G'day guys, Rob Hamilton here from Moto Feelz
and today I'm going to share with you some of my favorite ways
to mount and film with the new Insta360 X3
to help you capture your next epic motorcycle ride.
This is the Insta360 X3.
It's extremely versatile, nice and compact,
with a battery life of up to 80 minutes,
which is more than enough for a single ride.
And since September last year it has been my main camera for capturing motorcycle content.
When mounting the X3 up to your handlebars,
you want to make sure that you have a nice flat spot on your bars
with no bends and make sure that the clamp is done up as tight as possible.
This is a great position for sports bike riders.
It captures the intensity of the helmet while you're ripping through some bends.
It's also a great safe position if you don't want to carry too much gear
but you want to capture your ride.
Now the motorcycle accessory bundle kit comes with the 70 centimeter selfie stick.
This is lighter and shorter and it minimizes wobble.
I found for best results just lower the last extension.
This angle is a great way to capture the world behind you.
Start off with the front then whip it to the rear to reveal your location.
Depending on which bike you have you might have some bars at the rear
that you can clamp onto which will work perfectly.
If you have any pillion bars that you can mount on use those.
Sports bike riders you might want to use the adhesive mount that's included in the moto bundle kit.
For best results using the 70 centimeter selfie stick just retract the last extension.
Take note that you won't be able to see your camera
so make sure you do it up nice and tight and make sure it's secure.
This angle is particularly popular with sports bike riders,
capturing the lean angle while ripping around some corners.
You can spin to the rear view, show who's behind you, like you're watching the Moto GP.
Mount the camera as low as you can,
making sure that the camera won't scrape on the road while you're leaning around corners.
Face one lens directly at the wheel to avoid the stitch line
but not too close that it warps the footage.
And as always, make sure that it's secured nice and tight.
With the camera mounted down nice and low this conveys speed.
This angle also shows the road conditions and it shows the suspension working.
And it's also a great way to show the lean angle.
For this shot you will need the Insta360 Back Bar.
Strap it up all nice and securely,
and for this, you'll need the 120 centimeter selfie stick so that you can extend it all the way up.
Just be mindful of low-hanging branches or power lines or any obstacles that you might hit.
This gives you an awesome, old school GTA top-down view.
Or you can lean the selfie stick back to give yourself an awesome third-person view.
It's a great way to show your surroundings
and you have multiple angles to work with.
For this angle, I use Insta360's Chin Mount and I mount the X3 upside down.
Set it to Single Lens mode, FOV+, and it gives you a field of view of 170 degrees.
This is a great riding point of view
as it gives the viewer the feeling that they're the ones actually riding.
Now the best part about capturing all that 360-degree footage
is that you can go into the mobile phone app and reframe everything that you just captured.
Some edits can make your video give the effect of switching between first-person
and third-person perspectives.
So from each of those angles I just showed you,
you can reframe multiple times so you won't be short of interesting content.
Depending on which platform you'd like to post,
you can change the aspect ratio to suit.
For example, I like to use 16x9 for YouTube,
then using the same footage I can create short vertical videos in 9x16 for TikTok or Insta Reels.
There are lots of AI editing tools on the Insta360 app.
Shot Lab allows you to add insane edits to your videos,
such as using Sky swap to swap out the sky.
Give it a try!
Thanks so much for joining today.
I hope you guys learned a little bit more about filming with the Insta360 X3 while out on your motorcycle.
I'm looking forward to see what you guys create.