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08-24-01, 03:13 PM
I recently used my digital camera (which has an mpeg movie
mode) to make some mountain biking movies. I added music
and edited in some titles just to give it a try to see what I
could do.
I did scenes with both the camera panning on riders moving
around as well as a "riders eye view" sequence which was
a lot harder than I suspected it would be.
The problem is that the camera I'm using is about the
size of a styrofoam coffee cup. In the scenes where I'm
riding and filming I had to use my right hand on the
handlebar and my left hand had to hold the camera
steady.
The camera has a wrist strap so I hooked it around the
strap of my helmet so that if I dropped the camera with
my left hand, it at least would be attached to my helmet
(causing brain pain I'm sure).
The riding of the bike while steering with one hand and
filming with the other was surprisingly difficult. In one
scene I hit some sand and start to topple over to the
right - difficult indeed.
Pete Fagerlin (at www.petefagerlin.com) actually uses a
professional mount for his cameras and he's much farther
along than I am - I'm just an amateur who likes biking, he
could do documentaries.
If you have any ideas on how to make the riding scenes
steadier let me know. I think if I had some way of having
the camera be mounted on a wire rack of some sort that
comes off my body it might work better but I'm unsure.
People with cable/dsl/satellite might want to look at the
larger films while people with modems might want to see
the smaller ones....
my web site is at http://pod.ath.cx/
I'm the guy with the blue bike and helmet, my other friend
todd murray (his site is www.elkman.net) was riding the
black stumpjumper.
Is anyone out there doing this? Since most computers now
come with a method of taking video in I suspect that many
people will be doing this kind of thing eventually.
mode) to make some mountain biking movies. I added music
and edited in some titles just to give it a try to see what I
could do.
I did scenes with both the camera panning on riders moving
around as well as a "riders eye view" sequence which was
a lot harder than I suspected it would be.
The problem is that the camera I'm using is about the
size of a styrofoam coffee cup. In the scenes where I'm
riding and filming I had to use my right hand on the
handlebar and my left hand had to hold the camera
steady.
The camera has a wrist strap so I hooked it around the
strap of my helmet so that if I dropped the camera with
my left hand, it at least would be attached to my helmet
(causing brain pain I'm sure).
The riding of the bike while steering with one hand and
filming with the other was surprisingly difficult. In one
scene I hit some sand and start to topple over to the
right - difficult indeed.
Pete Fagerlin (at www.petefagerlin.com) actually uses a
professional mount for his cameras and he's much farther
along than I am - I'm just an amateur who likes biking, he
could do documentaries.
If you have any ideas on how to make the riding scenes
steadier let me know. I think if I had some way of having
the camera be mounted on a wire rack of some sort that
comes off my body it might work better but I'm unsure.
People with cable/dsl/satellite might want to look at the
larger films while people with modems might want to see
the smaller ones....
my web site is at http://pod.ath.cx/
I'm the guy with the blue bike and helmet, my other friend
todd murray (his site is www.elkman.net) was riding the
black stumpjumper.
Is anyone out there doing this? Since most computers now
come with a method of taking video in I suspect that many
people will be doing this kind of thing eventually.