Spot mode on and off

I am still to find out exactly how spot mode works. However I have taken two lots off footage, one with the spot mode on, and one with the spot mode off. I wanted to mount the camera on the outside of the car this time, but didn't want to risk damaging the bodywork. So I removed one of the spotlight covers and used a 3M adhesive pad to fix a GoPro mount to the bumper. This way the cover can be replaced with the GoPro still mounted. Running a 3.5mm extension cable through the cabin and engine bay allows you to get the best of both worlds - vivid colours from an externally mounted GoPro and a 'rally-car' sound track from an external Olympus ME-51s condenser mic mounted under the boot lid near the exhaust.

GoPro mounted behind spotlight cover in Subaru 22B front bumper

Spot mode seems to give much more vivid colours - a bluer sky and greener more detailed trees and hedges for example. The road does look far more detailed with the spot mode off though. However, in order to create a video on par with the quality of those featured on the GoPro Channel - a brilliant blue sky seems essential!!!

GoPro mounted in front bumper behind spotlight cover Spot mode on / off comparison

Locating the camera so close to the road really gives a sensation of speed and I will definitely spend at least some time filming from this angle at the next track day I attend.