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Laurie said
You can also use the "handlebar" attachment for booms..



Some will be available in the shop
www.seabreeze.com.au/Shop/Scripts/ soon (along with GoPro Surf/Helmet & accessories...)

Laurie,
we found that the roll bar mount allows you to set the camera right on the clew, and with the right positioning, you can get both tacks.
Awesome that seabreeze is looking to stock g/pro...maybe Kato you should go into production with your mounts????
(I can see the ads already.......
"Ring now...do not send any money...only $29.95 plus postage and handling...but wait that's not all..you get the mast mount, the clew mount, the batten mount, plus the cam mount and we'll throw in the nose mount and mast foot mount absolutely free....these mounts are hand crafted and come with the Pit crew seal of approval..guaranteed to make you go faster.....)

mick

But what about the steak knives

Wait untill i get my boom mount finished,its starting to look like bad origami. Sorry no steaks knives....but can i interest you in a new almost "finished" house to go with that new couch

Not sure I'd like to see the insurance premium on kato's hard-core slice & dice mount.

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laurie said...



Not sure I'd like to see the insurance premium on kato's hard-core slice & dice mount.

It only hurts if ya hit it Laurie

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kato said...

laurie said...



Not sure I'd like to see the insurance premium on kato's hard-core slice & dice mount.

It only hurts if ya hit it Laurie

Wait 'til Kato introduces Windsurf Jousting to the event card at Sandy Point....it's a sure-fire hit!

Here are some vids made with the gopro. Youtube does not do justice to the quality of these cameras.
Although filmed in average conditions, the wide lens does not show the extent of the conditions like size and wind strength.
Got some great footage in south west WA conditions yesterday

Cant wait to use in some nice big stuff in sunny conditions.

Laurie the handlebar mounts look good. Would make a good wave rider view.

Nice Angles Rooster...it shows your airtime and rotation quite well.
A mast tip angle looking down (like Kato's mount) would be sensational on those launches.
cheers,
mick

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the helmet is just too high and doesnt give the conditions justice!

i feel your pain. i'm not sure if u are aware, but it's more to do with the very wide angle lens you have (generally bundled with a 10mm or 12mm equivalent) rather than the position of the cam (moving it lower helps a little). Changing to a more telephoto focal length makes the biggest improvement but increases camera shake dramatically and you lose the field of view (and a little depth of field), so it's tricky situation to overcome. A fisheye lens give good centre image proportion for mainting the real height of the waves but edges are funky, but at least you keep the overall field of view. The best results i've got from my endevours is to give up some field of view and use a full highdef camera at 50mm equivalent focal length, and use software to de shake or stabilize the footage, at the cost of chopping off pixels at the sides of the video through the stabilisation process. Usually shooting full 1920x1080, then "de shaking", then cropping & scaling to 1280 x 720 looks fab. It's time consuming and obviously u got to have the software and a slick enough pc to process the footage without waiting a month for it to finish

I'm yet to try it on any windsurfing wave footage but i can already see a huge improvement in proportional wave / chop size on the stuff I've experimented with. Even with the cam strapped to my head at around 50mm equivalent, and with the inbuilt stabilizer turned on is a dramatic improvement over the typical wide lens

maybe you were already were aware of all this so take it or leave it

Thanks for the info Haircut. I use after effects cs3 for stabilising shots, a friend has another brand of headcam that has standard lense. I do see it being a lot of work and given the quality of the go pro footage and price I dont see the need to bother.
With the HD model about to come out it will be interesting to see what its like.

For those who dont know too there is a firmware update for the gopro to enable it to handle 4gb cards. Doubles you available footage

When using these cameras from experience it is worth having some form of tether to prevent the untimely swim of your camera too. I know of my old camera with some awesome wave footage blowing bubbles on a reef in Mandurah

btw, brings tears to the eyes watching some of the footage from you guys and seeing how clean the waves are and soooooo much space in between u r lucky

They were crappy days Sorry

What height have you mounted the camera. On top of the head or at eye level? I,m hoping that by mounting the camera at eye level will improve the realism of the shot,speed and white caps. Might even try harness level

On top of helmet with supplied bracket.

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kato said...

What height have you mounted the camera. On top of the head or at eye level? I,m hoping that by mounting the camera at eye level will improve the realism of the shot,speed and white caps. Might even try harness level

Funny you mention harness Kato.....i was looking at the kit today and we could easily adapt the roll bar mount to fit on the bar of your harness but it just might be too square to give a good perspective.
I mucked around with a chest mount today and i've found a way to get an angle looking forward.

Wow .. check what this guy has built... an over the shoulder mount:



www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=55158

Saw this footage from a clew mount.

For me, this is one of the best angles I've seen, doesn't make you feel sick with the weird roll effects you get when its mounted at the front looking back.

Over the shoulder mount is based on the camera angle used for the movie/instructional dvd "Wavesailing secrets of the pro's revealed". IMO it is the best rider mounted option around. Gives the most realistic view of rider and what he's looking at with the least amount of shake due to it being connected to your waist which moves much less than a boom. Helmet cam looks too much like a seagull pov, you need to capture rider, sail and wave to give you the full picture of what is going on.

AB....

is it just me or has the world gone mad with the POV style videos?

having a POV shot as a cut away is fun but I find it very boring to watch a 5 minute video shot entirely that way. Never mind that I am always ready to reach for a bucket to puke in.

and to those that don't know what POV is, you aint been watchin enough pron lately