GoPro Hero 8 black settings for mountain biking, my best settings | Mark The Descender |

[@raimg1816]

Thanks for tutorial 🤜🤛

[@markthedescender832]

You're welcome man

[@scottstrand9314]

Thanks for the settings suggestions, video came out really good! Much appreciated.

[@markthedescender832]

You're welcome, glad I could help

[@Ossanha]

Good job man. Nice video.

[@markthedescender832]

Thanks man

[@maurop5857]

Keep it up man!

[@markthedescender832]

I most definitely will

[@Ferlsqrl]

Any suggestion for 8 setup for night riding? in the winter with headlight....and snow

[@markthedescender832]

The only thing I can say is: get some bright headlights (and put one on your handlebars). The settings I mention in the video should manage something but unfortunately you can't expect much quality out of a tiny sensor like that. In this case a gimbal might help and setting the camera manually could improve the overall quality. If you have the chance try that out (check the video where I speak about the 180° rule). The short version would be: 24fps at 1/48th of a second and set the iso to whatever gives you the proper result with your lights, turn off hypersmooth and let the gimbal do the rest. That is if you can get your hands on one, otherwise revert to the first suggestion.

[@aussierednecksinger28]

I'm brand new with the 8 and can only find hypersmooth 2 😥 These things take some learning for first timers.

[@markthedescender832]

No worries, you'll get the hang of it

[@amadvance]

Hi Mark, it's subjective, but I like a lot more videos with camera on the chest. In your videos sometimes the camera is oriented to much down, and the horizon is lost, because you look down. On the chest the angle is more constant, and doesn't matter where you look. I just suggest to try and compare.

[@markthedescender832]

Hey, I do agree with you on that but it depends on the situation. I really enjoy chest mounted gimbal footage for example, but from a naked camera, even a hero 7 or 8 still gives you a headache if it's not on a flowy trail due to the chesty jumping around even when properly tied to your body, that's why the sweet spot for me is the chin mount. Then, of course, it's up to personal taste how to angle the camera. I personally enjoy that kind of setup because it gives me an additional degree of involvement with the ride by having the head follow the trail (plus since I ramble about stuff during a ride it positions the microphones closer to my mouth). In the end though, everyone has their preference, and I just share what works for me, to be honest though, if they do come up with a magical formula that will make chest-mounting as smooth as head-mounted footage, I'll be first in line to adopt it, the view on the handlebars is much more involving that way.

[@amadvance]

Thanks for the explanation!

[@markthedescender832]

@@amadvance No problem, glad I could be of help