GoPro shooting through to editing help

[Tiggsy]

My action camera set up is a GoPro 6 Black, mavic air drone, couple of GoPro sessions (dont use much now) and iPhone X for stills. Go pro is either mounted on the go pro gimbal or various points around my body. Can’t carry more as I’m normally up a mountain on my MTB or enduro bike.

Anyway, off to Africa for some off roading in the middle of nowhere I want to get good footage.

Settings on the GoPro...... I was told to shoot in 2.7 4:3 as I could then crop to 16:9 in post, et cetera, et cetera.

However my PC cannot handle 2.7 so I have to convert all my footage into 1080p anyway. I assume that means I can’t then really start cropping into it without losing quality. If that’s the case, should I just shoot in 1080p 16:9 60 FPS in the first place? My videos are only going to end up on YouTube anyway-I’m not going to play them back on my 4K TV!

Another option is to shoot in 2.7 K 16:9 and have a camera crop it to widescreen-the only benefit of this is if shooting in 2.7 and then converting to 1080p produces a better result than shooting in 1080p in the first place?

Oh, and I edit in filmora ( as it is beautifully simple for me to use). I’m a biker that has a camera, not a filmmaker with a bike 😄

My pc is pretty decent for editing 1080p stuff but if the answer is an iMac I may go full man maths !!!!! Unless it’s the iMac pro.......that’s more than my next holiday to somewhere 😎

For fun.......I am LEARNING here!!!!!! This was yesterday’s ride. In 4:3 🤪 and 16:9 ..... very slick 😄

https://youtu.be/PPlYPzj6p_0

[Sparkov]

I wouldn't say there's any need for a new PC for editing if you can already handle 1080p60 - if you're having issues cropping the 2.7k footage, better software is the answer which will allow you to create 'proxy' versions of your original footage. This will let you do your editing with low resolution versions of the original clips, and the software will simply reference the full resolution originals for the final rendering. Alternatively, if you find no need to re-frame your original footage I can't think of a reason not to just shoot in 1080p if that's your desired output.

On another note, best to record at 25p or 50p in the UK to avoid the flicker from lights like in your opening shot. The UK power grid runs at 50 Hz so shooting at these frame rates will avoid conflict with the lighting. The USA grid (for example) runs at 60 Hz which is why they tend to shoot at 30p or 60p.

[TheRainMaker]

I really would just stick with 1080, no need to be making things harder than they need to be.

Also, as has been said, 25 or 50fps.