RE: a day out in Snowdonia - 2

Hi Jason,

Yes, you can start filming by pressing the buttons on the camera, without using the 'phone app. The only limitation is that you can then only use automatic exposure since you need the phone app if you want to manually control the exposure parameters.

By default, when you power the camera on it goes into photo mode, so you need to press buttons to put it into video mode and then start recording. You can however enable "quick capture" mode on the camera, so instead of pushing the power button, you press the shutter button, which turns on the camera and starts filming. Pressing the shutter button again stops filming and turns off the camera. There is a flashing LED which gives you a visual confirmation that it is on and recording video. It starts filming in the resolution and frame rate you last used. I like to export my videos at 25 fps, so I either used 4k 50fps or 5.7k 25 fps which is enabled in the latest camera firmware release v1.18.24

As well as the camera, you will need the "invisible selfie stick" if you are going to do any hand held shooting. You would also need some way of attaching the camera to your bike via the tripod screw mount at the bottom of the camera, if you want to do any on-board footage. I used a RAM ball with a tripod mount screw as a base for the camera and have a selection of different RAM arms and grips to attach the camera to the bike.
Hope this helps,

Paul