Comments on: Snowboarding Helmetcam: First Test! http://traveldave.com/photo/snowboarding-helmetcam-test/ Photo shoots. World travel advice. Tips on Munich & environs. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:45:20 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Dave http://traveldave.com/photo/snowboarding-helmetcam-test/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Dave Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:34:13 +0000 http://traveldave.com/?p=660#comment-586 Hi Colin, actually this is with an 0.5 wide angle lens. I was just sticking pretty close to the subject, although now I am farther back. This is also before I had the ring sight, which lets me keep the subject much better in the shot :-) Hi Colin, actually this is with an 0.5 wide angle lens. I was just sticking pretty close to the subject, although now I am farther back. This is also before I had the ring sight, which lets me keep the subject much better in the shot :-)

]]> By: Colin de Silva http://traveldave.com/photo/snowboarding-helmetcam-test/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Colin de Silva Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:20:42 +0000 http://traveldave.com/?p=660#comment-585 Nice footage! I have the same problem when the subject wipes out, I practically run over them! Suggest a 0.7x wideangle lens to give you a wider field of vision, and make life easier for you. Plus it will have a percieved effect of stabilising footage somewhat, albeit with the side-effect of making it looks slightly slower. Nice footage! I have the same problem when the subject wipes out, I practically run over them! Suggest a 0.7x wideangle lens to give you a wider field of vision, and make life easier for you. Plus it will have a percieved effect of stabilising footage somewhat, albeit with the side-effect of making it looks slightly slower.

]]> By: Dave http://traveldave.com/photo/snowboarding-helmetcam-test/comment-page-1/#comment-343 Dave Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:22:55 +0000 http://traveldave.com/?p=660#comment-343 Hi Bernd, thanks! Yep, the boarding season will really start full-on now. I will email you about possibly going soon! Hi Bernd, thanks! Yep, the boarding season will really start full-on now. I will email you about possibly going soon!

]]> By: Bernd http://traveldave.com/photo/snowboarding-helmetcam-test/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Bernd Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:46:59 +0000 http://traveldave.com/?p=660#comment-342 Nice Vid. Just bought an Pana TZ7 und doing my first steps with HD-vids at the moment. Looking forward to meet you in the snow, regards, Bernd Nice Vid. Just bought an Pana TZ7 und doing my first steps with HD-vids at the moment. Looking forward to meet you in the snow, regards,
Bernd

]]> By: Dave http://traveldave.com/photo/snowboarding-helmetcam-test/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Dave Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:48:36 +0000 http://traveldave.com/?p=660#comment-330 Well, that looks like about the same quality of stabilizing as I got from Pinnacle Studio 14 and Cyberlink Powerdirector 8. They have a similar 1-click, 1-slider solution with how much is the "max crop." Expensive software like Final Cut, Premiere, etc probably do a similar job as this open-source solution... for roundabout $500-1000 :-/ I should put up a comparison vid of what it looked like before stabilizing. The shocks were much higher than your truck vid in acceleration... that's probably why the comsumer software (like the two I tried, and most likely iMovie) would still have problems with it. I can send you a few Gb raw footage to play with... ;-) Well, that looks like about the same quality of stabilizing as I got from Pinnacle Studio 14 and Cyberlink Powerdirector 8. They have a similar 1-click, 1-slider solution with how much is the “max crop.”

Expensive software like Final Cut, Premiere, etc probably do a similar job as this open-source solution… for roundabout $500-1000 :-/

I should put up a comparison vid of what it looked like before stabilizing. The shocks were much higher than your truck vid in acceleration… that’s probably why the comsumer software (like the two I tried, and most likely iMovie) would still have problems with it. I can send you a few Gb raw footage to play with… ;-)

]]> By: Joe L http://traveldave.com/photo/snowboarding-helmetcam-test/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Joe L Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:02:38 +0000 http://traveldave.com/?p=660#comment-327 yeah, stabilization is a huge pain in the ass..... unless of corse you use iMovie, in which case you hit the Stabilize Video button and select how much should be cropped, with live previews, and be done with it! ;) http://vimeo.com/3827515 yeah, stabilization is a huge pain in the ass….. unless of corse you use iMovie, in which case you hit the Stabilize Video button and select how much should be cropped, with live previews, and be done with it! ;)
http://vimeo.com/3827515

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