Video Cameras

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by longjohn

By the time you add waterproof case and mounts to the Muvi its as expensive as the GoPro

The screen is extra for the GoPro if you're comparing like for like, and then there's the remote which is mighty handy - no fiddling with knobs then

[actions]

Gents,

Here is my second attempt on more of a rougher day (for a little rib anyway) with a touch of the slow motion. (Nice Grin). Now you can see i've tried a different angle taken from the vhf pole. I like the angle but I dont like the wobble. The pole basically wobbles with the vibrations and the waves. If i were to get a thicker pole and secure it with bolts rather than screws do you think this would loose the wobble???.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUHF3NTAr60

[MarkM]

Looks good and very impressive with that bashing.
I put two strained lines on a alu pole and that helped a lot.
This is a pic from a video, don't look at the quality.

[Festinghouse]

Originally Posted by longjohn

Just been trying out my new camera mount - cheap and cheerful but seem to do the job.eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=rkob4-qhto4

less happy with the quality of pics from the camera supposedly records at 1280x720 @30 fps. But doesn't look particularly sharp to me and is grainy. Taken on a Pentax Option W90 waterproof compact cam. Doesn't look as good quality as my previous cam that I lost :-( a Panasonic DMC-FT1 - these vids were taken with it:

so is it time to go for a GoPro or even back to a DMC-FT4?

John

do you not believe in lifejackets?

[longjohn]

Originally Posted by Festinghouse

do you not believe in lifejackets?

Yes, of course I do! Lifejackets are of course worn in more demanding circumstances. But I reserve the right to choose one's own destiny. Risk is part of life, the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing! We now live in a 'cotton wool' society which seems to remove experience and deprive us of making our own judged assessments.

[Festinghouse]

that of course is your choice, but do you not feel any sense of responsibility towards those in the donut - who are highly likely to end up in the water?

[willk]

Originally Posted by Festinghouse

that of course is your choice

No, choosing one's own "destiny" is not actually a right of choice. We don't "allow" suicide, for example, and the old LJ debate will be gone in another 5 years (IMO), gone without trace, the same way the sad old car seatbelt debate, the diving ABLJ/Stabjacket debate and the airbag debate vanished.

I for one am well tired of this nonsense about putting on a LJ "when it gets rough". It's a load of bollox. Far too many people drown beside their boats in calm water. As someone who has had to search seabeds and coastlines for a stinking crab riddled corpse, I can attest to the fact that getting a body bag for a "closed coffin" funeral is a price that no family should have to pay for someone's danger buzz.

"Dismount Soapbox - at ease!"

[actions]

My pole question......???? No soapbox for me just advice sought.

Thanks for lines idea.

Sent from my galaxy s2

[Leapy]

Originally Posted by actions

My pole question......????

I would think any pole of any wall thickness, diameter or material - unless you go extreme - is going to be vulnerable to resonance when we're in camera shake territory. An A frame clearly has the advantage of stiffness through bracing that a single pole doesn't.

You can try bracing the pole but unless it's substantial and connects to the pole at or near the top, I think you'll be struggling.

How about a head cam? There's been some good head cam postings on here.

[actions]

Originally Posted by Leapy

How about a head cam? There's been some good head cam postings on here.

Cheers Leapy, i think you could be right on that one. A head strap it is. Look like a tw%t but get good vids.

Ps for my soapbox bit -------, for what its worth, i always wear a lifejacket and having seen someone slip on the harbour wall into the water next to their boat on a nice summers day last year and be taken by cold water shock almost immediately its not worth not wearing one. it was just luck we saw it and pulled him out. Some people never learn

[SPR]

http://m.youtube.com/?rdm=4ozmbjr6c&...?v=ZU1oWKsBUOs


My soap box on LJ ...The only time I have went in the water was in harbour transferring from tender to boat...now done this twice ...both with lifejackets on! Once it was 27 c outside and the cold shock got me! Glad of lifejacket.

Thanks to the kayaker fraud guy insurance will not pay out without a body - I think now 7 years after death - so your wife,children could get evicted because you never wore that lifejacket.

Lifejackets : Useless unless worn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNfXMLG5pI4

Also saves volunteers looking for your body for hours.

Rant over!

[waverider]

Hi hadd, the go pro is an awesome HD camera, but getting the right frame settings and the right software is the key to great shoots. i am still learning but here is a video of our Parker Baltic 1000 rib in Lanzarote.

The video could be blocked in your area due to the sound track, but i will post more GoPro videos on our web site.

Good luck with it.
Waverider Adventures Blog: Waverider GoPro Preview
Welcome - let waverider take you to the limit - Waverider Lanzarote

[longjohn]

OK - definitely decided I needed a new cam, not at all happy with the results from my Pentax Optio W90 - takes good stills but crap noisy and grainy video even at a supposed HD setting.
As it is really just for fun I decided I couldn't really justify the going the whole hog for a Hero GoPro HD2 and settled for a Kodak Playsport ZX-5 which seems cracking value at just £89. Waterproof and ruggedised out of the box with similar basic basic specs to the GoPro albeit only waterproof to 3m without any additional casing - but all I really need is for it to be splash proof.
Took it for a quick sea trial yesterday and am pretty happy with the initial results especially for a cam costing only £89! - shot this at 720p (it does do 1080p as well) - not the most interesting video - but you get the idea...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYrUE4p2wRo

[mick]

I was hoping to see some footage from sat with all those cameras on the go.

[tony t]

Originally Posted by discomick

I was hoping to see some footage from sat with all those cameras on the go.

You need to get closer to the camera mick

[mick]

Has anyone had a go with one of these Panasonic HX-WA10 Full HD Waterproof Camcorder - Grey
3m WaterproofFull HD16 Megapixel StillsBack Illuminated CMOS12x Advanced Zoom

[tony t]

Originally Posted by discomick

Has anyone had a go with one of these Panasonic HX-WA10 Full HD Waterproof Camcorder - Grey
3m WaterproofFull HD16 Megapixel StillsBack Illuminated CMOS12x Advanced Zoom

The only thing wrong with the flip camera is when the going gets rough you can't get a steady shot your better with something fixed thats why i normally take my drift hd and a panasonic hand held zoom with me

[mick]

Originally Posted by tony t

The only thing wrong with the flip camera is when the going gets rough you can't get a steady shot your better with something fixed thats why i normally take my drift hd and a panasonic hand held zoom with me

Have been looking at the drift is it waterproof or do you need the case for it I am going off the go pro a bit

[tony t]

Originally Posted by discomick

Have been looking at the drift is it waterproof or do you need the case for it I am going off the go pro a bit

yep waterproof

[mick]

Originally Posted by tony t

yep waterproof

Have you got any drift footage on your website.