able to create output videos with views to the side, and looking back at you, and so forth.
If you look at some pros doing this sort of thing, you'll find that they employ both types. For instance, Itchy Boots (www.youtube.com/@ItchyBoots/videos ) employs both a 360-degree and a regular GoPro Hero. And she's pretty much the ultimate professional moto vlogger (and offers some on-line courses on this stuff, but note that they're not free -- I took some of them, just out of curiosity, even though I don't do voice-overs or any of that other vlogging stuff).
If you'd like some more info, and are serious about this, AND have a lot of free time, you might be interested in a VERY LONG article I wrote and put on my web site: billanddot.com/gopro-windshield-mount.html . In that, I describe my camera setup, why I chose to do things the way I do, the software I use for overlaying telemetry, some general tips, and so forth.
You might also enjoy my gallery of the most recent Edelweiss tour I participated in, their Ultimate Alps. I did that last year, and have about 70 highlight-reel videos (ranging from about a minute to half an hour or so): billanddot.com/Ultimate-Alps-Tour/ . These were all made with a Hero 11 stuck on the front of a moto windscreen, with the beauty of the Alps in front of me while riding.