I made a Unicorn-Cam mount for my helmet and tested it out at The Woodlot today.
I'm not sure about the angle or perspective and I'm looking for constructive criticism.
Fire away people.
"If everything seems in control, you're not going fast enough."
-Mario Andretti-
sweet angle.
maybe extend the pole a bit and aim the camera down a little as well so you can see more of what your body and bike are doing.
It would be pretty sweet if you could mount an 8 or 10 foot extension so we could get a full cable cam effect for the whole trail.
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Makes you look super smooooooth! Or maybe you are…
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Kind of neat but it ends up being a video of your head. for variety perhaps try the same thing with a pivot (it'd need to be a bearing plate to fix the up and down attitude) a longer boom and a counterbalance. It can spin right around your head with a little tilt of the helmet. Saw a video with this sort of setup and it was way more interesting to watch.
That's pretty Cool, Dean.
Seemed awkward to watch for me (staring at your face for 3 minutes) gotta be longer to show more, but that will suck to crash with
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aZ2bdnG97A
in case you don't get the reference…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhVpyzORf8Q[HTML_REMOVED]feature=related
I liked it when you were kinda brushing past branches as stuff. might work a bit better with a wider angle lens?
wider angle lenses work much better, and you don't have to have the camera sticking out as far then. Counterbalancing can be tricky if it gets too far out, as well as keeping your head up and helmet from slipping around. Not to mention the neck cranking potential. I think the thing that makes the unicorn view so unique is when you can see the whole body swinging back and forth like a puppet.
Thanks for all the feedback everyone.
I'll tweak it and post up the results. I am going to go with a wider angle and adjust the angle of the camera slightly.
"If everything seems in control, you're not going fast enough."
-Mario Andretti-
more bike in the shot would look a touch better I think.
I like where you're going with this Dean, this is one of my favorite vids not too much staring at some dudes face but enough to show what's going on.
my version
http://vimeo.com/14287562
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It would be pretty sweet if you could mount an 8 or 10 foot extension so we could get a full cable cam effect for the whole trail.
my version
http://vimeo.com/14287562
See, you guys prolly thought I was being a sarcastic prick…but Vish here has done exactly what I was talking about.
Looks cool.
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