High Speed Video Camara - Page 3

 

You can't control the shutter speed. And you have to pay an extra $79 for an LCD BacPac to know what you're shooting exactly.

You can use the GoPro cell phone app with the Hero 3's to do that as well.  Not sure how good the app is but its an option.  (Not an option on the black edition yet, still waiting for a firmware update for that one)

 

True, if you want to use your phone for that. And you're wrong... I can't... prior to December 14. :)

 

P.S. Reviews mention that the video on your phone is several seconds (4 or 5) behind what the camera is actually recording. Which is fine when you're just setting up to record a golf swing. I bought an LCD BacPac, though.

Will do. It might be a few days because the Pineapple express has hit Northern California and we may float away into the Pacific Ocean over the next couple of days.

The LCD is another thing that sort of turned me off of the Hero3. I can probably guess what to shoot, but I like to be able to review quickly after. That will be tough.

One thing I don't like about the Nikon 1, is that it runs for about 6 seconds in the 400fps mode. So I have to set the 10s delay, run to set up to the ball and then hit it within the 6 sec recording time. 10s to run from the camera position to the hitting position is okay, but there is a little bit of stress to hit it on time. Also the Casio has a nice editing feature that you can edit the video to be only the swing. That is nice.

There seems to be tradeoffs with almost all the cameras.

 

Oh yeah, I forgot about that entirely stupid 6 second thing.

 

Stupid.

 

Yeah the LCD BacPac and wifi remote are a better option for sure if you can afford it.  Especially if you use it for things other than filming a golf swing because I'd imagine you wouldn't want to risk taking out your expensive smart phone if you were in the middle of snowboarding or something. 

 

I ordered a Silver just because of the price basically, excited to get it in! Ill post a few 120 fps swing samples.  Looking forward to seeing the 240 fps the black edition can do. 

 

I'm going to do some of these tomorrow (Thursday). I'll probably post them later at night.

Did you ever get a chance to try it out yet? If so what'd you think?

Yes. Here's an image from two clips (I recorded one landscape and one portrait):

 

 

 

Here's a link to a zip file with these two movie files in it (I trimmed it in QuickTime Player but that was all).

 

 

http://cl.ly/3L1F1Y1l1L1A

 

I think for not setting the shutter speed and just using the indoor lights (which we record at between 1/500 and 1/1000 - in the special hitting bay we can do 1/2000 but this wasn't filmed there) it did a pretty good job. ODDLY, the camera plays the videos back AT 240 FPS. Now a Casio will record a video at 240 FPS but play it back at 30. So you'll note these videos try to play back in real-time. If your computer isn't fast enough, it'll skip and jump frames, but frame-by-frame in Analyzr works just fine.

 

Note: literally the first two swings I made in the past three weeks, perhaps a month. Still got the handle forward, baby! :)

Do the videos feel like they have some barrel distortion? The running at 240fps is a bit odd.

Awesome thanks! 

 

Looks pretty good, I was able to slow it down and jump frame by frame and it looked great! If the Silver edition I ordered works even half as good I will be happy, the only thing I had to video my swing before was my iPhone and you can't really slow that down much without losing a bunch of frames (and it is a pain in the ass to mount somewhere).   Itll be super easy to throw in my bag and take it to the course/range/setup in the back yard with my net too. 

 

Yeah, but it's operating at a wide angle and everything's pretty close. Get it outside and it's much less noticeable.

Nice!  Thanks for posting the videos.  This is what I'm asking Santa for.

Any chance you can take some pictures of the H3 Black mounted to a tripod?  I'd like to see how you are mounting the camera as I'll need to get one that can fit into my golf bag.

 

 

I am planning on using a Gorillapod for mine, there is an attachment you can get that will let it fit on a standard size tripod mount.  

 

http://www.amazon.com/Joby-GP1-A1EN-GorillaPod-Flexible-Tripod/dp/B000EVSLRO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354611198&sr=8-1&keywords=gorilla+pod

 

They give you a few sticky mounts with the camera as well so you could probably rig up something yourself if you were feeling creative. 

 

 

I have a GorillaPod. I also have this, which is a no-brainer to buy:

http://www.amazon.com/GoPro-Tripod-Mount-HERO-Cameras/dp/B002RCLYXG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354632111&sr=8-1&keywords=gopro+tripod (when I bought, the OFFICIAL GoPro one was $5.99 - this one's a knockoff but the official one is weirdly $11.95 on Amazon right now. I doubt the knockoff is problematic - it's a simple piece of plastic).

 

Also, consider this: http://www.amazon.com/GoPro-Camera-ANDMK-301-Naked-Frame/dp/B009PK9QGU/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1354632214&sr=1-1&keywords=gopro+frame You're welcome to use the waterproof housing that comes with the camera, but it's bulky. I like the frame's simplicity.

 

Note: you'll probably want to add the LCD BacPac.

Ok, to summarize - I think I know what I'll need now:

 

1.) H3 Black camera ($399)

2.) Tripod mount ($11.95)

3.) Naked Frame ($39.99)

4.) LCD BacPac ($79 - on Amazon it is $88.99)

5.) Tripod ?? - need to figure out which one I'm going to buy

 

And last but not least... You recommend the Gorilla tripod?  That seems small.  How do you get the proper height for filming?  Do you just rest it on your golf bag stand?  Seems like there should be a better solution?  When I took a lesson with Dana last week - he had a larger tripod that wasn't exactly small - but it was collapsible... More of a professional looking/traditional photographer setup.

 

Yeah Amazon is usually cheaper or at least the same cost. Again I got the official GoPro tripod mount for $5.99. Amazon Prime shipping for two days free, too. I was shocked to see it $11.95 today. It's $7.99 at GoPro's site though oddly they don't list it on the sidebar anymore: http://gopro.com/camera-mounts/tripod-mount/ .

Anyway, tripods are what you want. I use my GoPro to film disc golf and for that the GorillaPod is great. For golf I stuck it on my cheapie tripod (~$75). For photography, my tripod cost about $750 (and the ballhead about $600 on top of that, no pun intended).

 

The GorillaPod would be a good thing to have - you could stick it on a cart's steering wheel or frame to record your swings on the course, a club in your bag to record yours swing on the range, whatever.

 

But a true tripod is great too.

 

BTW did you plan in the cost of a micro-SD card?

I got the tripod mount for $6 from walmart.com

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?dest=9999999997&product_id=20692711&sourceid=21775485362712410135&veh=aff&wmlspartner=lw9MynSeamY

Its free shipping if you choose the ship to store option.