Andy Harris Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Been working on my video technique to make it more 'film' like. Choppers and Fixed Wing from the field today - best viewed in 1080P The Chopper uses 2 x 6S x 4400mAh, the lens are very wide angle so actually everything is very close up on the flying scenes. It takes a fair bit of practice to get the air to air stuff good! Edited By Andy Harris on 12/11/2011 22:13:50Edited By Andy Harris on 12/11/2011 22:40:04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Jones Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Getting creative Andy - well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 fantastic quality andy ...what camera were you using for the HD stuff?.... ken anderson ne....1..... nosey dept.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus O'Leprosy Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Nice editing. must have taken a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Walters Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Well done Andy - enjoyed that! Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Harris Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 Thanks for the replies chaps. For the HD stuff I'm using a combination of two cameras. The on-board camera is a stock Contour HD1080P but set for 720p/60 frames per second. The 'ground' camera is more interesting in that it is a Panasonic GH2, however a Russian chap has managed to hack into the firmware and create a modified version that ups both the frame rate and the data rate. Mine is running at 42Mb/s. The other mod is that I use lovely old Canon FD lenses that I buy from ebay for next to nothing. Then I use Final Cut 'X' to pull the two video sources together, this one took about 4 hours mainly because I was using a lot of colour analysis. Just like model flying I still have a lot to learn, to get decent footage from a camera means being able to get the right place then flying gently. For Adam it was the first time we'd strapped a camera to his heli. He is an awesome pilot and gave the thing a serious thrashing. When I asked if he could come close in to the camera position, it was a case of inverted 30cm of the ground and about 2m in front of us -- that'll do then! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Excvellent vid Andy, nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Posted by Andy Harris on 13/11/2011 18:39:01: When I asked if he could come close in to the camera position, it was a case of inverted 30cm of the ground and about 2m in front of us -- that'll do then! Andy Great video but rather you than me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Vrandecic -Mes Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Very professional..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Harris Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Martin It wasn't very stressful, Adam builds helis with real diligence and is very safety aware. There was something special about the 3 axis gyro and receiver set-up that he mentioned, he said it was very locked in and stable. I'd like to get an informal 'interview' because I reckon it'll be interesting for Heli pilots to see the set-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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