[Hidden-tech] aeiral videography tips

[Tom Adams- Reelife Productions]

David,
thanks for the info. I assume the major difference between model airplane footage & life-size helicopter aerial footage (in this case) is that a human (me) will be holding the camera thus there will be no direct contact between  the body of the camera & the flying machine - thus no wave patterns. 

Plus, you're correct, the canon d60 DSLR that I'll be using has an amazing EOS (electronic optical system) that almost completely eliminates any shake. Replaces the need for renting the $5000+ steadicam that you used to have to deal with...

btw: I love the idea of aerial ftge from a model airplane, there's some great videos on YouTube showing how effective they can be.

Regards,

Tom Adams
(413) 575-9707, Williamsburg, MA
Director/Owner:
www.ReelifeProductions.com & 
http://folktography.zenfolio.com
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On Jul 5, 2011, at 11:53 PM, David Korpiewski <davidk at cs.umass.edu> wrote:

> Actually a little side note about aerial videos... Having done extensive videos using micro cameras on model airplanes one of the most important things that you need to factor in is some sort of vibration dampeners. A lot of my videos had this "wave" pattern appear from the vibrations, so make sure you have some rubber dampers.  Although a lot of the modern cameras have digital vibration dampening systems which are quite impressive, but not completely perfect yet.
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> Good luck!
> David
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