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Chesty/headmount thoughts?

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HPforfree
Posts: 17 - Karma: -15
Who thinks that the chesty mount is for gapers? or the headmount? It's pretty obvious that if you throw a gopro on your head and do laps through the park you are pretty homo
Jan 2 2013 11:48PM
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Stickity
Posts: 7750 - Karma: 769
insert twalls breck edit
Jan 2 2013 11:53PM
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Snowtorious_BIG
Posts: 659 - Karma: 1,467
Torin just made a pretty dope powder edit with a chest mount, so maybe you're a gaper!
Jan 2 2013 11:53PM
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snakerton
Posts: 2434 - Karma: 1,977
I kind of hate watching edits with a chest mount. I think it's really frustrating. Go with the head mount. Enough people do it now a days it's not weird.
Jan 2 2013 11:53PM
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Randy_Marsh
Posts: 253 - Karma: 35
nope wrong. when combined with other shots, park helmet cam footage is perfectly acceptable.
Jan 3 2013 12:02AM
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snomaster
Posts: 3344 - Karma: 5,748
yep, chest is too low. a shoulder mount (using my pack) has worked well for me skiing bc. I've also hung the thing off the side of my helmet. though it's easy to admit that head shots tend to make the best POV. and of course you have to mix it up with multiple perspective shots and keep the POV limited to the illest of the ill.
Jan 3 2013 12:07AM
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Dustin.
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For skiing, the chest mount kind of sucks. Helmet is good.
Jan 3 2013 12:09AM
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roddy116
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i always just hold my gopro in my hand.
Jan 3 2013 12:13AM
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ny300z
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the chesty sucks for footage. head one works good and u can just stand still to get shots of others.

im sure no one gives a fuck what u think of them and im sure you dont have the balls to tell them they are a homo


Jan 3 2013 9:57AM
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rozboon
Posts: 1642 - Karma: 868

Chesty can deliver some good footage in deep pow, it gives a bit more context as you get more ski/legs in the shot and actually get some frame of reference for just how deep the snow is. Helmet mount doesn't show that quite so much unless you angle it down so much that you can't see where you're going in the footage.

Pole mount is king for pow and general skiing but tricky to make workable for park (filming yourself that is) likewise with chesty it's just a flailing of arms and movement because your upper body is obviously a lot less stable when you're throwing spins.

Jan 3 2013 2:51PM
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pinkthong
Posts: 43 - Karma: -23
pole mount is best
Jan 3 2013 2:58PM
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Snowtorious_BIG
Posts: 659 - Karma: 1,467
what mount do you buy for that, handlebar?
Jan 3 2013 2:59PM
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pinkthong
Posts: 43 - Karma: -23
nah i used the tripod mount, drilled a hole in the end of the pole, then put a screw in it, and attached it.


handlebar mount will work too
Jan 3 2013 3:01PM
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LC.
Posts: 5952 - Karma: 2,423
I saw a shot of Durtschi wearing his GoPro on his backpack strap (quite high up). Anyone got experience of this? Any attachment tips?
Jan 3 2013 6:39PM
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Clark_Griswold
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Handle bar will work but if you're using an old ski pole you'll need to wrap it in sports tape or some other tape. Or you can use a broom handle or something like that
Jan 3 2013 8:14PM
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DeRizzo
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I FUCKING HATE YOU OP. STOP MAKING THREADS
Jan 3 2013 8:43PM
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Flyingnugget
Posts: 487 - Karma: 221
I got some footage this week with my gopro around my skiboot. Turned out pretty sick, and smooth.
Jan 3 2013 9:35PM
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