ken anderson. Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 anyone agree with my view(pardon the pun) of the flycam one-i bought mine 8 months ago and have tried several times to get some decent quality video and decent quality still pic's--the ones it has taken haven been acceptable(just) but nothing spectacular--i'm not expecting steven speilburg stuff-but comming fron a 35mm/digi vid/digi camera neck of the woods-the flycam is a bit of a dissapointment-anyone agree/disagree? ken anderson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Hi Ken Not sure I agree with you. For its size and weight I was not expecting too much but was pleasantly surprised how well it worked. There is a lot of FlyCam One stuff on Utube to give you an idea of what others considered "normal". By far my biggest complaint is its very short battery life when it gets cold but apart from that I think it 'does what it says on the tin' and the box it comes in is rather cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Salomon Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Ken, I've been pretty happy with mine, quality wise, the only fault is a pronounced vignetting but I suppose you have to expect that with such a small lens and focal length. Simon, Agree about the cold weather performance of the battery, I notice BRC are selling a larger capacity battery pack, I wonder if that will suffer with similar cold weather performance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 hello simon and chris-----could be poor light up this end of the flying field(north east) ken anderson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Salomon Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 You want to try here in North Wales Ken! You always know when it stops raining.............it starts snowing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVID CLIFFORD Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Interesting to find this thread, i have just purchased a flycamone V2 off BMFA and the chap sent it through with instructions but no cables! do i need a certain usb cable to transfer to pc and can you get the instructions in english? D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Salomon Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 David, It uses a normal USB to mini USB cable, the same as you use for some digital cameras or Motorola mobile phones. Manual can be found at http://www.flycamone2.com/download/Manual_fco2_303_defritenes.pdf scroll through till you find the English version. Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVID CLIFFORD Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 had a visit from relative who teaches digi photography-showed him some flycam shot's-he said they needed the blue cast removed-showed me how and here is one of the shot's of our flying field......... ken spielburgh .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Whiskey Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 looks ok to me Ken. I,ve been holding off in getting one as I have been a little dissapointed with the examples I've seen, but thats an acceptable image for sure! I have a Nokia E61i phone, and it takes great images and video, need to find a way of mounting it though it maybe a tad heavy, but it's a small lens too, so they can produce the desired effect! Is there any alternatives or competition to the flycam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Salomon Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I think you can just about see what I meant about the vignetting from Ken's shot (like you've had a lazy window cleaner that doesn't get into the corners!) but it is more pronounced on views with less variation in colour/shade. Not really a problem though and, as I said before, you can't really expect any more from such a short focal length (and a cheap price!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 hello chris-your right-i think from a run of about a100 shot's you might get about 20 that you can work on and display/print-but for the fun/price factor what do you want-the other thing is a steady platform for the camera....... ken anderson..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVID CLIFFORD Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I think the shot is great Ken. I'd love to fly from your field. You dont seem to have trees or obstructions on approach or take off. Do i take it the circles are for helies and not visits from little green men? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 hello david-our site is recreation ground owned by our council-your right the circles are for the foodmixer's(heli's) and if we do get a visit-for the little green lad's as well-at the top of the pic are some tree's planted aprox 10 year's ago-now about 20ft high-they do cause problem's sometime's-depending which way the wind is blowing-at the bottom of the pic the sea is aprox 500yard's away-so we nearly allway's have wind---we are 14mile's from newcastle upon tyne airport--the local radio commented not long ago that n/castle airport is not one of the airline pilot's favourite' because of the wind's......................they don't like it up em......who said that again?.......... ken anderson..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVID CLIFFORD Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Hi Chris, found the flycam site downloaded the manual and upgraded the firmware. tested it and it works great, hope to post some pics of my site when we get some weather to fly. cheers David Ken, the pics deceptive, it looks really clear around the field. Shall we open a thread for field pics on flycams? maybe see if i get the weather. D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Hi Ken, Nice pic - better quality than most I've seen from the Flycam. Surprising what editing can do to improve the raw image. Certainly gives me cause for greater consideration in the future. However, I'd be very careful about publishing photo's like that - I can see what appears to be a line of small circles heading up from the bottom helipad towards the end of the strip. Next thing you'll know is that geophys will be all over the field and Mick will be putting in a couple of trenches across the runway! Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted February 27, 2009 Author Share Posted February 27, 2009 hello david and pete-good idea-wouldn't mind seeing other people's fields from the air-paint shop pro 9 was the program used for the edit............ ken anderson.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVID CLIFFORD Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 got some vid of the local welfare field. i think the quality is pretty good for such a small camera and after all it is only an extension of what i really love doing, flying!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRhM1VenKiE&feature=channel_page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee-Zaster Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 He he he he i all ways hit the wrong button and delite the recording ha ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVID CLIFFORD Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Andy, Get a USB mobile card reader then use it to copy the files across straight from the SD card. no messing and battery useage of Flycam. D Edited By DAVID CLIFFORD on 25/04/2009 00:11:19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Terry Whiting Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Good video David from such a small camera, I have one, as yet unused. Also a nice bit of small field flying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Whiskey Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I brought an RC Hero camera in the US recently, it's brill, can take pics every 3 sec or 10 sec, at 5mp resolution, and video at TV quality 640 x 480. Comes with a waterprrof casing, (removable) for boats, and various mouting options, for about $150 and records to SD card for up to an hour on a 2gb using video. I will try and post sample later. I've wanted one for ages, but would not buy a flycam, cause what I've seen were c*!p ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter 'Ivanna Crashalot' Savage Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I am sending mine back because of the audio lag problem, it wasn't cured by the software update It is adequate for youtube though I got some vids during the massive amount of snow http://www.youtube.com/vanepico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Jane Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 That looked cold Peter! Nice vids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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