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10 October 2007, 11:18
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Testing our Gyro stabilised Camera
Been busy perfecting our gyro stabilised camera. Its based on a Sony HVR-A1 camcorder.
The Rib is a Ribcraft 5.85 with twin 50's and the motor cruiser is rather nice too. Later the same day we bolted the camera to a model helicopter and took off from the foredeck. Not sure if its ever been done before  . The pilot was concentrating pretty hard trying not to turn our fottage into a YouTube crash!
Timmers.
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10 October 2007, 11:30
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That's fantastic!
how do you control where the camera is pointing? Is there a second person doing that?
Is the footage recorded onto a device on the helicopter or relayed back wirelessly?
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10 October 2007, 11:47
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Awesome!!!
What helicopter are you using? Will save a fortune for people who want aerial footage.
Any more info available?
Ahh just found some!!!
http://www.highspy.co.uk/
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10 October 2007, 12:11
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Thanks guys,
The camera records its own pictures, but we have a video transmitter on the helicopter so the operator can see the shot. Control is radio linked, and in this case the operator was onboard the motor cruiser. For the aerial shots the pilot was onboard as well.
The helicopter is a custom design, based around a strimmer engine! Rotor span is under 2 metres. The camera ball is a Bradley engineering design. bradeng
We showed it at IBC exhibition in Amsterdam, and it received a huge ammount of interest from broadcasters and production companies.
Anyone got any ideas for unusual showreel footage in and around Lymington?
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10 October 2007, 12:38
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That is so good. I WANT ONE NOW! GIMME ONE.
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10 October 2007, 14:30
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Very impressive I am amazed at how controllable the mini helicopter is as well, as you were able to land it spot on whilst underway too . The footage looked very professional !!
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10 October 2007, 15:19
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Very impressive! - great footage quality.
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10 October 2007, 19:00
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That is so good. I WANT ONE NOW! GIMME ONE.
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Me too................................ 
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10 October 2007, 19:20
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The next RIB.net rib raid, the mini-chopper has *got* to come too. 
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10 October 2007, 20:20
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WOW that is so cooooolllll
Looking forward to more video links.....
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10 October 2007, 20:36
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Timmers, I'm very interested in what you're doing here (mainly from a stills photography point of view). Its says on your website that you can use the chopper for stills and I'm guessing you point the camera directly down and guess when to remotely trigger the camera? Do you think it would be possible to rig up one of the newer DSLRs that has live view (namely the soon to be released Nikon D300) in a similar way to how you have rigged up the video cam, i.e. remote view and gimble control?
As for interesting stuff in Lymington, I may be able to arrange a couple of kitesurfers around hurst/keyhaven? It would be interesting to see how all your gear works.
Oh and are those pics in the yachting section taking at St. Catherines lighthouse on the IOW?!
Tim
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10 October 2007, 21:35
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Slimtim,
Not entirely sure how the stills operation works, as I do video. But I believe the digital camera feeds its viewfinder output into the video transmitter and the camera operator lines up the shot exactly as he wants, he has a remote shutter release to take the piccies. The camera guy can use most cameras including the Haselblad.
We had concidered kite surfers but the risk of entanglement is pretty high! We are going to have a go at filming the needles and the Lighthouse next week. If you fancy a day out.
The boat bits were filmed last week around Weymouth.
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10 October 2007, 23:24
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Sounds great! Have sent you a PM.
Tim
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11 October 2007, 00:34
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Very very good.
Just thinking now how I could get my work to buy one of those. And send me on a course to operate it of course.
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11 October 2007, 10:08
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We have uploaded 2 high res videos to our website if you want a better look...
videos
Tim.
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11 October 2007, 12:53
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Fantastic images in the high definition, particularly from the RIB. There is just no comparison with the youtube images.
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11 October 2007, 16:10
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We have uploaded 2 high res videos to our website if you want a better look...
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Now thats MUCH more like it - and you can download them instead of watching in a silly little window - when will people like Sunseeker etc learn???
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16 October 2007, 12:15
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Tim - when wire up of my next boat can i have one of these fitted to, to this day people still dont believe we sighted a great white in the Thames estuary
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