Hi, I'm looking at to get a pivothead wearable camera HD. The main reason of getting it is so that I can take more videos of my new born baby. I feel getting the phone/camera really ruin the occasion. Has anyone used one of these before and able to give me some feedbacks? I heard about the image stabilization is bad, like when you walk, the video captured would be too shaky.
Please provide your thoughts!!
Thanks
(and congratulations!)
Video stabilisation tutorial in 5 minutes. Play around with it, the software is free.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Li…
http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdub/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/
or if you wanna go the paid route, Adobe Premiere and use the Warp Stabilizer filter. It's magical.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/cs6-creative-cloud-feature-tour-fo…
dude, buy a go-pro and make a steadicam
The go pro cam is too big and obvious. People will stare at u if u walk out with it. And tori sto said go pro is not smooth right? The pivot head looks just like a normal sunnies so won't attract any attention :)
I'll have to look at that tutorial about image stabilization first from scrimshaw. But I'm hoping to have a wearable camera with stabilization so don't have to edit every video :)
It's not that the go pro isn't smooth. It's like silk. All cameras are when they are stable.
The problem is keeping it smooth when you move it. Some cameras have stabilisation and there is a trade off for that normally too, but that's another matter. If you put on sunglasses and walk, you'll get jerky up and down video because that's how you naturally walk.
attach a toy on top of a good camera. The kid will just see the cute little toy not the lens.
Personally I'd rather have 15 minutes of good quality footage than 8 hours of miscellaneous bit, shaky and all.
I've got a gopro and considered getting the headstrap for diving but ruled it out based on it not being smooth enough to actually want to watch it. I'm glad I shot it freehand now as the quality was much better than expected.
Think of what the end product is - if you genuinely think you'll wear the camera all the time and it's going to capture such special moments, go for it. It's your personal memory. If you want it to share with others too, they'll get motion sickness, so spend a few minutes "crafting" short, good quality clips and enjoy that as a memory too.
I don't know anyone who said "I wish I hadn't taken so many photos/video of my young child when I had the chance"