Originally Posted by AnTyx

Take a minute and think about what Itchy Boots' days are like. She'll ride for a few hundred kilometers or less, see one or two interesting things, arrive at her hotel for the night (and she needs a nice hotel with good wifi and electricity every night, with the cost and flexibility limitations there), then she'll spend the rest of her evening editing the footage and uploading the episode.

Or think of Ed March. He'll spend a few weeks travelling, and then a month literally doing nothing else but cutting together a single hour-long episode. AND a lot of his riding involves setting up a tripod, riding past it, then coming back to pack it up on the bike before moving on!

That's fine for them - they've built up a lot of skill and experience at it, and this is literally what they do for a living - but if you're not already an accomplished video editor, I suggest you don't try to start.

Filming your trip with the intention of making a video from it will almost inevitably fail OR ruin your experience. The way to produce a memory of your trip is to write a book about it - after you return.

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The best camera is the one you have in your hand when you need it. Therefore, get a phone with the best camera you can afford. I've recently switched to the iPhone 13 Mini, but I would recommend getting one of the newer Android phones, because for the same money you will get both a wide-angle AND a telephoto lens in your device. I own a nice Sony DSLR with multiple lenses, but 99.9% of the time, my smartphone takes photos that are good enough for my purposes. A good optical zoom is the only thing I truly miss, especially now that phones are also very good at night shots.

If you can afford a GoPro, get one, and get the newest one. Their stabilization, video quality, extra features, and convenience of use get better with every generation. Get a bunch of extra mounts for it - they're cheap - and set them up all over your bike, so that you can change the gopro's placement around for diverse shots.

And finally, if you ramble on inside your helmet and want to provide a running commentary:

A helmet speaker system with a camera built in, like the Sena 50C. There are very faffy ways to rig an external microphone separately in your helmet going to your GoPro, or to a sound recorder and then add your voice to the video in post-production, but only the 50C-type of setups will record your helmet audio onto the footage you make right away, without additional unreliable bullshit.

Originally Posted by chris

Being male and 59, you lack certain attributes to become the next viral internet sensation

Originally Posted by baluchiman

WOW. ...... Indeed, I merely wish to have a record of my trip other than poor-quality photographs. I'm not really that bothered about having a camera attached to the bike. It's more about filming my surroundings and the people that I meet. ......

Originally Posted by the free man

There is plenty of room to find an audience beyond friends and relatives if the content is right. doesn't matter the sex or age in my opinion.

Originally Posted by backofbeyond

Oh yes it does - in my experience / opinion anyway.

Originally Posted by Surfy

Yes, a sexy girl will have a quicker grow, are able to get more followers.

But there are those old mans with one pack (instead of a sixpack) - who was able to get a working community.

Surfy

Originally Posted by chris

Before thinking about what video equipment you might want to buy, think about why you're filming said trip. Who is the target audience? How much effort and time acquiring filming skills and especially editing skills do you want to invest? What's wrong with just happy snapping with a camera phone for social media and personal memories as well as a personal diary?

Also, once you've created some clips, if you want more than just a few mates or your grandkids to watch them, you'll spend the rest of your days "marketing" your offerings, which is basically spamming social media, and just making people unfollow or block you, because 98% of YouTube bike travel videos are in my opinion, just not very good. Check HU FB as to the number likes people don't get sharing their videos compared to a nice picture or 2 with an interesting/ personal description.

Being male and 59, you lack certain attributes to become the next viral internet sensation, again only my personal opinion, should you have aspirations in that regard

Originally Posted by baluchiman

Fantastic reply. I didn't make myself clear. Nope, I have no wish to be an internet sensation. All I want is to have something to show my mates and grandkids. It has to be simple to use, they don't call me 40 watts for nothing!! (although the light is on, it's just that it isn't very bright).

Originally Posted by chris

Check HU FB as to the number likes people don't get sharing their videos compared to a nice picture or 2 with an interesting/ personal description.

Being male and 59, you lack certain attributes to become the next viral internet sensation, again only my personal opinion, should you have aspirations in that regard