Videos From The Three Pass Ride

As I stated in my previous article, I was testing out a new Pentax Optio WS80 as a video camera during the Three Pass Ride.  It was mounted centerline behind the windshield using the windshield bracket of my 2005 BMW R1200GS and a short RAM mount.  The WS80 was shooting 640×480 at 30 fps.  The stabilization was on though it is obviously not completely effective. 

I don’t know if the stabilization is also creating some of the frame noise or fluttering that is also apparent.  I also had a number of gloved finger and operator errors that corrupted several of the videos.   The two that I am showing here are the best of the lot.

Ride On Chumstick Road – Part 1

Ride On Chumstick Road – Part 2

The batteries were only lasting about 30 minutes which isn’t too big of an issue.  Shooting at these settings produces some large files as well.  I could probably edit out all the bad frames but that doesn’t seem all that value added at this point.