Patturns Of Highperactivity: Hot Hero Deux! Worth the time Sometimes.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Hot Hero Deux! Worth the time Sometimes.

Hero's Deux!

When I get a chance I like to put on more than one camera. I have been asked about setting more than one camera on a balloon and at different angles.

Yes... you can put more than one camera on a balloon. Problem is you really need an arm for each camera. Even as light and small as these mini cams are they still weigh something. I have a solid articulated arm that I have a "T" plate on. I can put two cameras on it but it is right on the edge of slipping. Works okay in the summer.. not so good in the winter.

Here is the link to a dual video I did. Two cameras.. one facing forward and one facing backwards with a slight pull towards the basket.

http://invisibleblack.zenfolio.com/p715442282/h4311e23e#h1b866bb4

You can see the bow of the lens. At 170 degrees there is a significant bow. So what. I like the look.

And we come to the problems with more than one camera per flight.

Editing more than one video stream.

With a dual video you have to sync it. That is very hard. Once its synced you have to edit both. You have to verify the sound as well even if you are speeding it up like this version. It literally doubles the workload. It gets very complicated. If you tried getting this done at a commercial editing company it would cost you an arm and a leg. I did these to see if it could be done.

It can be... if you have the time and patience.

So now the point I was going to make... more than one camera.. even at different angles means your adding to the workload. If you have three cameras and just clip here and then clip there., cutting from one camera to another is a very heavy workload. The cost in time doubles or triples. So the cost of the video doubles or triples. Unless your doing it for fun and ..... again.. you have the time.