QB2 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 This is just a brilliant total cat racing package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hills Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 Great video!! I've got a quadcopter with gopro camera and FPV kit mounted on it. I'll have to take it to the next race around here and get some footage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbieandrew Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 I Also have a camera mounted on my RC plane, though if it's calm enough to fly it there's probably not enough wind to go sailing haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QB2 Posted May 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 what is your flight time carrying the Go Pro weight? the quad is a great platform and should be coupled with onboard go pros for state and national race coverage.. its the3 mixing and editing later that takes the longest time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hills Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I have my timer set on 7 minutes which leaves about 20% usable power left in the battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbieandrew Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Just got an RD32ii today, one of the cheaper HD cameras. Cost me $107 and from the filming I have done I think it was well worth it. Can't wait to get it on the boat. Here's the first video I took with it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auDLtdPDsFc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt15 Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Nice quality for price. Myself and colleagues have been playing with mini HD cams for years mounting them to patrol cars, bikes and vests and it still amazes me how much quality can be produced from such a small cam. Did you purchase via e-bay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbieandrew Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 No, I saved about $50 by getting it from dx.com http://dx.com/p/hd-1080p-mini-sports-dv-5-0mp-cmos-water-resistant-camera-camcorder-with-tf-2-leds-1-red-laser-119097 Took 2 weeks to come from Hong kong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QB2 Posted October 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 You guys seem to be up tp date with the technology. How do we create and package a relatively cheap way to have live to laptop or clubhouse monitor using quad copters, go pros and other video cam,s so we could present to racers, media and the public cat races from A class, F16, 18 etc and 14 footers?. Have the quads cover race starts and onboard cams for round the course tactics like we saw with the AC but without the cost. Go pros or the RD32iis on top boats to package up vision kn Dvd/cd after the race. The major factor is creating a rear mounting off the rear beam to get a wideangle shot with a best possible view of the action as competitors cross and mark roundings, finishes etc. The RD32 may well be a cheap, reliable way to go to professionally promote cat sailing. i will be watching for your test sail results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QB2 Posted October 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Interesting prospects for cat Pr in the near future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobblyoldjimbo Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 But hugely time consuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interested Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 The Belmont 16 skiff fleet mostly carry cameras.A few of them have cams they got from OfficeWorks for only $79 and they work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboutcats Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Evan at Rivoli Bay has a Go Pro with high quality vid and up until the Win TV network amalgamated our regional news last May he got onboard footage in the Monday night sports section of the news. As for editing you need to spend money on Adobe Premier or a similar product to make it easy. The free windows one used to be fantastic until about 3 years ago then it got dumbed down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbieandrew Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Indeed, they are the original version of the RD32 Series, they're on special for $35 at the moment which is a pretty good deal. Still a good camera as far as I can tell Though I have heard of lighting problems and frameskips. This is what Jeff uses on all his videos (I think) so if you watch some of them you'll get a pretty good idea of the quality as an on-board http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/GPS-Navigation/Sports-GPS/LAKBA12002?catargetid=1402860417&cadevice={device} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interested Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Yep thats the same one that many of the Belmont lads use. I found them to be too large so I picked up a couple of other types on ebay, http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-1080p-Full-HD-Helmet-Extreme-Sports-Action-Camera-Touchscreen-Remote-Control-/330991047686?pt=AU_Video_Cameras&hash=item4d109a9406&_uhb=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboutcats Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Fair dinkum that's cheap for the Kaiser Baas, it is the one I use currently, I don't think it is possible to get smaller or lighter than the Kaiser type camera with 3 hours battery life and good quality video. Though the quality isn't as good as Go Pro, it's plenty good enough Here's the video from last weekends regatta at Barmera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbieandrew Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Went for a boogie board with a friend today and took the camera, pretty happy with the results. Wish I could say the same for my boarding skills I think that it lost some quality during editing because it is jumping around a little bit in some points which it doesn;t do on the raw video. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KERvteEJDMg Hopefully I'll get to Milang next weekend for an actual sailing video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hills Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 You guys seem to be up tp date with the technology. How do we create and package a relatively cheap way to have live to laptop or clubhouse monitor using quad copters, go pros and other video cam,s so we could present to racers, media and the public cat races from A class, F16, 18 etc and 14 footers?. Have the quads cover race starts and onboard cams for round the course tactics like we saw with the AC but without the cost. Go pros or the RD32iis on top boats to package up vision kn Dvd/cd after the race. The major factor is creating a rear mounting off the rear beam to get a wideangle shot with a best possible view of the action as competitors cross and mark roundings, finishes etc. The RD32 may well be a cheap, reliable way to go to professionally promote cat sailing. i will be watching for your test sail results.Hi QB2 Unfortunately you won't be able to get good quality video live to a laptop from from a quad (at least until the technology improves or we're allowed to use much more powerful transmitters). The really good footage you see is the image that is recorded onto the camera and then downloaded later. The image we actually see while we're flying is much poorer quality and constantly breaks up, similar to this (its not me, I just found it - take a look at around the 1min 35 sec mark, the rest is pretty boring): Whereas the recorded image, taken from a camera on a gimbal which keeps the camera level can look like this (again not my footage): Also there are a lot of CASA laws which are difficult and costly to accommodate if done for profit. By far the easiest way to achieve what you want to do would have to be done from the start boat and on board cameras and then downloaded later. Oh BTW what you see at the cricket, requires 3 operators (which costs over $8k to get licensed) and about $30k worth of equipment that also uses the televisions stations transmission licences, so while it can be done at that level would be far to costly for your purposes. But I bet in a few years time that will all change, we're just not quite there yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbieandrew Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Here it is, my first test with the RD32ii on my boat. Took it down to Milang yesterday and had a great time at their opening regatta. Here's some footage, featuring Jeff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvl5oHj7tR8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QB2 Posted October 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 good stuff you will have to see about fabricating an L shaped mount to lift it above the spray and ideally give a from-the-stern view so we can see how you react to the weather as well as other boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbieandrew Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Yeah thanks, I think I like the front mount best. I only put it on the tiller originally because i thought i forgot my bridle mount, then I found it in my car. And to be honest, I think the spray going on/past the camera sort of adds to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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