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Title: V.I.O POV.HD??
Post by: mblindsey on November 22, 2010, 07:24:31 PM

I think this is great form factor for mounting to a mic stand.  Anyone have any experience with them, or can tell by the specs if this might be suitable for low light concert vids?

http://www.vio-pov.com/products-all/pov-hd.html?gclid=CIuBrM3VtaUCFYft7Qodg0reYQ

Title: Re: V.I.O POV.HD??
Post by: Neilyboy on November 23, 2010, 09:34:42 AM

Interesting. Would love to see some HD samples. I see the 1.5 vids on youtube but can not find any actual footage from the hd model.

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was able to find a demo vid here.. http://pointofviewcameras.com/vio-pov-hd-camera.html
hard to tell what it would do in low light as its all used oudoors action shots.. a bit $$ but diggin it.

Neil

Title: Re: V.I.O POV.HD??
Post by: phanophish on November 23, 2010, 10:16:08 AM

Looks decent but 2 big issues.....

 I notice are it is specifically designed to be rather wide angle so would not be a great fit for concert recording.  You could do some cool stuff with placing the cam in a drum kit or on a vocal mic during a performance if you were doing something for a band.

The other issue to me is it appears to have what is called a rolling shutter which is common to I believe all CMOS sensors so that effect is rather noticeable in the demo vids they have posted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_shutter

Title: Re: V.I.O POV.HD??
Post by: Dr.FOB on November 27, 2010, 08:48:21 AM

Rolling shutter is a strange anomoly of the CMOS technology.  Moving objects are captured warping, bending, and tearing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVwmtwZLG88 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVwmtwZLG88)

It's a cool effect, but not one that can be turned off.