GoPro at St. Patrick's Day Parade

**chasem** · 16th March 14, 10:27 PM

Love that view!

Was video taken as well, or did he stick to stills?

**okiwen** · 16th March 14, 11:15 PM

Hey, that's cool.

**Spartan Tartan** · 17th March 14, 02:30 AM

Definitely cool.

**Barb T** · 17th March 14, 02:41 AM

Originally Posted by chasem

Love that view!

Was video taken as well, or did he stick to stills?

Video - that's the beauty of the GoPro. Did the whole of both parades. It's surprising that it picked up as much sound as it did. The camera was inside a waterproof housing, as well as being clamped to my bass drone. It does pick up the bass, but not as much as you'd think. Can hear the band and a little crowd noise as well. Can also hear how tough it is to hold band tuning at 37 degrees.... ;-(

Dave says that he's anxious to "GoPro-me-up" for massed bands at the Hunter Mountain Pipe Band Championship in August - everyone marches down the main ski hill toward the ski lodge. It's pretty dramatic!

**TexasPete** · 17th March 14, 06:55 AM

That's very cool. Does the camera move around a whole lot?

There's a GoPro ad where they've attached a camera to the end of a stick and let a dog play with it on the beach, that video is a lot of fun.

**Barb T** · 17th March 14, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by TexasPete

That's very cool. Does the camera move around a whole lot?

I figured it would be jittering all over the place with me walking and playing. But it's almost totally steady! Very surprising.

**McMurdo** · 17th March 14, 07:51 AM

Such a great perspective. Thanks for sharing it and Happy St. Patrick's Day.

**chasem** · 17th March 14, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by Barb T

Video - that's the beauty of the GoPro. Did the whole of both parades. It's surprising that it picked up as much sound as it did. The camera was inside a waterproof housing, as well as being clamped to my bass drone. It does pick up the bass, but not as much as you'd think. Can hear the band and a little crowd noise as well. Can also hear how tough it is to hold band tuning at 37 degrees.... ;-(

Dave says that he's anxious to "GoPro-me-up" for massed bands at the Hunter Mountain Pipe Band Championship in August - everyone marches down the main ski hill toward the ski lodge. It's pretty dramatic!

That's awesome! Would love to see the video if that's something he puts up.

I just used mine a couple places where I expected the sound to be unusable, but you're right, it's surprising

**Stoneyburnpiper** · 25th March 14, 02:23 PM

That's a neat idea. Although I'm in the front rank and I'd have to move to the back (that's not happening, I tell them because I'm too pretty lol) nice pics!