schmoe90
Magni M-16 Sport Pilot
I was really looking forward to getting my GoPro 10, but sadly it doesn't work as well as my GoPro 7 for flying videos. I'm going to borrow a friend's 8 (or is it a 9?) to see how that does. Anyway - the 10...
I noticed that the background scenery doesn't roll across the frame, it stutters. What I think is happening is that it's assuming that the subject is the centre of the frame, and is trying to hold what it sees in the centre of the frame in the centre of the frame as long as possible. Rinse, repeat
I logged a ticket with GoPro support, and their suggestion (sigh) was to do a factory reset and try again. This I did:
You'll notice that that time-wasting exercise made no difference, the background still stutters. GoPro's next suggestion was to turn off the stabilisation. I thought that would make the video unwatchable, and surprise, surprise, it does:
I'm not sure why anybody would buy a camera with image stabilisation and turn that off, but maybe that's just me. I also shot some video with the stabilisation at "standard" rather than "high" (which is how it comes out of the box). There's also "boost," but I doubt that'll make a difference:
I don't think I'd have as much of a problem if I pointed the camera lower, so I'm in the centre, but do you really want to be looking at more of the back of my head?
GoPro have asked to see footage from the 7, so I sent them
and are now asking for footage from the 7 without stabilisation, which I've suggested will be as bad as for the 10, but I guess I'll shoot that at the weekend. They're not very helpful.
Maybe I should have bought an Insta360
I noticed that the background scenery doesn't roll across the frame, it stutters. What I think is happening is that it's assuming that the subject is the centre of the frame, and is trying to hold what it sees in the centre of the frame in the centre of the frame as long as possible. Rinse, repeat
I logged a ticket with GoPro support, and their suggestion (sigh) was to do a factory reset and try again. This I did:
You'll notice that that time-wasting exercise made no difference, the background still stutters. GoPro's next suggestion was to turn off the stabilisation. I thought that would make the video unwatchable, and surprise, surprise, it does:
I'm not sure why anybody would buy a camera with image stabilisation and turn that off, but maybe that's just me. I also shot some video with the stabilisation at "standard" rather than "high" (which is how it comes out of the box). There's also "boost," but I doubt that'll make a difference:
I don't think I'd have as much of a problem if I pointed the camera lower, so I'm in the centre, but do you really want to be looking at more of the back of my head?
GoPro have asked to see footage from the 7, so I sent them
and are now asking for footage from the 7 without stabilisation, which I've suggested will be as bad as for the 10, but I guess I'll shoot that at the weekend. They're not very helpful.
Maybe I should have bought an Insta360