Motorcycle Explorer November 2016 Issue 14 | Page 128

How To Feature: ian talbot - jones
I travel with a camera-mounting tripod; previously
I’ve ridden thousands of miles with a full size tripod
and found it almost unused throughout the entire
trip. I now use a full height, mini tripod without the
cumbersome leg connection brackets and rotating /
panning facility. My lightweight budget tripod when
retracted measures 280mm long with a 40mm
diameter and can be easily stored away with any of
my luggage spaces.
How many times have we each watched a Youtube
video with someone talking to camera while the
wind blows so loudly the audio comments are
drowned out requiring sub-titles? As previously
mentioned my video camera has no external
microphone socket and expecting the camera’s
internal microphone to pick up my voice, some five
meters away and filter out all the background noise
is an ask too far. I use a very basic Sony ICD-PX333
Digital Voice Recorder (Dictaphone) and a mini
auxiliary microphone that attaches to your shirt at
the end of a 2 meter cable.
Finally the only other filming accessories I take on
trips are additional camera / dictaphone batteries,
numerous SD cards and a USB power adaptor with
international plug socket adaptors 2 x 1.0 Amp for
iPhone / GoPro and 2 x 2.4 Amp for iPad.
Am I any closer to my ultimate goal of one day
riding my own solo Round The World
motorcycle trip and documenting my trip
through videos filmed and edited while on the
road?
Check out my video filmed this summer half
way up the “Smuggler’s Trail” on the boarder
between the Spanish Pyrenees and the
principality of Andorra and decide for yourself