I'm working on how to best mount my Delkin Wingman to my Solowheel. Here's the first option:
And here's the result:
Advantages:
- Hands-free.
- I like the perspective.
- The camera is relatively safe, unless the wheel goes completely end-over-end.
Disadvantages:
- The vibrations of the Solowheel completely ruin the audio.
- I don't like how much the camera tilts with the wheel when I accelerate/decelerate.
I'll try to come up with something better. Maybe I can strap the camera to my leg or something...
Chest-cam... That is the only spot on your body which stays "level" and stable. Unlike your head, which is always turning and looking around. It is also more stable than your knee, belt, or any location on the wheel.
ReplyDeleteFor wheel-cams, the only good solution is post-recording, "steady-shot" feature, which tries to smooth-out the tilting and rolling and ups and downs. It sacrifices a few pixels in the process, outputting a smaller video in the end.
Long-term, is a cam-weighted floating mount. The effect is similar to this... Put your camera on your tripod, now lift your tripod with the legs collapsed, holding it just below the camera. Now move it around... it always stays level to the horizon, and has a more stable and smooth motion. (More stable than just holding the camera itself, or just mounting it to any rigid device.)
This can be simulated smaller with the camera mounted to a pole, with a heavy weight below. Just under the camera, on the pole, you mount a spring or rubber "arm", which would then mount to the solowheel. The spring or rubber arm just absorbs some additional shock. (Spring and a rubber-core arm, would act like a strut/shock in a car. dampening vibration and dampening harsh jolts.) The whole time, the camera should stay level to the ground, and can simply be tilted more up, or down to get the horizon center you want.
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