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dual camera test

carltb - 23-8-2012 at 04:02 AM

i was playing around with an idea yesterday, instead of using a wide angle lense, id use 2 cameras instead.

its nothing special but opinions are welcome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xCZFXpzAzU


Kamikuza - 23-8-2012 at 04:20 AM

Nice! I assume next time you'll get them to overlap? :D

Try the cameras in portrait too...? Ooh no - get MORE camera's and do 360˚ set up...!!!

carltb - 23-8-2012 at 04:31 AM

when i set the cameras on the tripods i i had them set to slightly overlap but i must have slightly nudged one of them at some point. im not quite sure a 360 view would work that well unless i wanted to film several people at once. maybe 4 cameras would work with 2 stacked on top of each other. (but the editting would be a nightmare!! lol)

mougl - 23-8-2012 at 09:20 AM

I like it. Cool new effect :thumbup:

BeamerBob - 23-8-2012 at 10:24 AM

I bet some software has a way to stitch the 2 together seamlessly. You did a great job just giving it a go like you did. I like that really wide field of view without the distortion it would have with one camera. Were you running the cameras on 170 degree field of view?

erratic winds - 23-8-2012 at 11:46 AM

If you mount two cameras together and synch the video, you can create 3d video with the help of an outside application ;)

macboy - 23-8-2012 at 12:25 PM

I like it. Very cool effect. Overlapped or not actually. I think it works better with a little "windowpane" kind gap actually but truth be told I guess you could have just overlaid something like that in post production.....maybe a large deal of overlap would be cooler - like looking through fractured glass. At times you'd see two of things happening.

Cool. Very cool.

bigkid - 23-8-2012 at 01:15 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by erratic winds
If you mount two cameras together and synch the video, you can create 3d video with the help of an outside application ;)

I have an Evo 3D and the youtube video is the way it is shown on my computer, but connect it to a 3D TV and WOW. I did the 2 GoPro's side by side but not able to put them together.
Put one on top of the other so we can see what the kite is doing as you do the jumps.:thumbup: I am just learning and it would help to understand the position of the kite during your tricks.

bobalooie57 - 23-8-2012 at 04:55 PM

:thumbup: Very cool!

stetson05 - 23-8-2012 at 08:21 PM

I like the vertical stacking idea. I have seen the gopro mount that is for two cameras. I assumed they had a tool for stitching them together.

erratic winds - 23-8-2012 at 08:39 PM

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Originally posted by stetson05
I like the vertical stacking idea. I have seen the gopro mount that is for two cameras. I assumed they had a tool for stitching them together.


They certainly do. http://gopro.com/3d-overview/

PHREERIDER - 24-8-2012 at 12:17 PM

2 cameras edit is tough ! a 90 degree interesection point of interest for the 2 may give cool showy footage and twice the suspension appearrence.

one camera straight down wind kinda like what you have there then the

OTHER unit set at cross wind to capture SAME point of interest

like a quarter slice of pizza , same distane just 90 degrees separation.

really gotta stay on the frame "box" ! and horizon line needs to be the same ..set up side by side so the facing angles are together (lens reflection is the quick and easy way).

the soft stuff is a spoiler, yeah! i have been whacked SOOO many times by stretching it into the soft.

have u seen the SOLO target following device? it came around last year or so, had thread but can't exactly recall it , theres one on the water thats decent as well. you don't need a camera person at all! you can zoom your "X" all day and it will follow u both ways. very cool, not sure on the $$$ though.
mainac edit either way.

carltb - 24-8-2012 at 01:33 PM

i just had a thought, if i had, say, 10 cameras set in an arc i could do some cool matrix effects!!!