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 #16 Re: Filming boarding trip using GoPro HD Posted 04/01/2012 @ 09:47 |
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just wondering what software people are using to convert the movies from GoPro? |
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| #17 Re: Filming boarding trip using GoPro HD Posted 04/01/2012 @ 18:23 |
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I'm sure anything will work.
Apple had some trouble with the encoding a year or two back but I think they sorted that now. A guy I rode with last week was using i-something-or-other and that worked fine for him.
I just stick it straight into an evaluation copy of Adobe Premiere Pro on my PC. My laptop's a couple of years old but 64-bit, core i7 etc so it's pretty quick. On a PC at least any "conversion" (transcoding) is only needed on output (you can do the non-lenear editing with the stuff straight out of the camera). There are export presets for Vimeo etc formats, or you can create your own. |
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| #18 Re: Filming boarding trip using GoPro HD Posted 04/01/2012 @ 19:23 |
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Im sure it works with iMovie as I remember reading about it a while back from someone that uses it to edit the videos from his Go-Pro. |
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| #19 Re: Filming boarding trip using GoPro HD Posted 04/01/2012 @ 20:25 |
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QUOTE (philw - 30/11/2011 @ 10:44) My personal challenge is to figure out how to use Mocha/ After effects to remove the pole itself from the shots. It's ok in some scenarios, but not if the board crosses the line of the pole. Hmm.
You could spray the pole white, at least then it would blend better with the snow..? |
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| #20 Re: Filming boarding trip using GoPro HD Posted 05/01/2012 @ 14:57 |
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QUOTE (philw - 30/11/2011 @ 10:44) In search of the combination of weight/ length needed, the lightest I could find is the "Velbon Ultra Stick L50" - not a "pro" brand, but for a GoPro, it may work. I stripped it down to make it grippable and it's light.
The Ultra Stick 50 works very well. Same as you I cut the aluminium "tripod" mount bit down so you an hold it at the end. Cut a flat on the small rubber foot and cross drilled for a 1/4" UNC screw to go straight into the GoPro tripod adaptor.
155cm length gives full rider coverage even in r3. It is light enough to hold for extended periods. Strong enough to take a few falls, but reckon it would still collapse before doing you too serious an injury unlike a carbon ski pole. Collapsed it fits easily in a small daysack. |
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| #21 Re: Filming boarding trip using GoPro HD Posted 06/01/2012 @ 00:40 |
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I was a bit cruder with the monopod - I just used the GoPro mount and some closed cell foam down the narrow end there. After about three weeks in powder the pole's about done though - the black paint is coming off in places, and the five sections now come apart, or stick inside each other, depending on the temperature and moisture content of the snow. That's probably obvious from looking at it: it's not as strong (say) as my Grivel collapsible pole.
I'm very comfortable with the safety of ski poles - skiers carry them all the time and I've never seen anyone hurt: they're designed for this.
I'm thinking that maybe an old avalanche probe would do the job, as my monopod is not going to last. Ah well, it's all interesting stuff to play with.
I'd forgotten about r3, so after reading your post I tried it again today... it's marginal for me with the monopod fully out - I can get me all in there, but it demonstrates that this length is only just enough. |
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| #22 Re: Filming boarding trip using GoPro HD Posted 06/01/2012 @ 12:07 |
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QUOTE (philw - 06/01/2012 @ 00:40) After about three weeks in powder the pole's about done though... it's not as strong (say) as my Grivel collapsible pole.
Agree the L50 wont last forever, but its a good step up from the ebay car aerial types. I don't think there is actually the 'perfect' pole out there for every purpose, there will always be a compromise between length, weight, strength, portability, etc.
QUOTE (philw - 06/01/2012 @ 00:40) I'm very comfortable with the safety of ski poles - skiers carry them all the time and I've never seen anyone hurt: they're designed for this.
I've seen a couple of nasty incidents with carbon fibre tubes (not ski poles). Horrible stuff once it fractures - can't imagine anything much worse to get impaled on! But obviously they are used quite a lot in skiing so just me worrying too much I guess.
QUOTE (philw - 06/01/2012 @ 00:40) I'd forgotten about r3, so after reading your post I tried it again today... it's marginal for me with the monopod fully out - I can get me all in there, but it demonstrates that this length is only just enough.
Yeah, I wish the GoPro had a decent 60 fps mode with greater vertical field of view as you need long arms with r3 even with the L50 fully extended. Maybe the GoPro 2 has something better? |
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