Another gizmo...

I should really get off the 'net every now and again...

Yeah, I bought another gizmo.  This time it's yet another GoPro in the form of a Hero 4 session - they just happened to be on sale...

Cute little tacker

It's got some features that are better than my Hero 3 silver and some that probably aren't so great.  Better quality recording and a slightly smaller package (especially when you consider that the 3 needs a housing).

One of the disadvantages is that you can't swap out the battery but I did a wee search and for about $30 you can get a housing with a spare battery (extra 4 hours) outta China - I haven't bothered yet, we'll see if I end up needing it.  It theoretically can be charged on the go but bye-bye waterproofedness...

One nice thing is that I can control both cameras simultaneously with my remote.

Anyway, I got it on Friday so I needed to try it out on the weekend eh?  I decided to try it up front on the Tenere and also to run the 3 pointing out the stern.  BTW: another neat feature of the 4 is that it knows which way up it is and will automatically flip the picture - on the 3 I have to tell it that it's upside down.

So after popping over to Feilding to catch up with my folks, sister & kids it was time to ride.

Alex meets a whale

I had somewhere else to be but had plenty of time to take the not-so-long way via Colyton and Valley (sealed), Zig-zag and Finnis Roads (gravel).  The evidence is below:

The video didn't turn out too bad (and it's cool being able to do picture-in-picture stuff) but the audio was crap from the Session 4.  It apparently has 2 microphones and some smarts that are supposed to help cancel out wind noise.  It couldn't cope with the noise of a Tenere smashing its way through the air so I ended up using the audio from the 3 which had the benefit of being a bit more protected and being close to the exhaust...

Overall, it's cool to have 2 cams and more options for recording so I'm happy enough.  Let's see what other mayhem I can get up to with it...