personal video systems
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Topic: personal video systems
Posted By: feva sailor
Subject: personal video systems
Date Posted: 22 Oct 08 at 3:29pm
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any recomendations ofr cameras.
looking to use it for training videos and to make coll videos for youtube
any good ones? |
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Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 22 Oct 08 at 3:37pm
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I think the Preadator headcams are probably the best for quality. Here is a youtube link http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eWGzRWKgjMM . We tested one on the 12ft skiff and it was great!
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Posted By: feva sailor
Date Posted: 22 Oct 08 at 3:54pm
should put up with a bad 29er crew then
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Posted By: s.a.l.t.y
Date Posted: 22 Oct 08 at 4:34pm
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predators are bloody expensive though!
if you want cheap and cheerful get the Oregon Scientific ATC3K action camera. its small, waterproof and can record up to 2 hours at a time on a 4gb memory card. the sound isnt very good (theres lots of noise) but all your really going to hear in a boat is the shshshshhhhing of water and the helm shouting at the crew and vice versa. BARGAIN at only £99 ------------- |
Posted By: feva sailor
Date Posted: 22 Oct 08 at 5:29pm
ive looked at that one but i think it records less frames per second meaning it wont capture as well and will be more blurry 
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Posted By: Captain Morgan
Date Posted: 23 Oct 08 at 1:12pm
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Quality vs. price, I'm afraid. The expensive ones are far better! The ATC2K or 3K are the best on price - they do the job. Remember that YouTube lowers the quality of footage posted on there anyway. It's also worth thinking about the quality of the footage that you are after: A cam strapped to a boom/deck/your head never gives you the footage that you hope for! Maybe two of the ATC3Ks? One on the deck, one on your head? Should be adequate for training purposes... And you've still got one spare camera for when the other one inevitably goes down to Davy Jones' Locker. |
Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 23 Oct 08 at 2:54pm
| A heads up: Oregon have a comp on to win an http://www.oregonscientific.co.uk/competition_5.htm - ATC5K (the latest model). |
Posted By: laser4000
Date Posted: 23 Oct 08 at 7:28pm
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Being discussed in http://www.boards.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23009&TPN=1 - some detail on the boards website Somebody has used the http://www.2xs.co.uk/GoPro_HERO_5_Wide.asp?CID=0 - Go Pro Hero 5 and produced a http://www.vimeo.com/2019510 - great video I was quite impressed at the quality for £160 |
Posted By: ASok
Date Posted: 23 Oct 08 at 10:54pm
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Great vid and good quality. Well impressed by that. Makes me want to go windsurfing now - unfortunately I haven't got skills like that
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Posted By: feva sailor
Date Posted: 24 Oct 08 at 12:32pm
if it makes you feel better the fist time i tried it i split my foot open |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 24 Oct 08 at 12:54pm
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All by http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=scoobysimon&view=videos - youtube vids were taken with a ATC3K ex. It's good and light, but you need to buy extra cards for it. ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: laser4000
Date Posted: 24 Oct 08 at 6:45pm
Eaxcatly I thought for £160 it's not a massive amount to pay. The gadget show had a couple on recently that were £499 and £999 - which is getting a bit silly cost-wise.. |
Posted By: feva sailor
Date Posted: 24 Oct 08 at 7:00pm
does it make a good head cam? |
Posted By: bert
Date Posted: 24 Oct 08 at 9:05pm
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I use the ATC3K & find it good for the use that I have for it which is as a training aid to film myself in the boat to find out how I do things & how to improve. I made a bracket to sit the camera attachment to & prefect for filming in the cock pit of the boat.As to weather it will be good as a head cam I think that it would be heavy after an hour or so. ------------- Phantom 1181 AC-227 IC 304 blaze / halo 586 |
Posted By: dave.blakesley
Date Posted: 25 Oct 08 at 10:48pm
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t od tey mk aofrums qhw n they mno wailsors qil gwt derubks?
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Posted By: chrisclark123
Date Posted: 25 Oct 08 at 11:44pm
and again! |
Posted By: MRJP BUZZ 585
Date Posted: 26 Oct 08 at 1:29am
O Dear Dave, twice in one night, at least your other post was readable ------------- Josh Preater http://www.bu22.co.uk">  BUZZING IS FUN
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Posted By: HannahJ
Date Posted: 26 Oct 08 at 3:38pm
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Getting good at this, ain't he... wonder what he wanted to say? ------------- MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin" The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
Posted By: dave.blakesley
Date Posted: 30 Oct 08 at 3:44pm
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uh oh only just realised this one was here! You can tell how i went downhill
just from browsing the forums i stay logged into!... and absolutely no idea what i was trying to say! ------------- |
Posted By: ratface
Date Posted: 30 Oct 08 at 6:36pm
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bit sad posting drunkenly on a forum isn't it? *back on topic* a guy at our club has a camera(not sure what) but it gives fairly good footage, the positioning of the camera is almost as important as the quality, he made a little frame for it to go on the rudder/transom,gaffa taped it to a helmet and wore that and has had it tied into the middle of the boat from the mast. All gave a difference angle obviously and were better for different things ------------- http://www.blym.org.uk/ - BLYM http://www.blym.org.uk/hydrs/index.htm - Hertfordshire Sailing team Uk-Cherub 2644 Laser 4000 -4089 |