I was at a concert back in 2000 and saw a guy with a video camera where the lens/element section were separate from the recording section. He had the lens on what looked like part of a standard mic stand. The recorder section was like a half-sized laptop. He could position the camera in various ways at the end of the stand while viewing the screen on the recorder. Anybody have a clue what make and model that may have been?
I found out the recorder unit was a Sony Video Walkman. The camera was a "lipstick" or POV camera but I don't know what make & model.
B&H sells POV cameras, and low pro surveillance cameras like that. I saw a video a guy made years ago with a lipstick camera tucked between his mics like a 3rd mic, and it's a bit like being on a boat. Just this faint rocking back and forth that is enough to make you a little dizzy after a while. Neat idea, though...
I'm not in immediate need, I'm just curious and would like to learn a little more about this area. Its hard to shoot video in the club I go to most but if I could get the camera up I could shoot over the dancers. That's a bit tough with my old HandyCam so I'm just looking at options.
Quote from: cybergaloot on September 17, 2008, 04:57:27 PM
I'm not in immediate need, I'm just curious and would like to learn a little more about this area. Its hard to shoot video in the club I go to most but if I could get the camera up I could shoot over the dancers. That's a bit tough with my old HandyCam so I'm just looking at options.
are you trying to do a pan & zoom shot or just a static shot?
I'm just dreaming at this point so I wouldn't mind looking into all options. I'm just looking at the options. It might be cool to have two cameras set up, one static and one that I can pan & zoom. That would give me more than one camera angle so that the end result video isn't so boring. But I have no budget for any of this at the moment and an R-44 is currently in my "buy next" slot.
It looks like the Sony Video Walkmans still go for a pretty penny used on eBay. There must be some other options, Archos maybe?
I shoot with a Panasonic GS320 and Sony PC 100. I use a heavy duty mike stand with a silk head and can shoot 8 ft or better to get over the crowd the only drawback is just a static shot. But is does very well. Inexpensive rig to. Check out TTD for some vids shot with these setups.
makes ya wonder what mr. 'third eye' uses?
Here is somethings I came across.
http://www.elmo.co.jp/suv-cam/en/product/index.html
http://www.vio-pov.com/