Randy
This is a big file ... you will need a high speed link ...
http://www.pgcsoaring.org/07_Album_Menu.html
Wasn't clear from the website, but it looks like either now or in the
future, the recorder will accept NMEA input from a GPS so one could
correlate video with position.
A bit more expensive than something one could cobble up themselves,
but it's a complete package that's specifically aimed at aviation.
-Tom
Very nice. Compare that to the one the SSA currently is spending its
money on (the one with the slow-talking narrator and the interminable
shots of gliders taking off and landing).
"Sunday Soaring" and all of Sebastian Kawa's should inspire people to
try soaring.
I have collected some excellent videos on my web site http://soar.weebly.com/
The purpose of this site is to give us another tool as we promote
soaring to young/adventurous people. I'd appreciate other suggestions
for additions, especially club videos. We need a collection to inspire
clubs to develop their own videos.
all the best,
--
bumper ZZ <bum...@ten.tta (reverse all after @)>
"Dare to be different . . . circle in sink."
"Ken Kochanski (KK)" <kkbus...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1192708502.5...@v29g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
Yeah ... I think we have about a square yard of tape and residue on
the canopy. =8o
I think this was Kyle's first attempt at a soaring video ... and he
was combining student instructional flights with the video efforts ...
I'm thinking maybe we can just reshoot and re-edit these forward
facing sequences to remove the only 'artistic' blemish I can see in
the production. Still a great video ...
KK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pymv4IEk6pk
best format - Mini DV. I've zip tied a lipstick camera to my
sunglasses with good results. Also find a clamp type mount to mount
lipstick camera to tubing behind pilot for over shoulder shots, down
the wing shots. Duct tape lipstick camera to exterior of glider -
check for proximity of tattle tales first. Video security web sites
have a variety of lipstick cams to choose from. Most do need 12v
power, either from glider or separate pack. Use Mini DV camcorder as
VCR and away you go. I tuck my camcorder under my right elbow. The
more camera angles the better. So do the same flight over and over
with camera in different place each time. Makes it look like you have
a camera crew. Don't forget air to air shots and ground to air shots
too.... Oh, don't screw up while cameras are running!
Joe Bozo
there's a ton of mini-dvs out there ... any recommendations ... do
all mini-dvs allow you to hook up a lipstick cam?
thanks,
KK
No, look for those with AVI input. I have a JVC GR-DF550 I bought
specifically for that feature though it's a couple of years old now.
Also, for general use 1.33MP CCD. Many out there have 680K CCD. Get
highest res lipstick cam also. AVI lipstick cam and mic will require
external power and they are recorded in dubbing mode.
Frank Whiteley
Thanks, Frank ...
I also found a site that seems to identify all camcorder models that
have AV Inputs ... I guess all of these will support an external
lipstick cam ... don't know enough about the hardware to understand if
there are any other factors that would result in problems.
http://www.vio-pov.com/support/index.php?type=ntsc&page=compatibility&manufacturer=Sony
Now this has been massaged by Vimeo (a partner posted this there as a
test), so the clarity is not all you can get from HD, but when you see
the crispness and detail from raw HD footage, it's fantastic.
Especially when you think that our sport often relies on small visual
details (sky or ground), then HD is the way to go. Warning: the files
are enormous (13 Gigabytes per hour of footage), and there is no
reliable PC based system for ingesting and editing. Buy a dual
processor Mac with max memory and disk and you'll be set. Also
consider a half Terabyte external drive too. I don't know about
lipstick cameras that can output an HD usable image, if anyone knows
about that, I'd like to hear about it. I saw the table from a
previous post that showed the HV20 supported, but that could be at a
lower resolution. Hmmmm
Kemp