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selleri:
Looking good Fred!  :D

Yeah, that polyhedral was a real menace Keith!

For a nice camera(outside the dslr range) that also does video well I can recommend something like Canon PowerShot SX50. Though the Canon 70D I'm using gives usable video it really needs an lens with IS(image stabilisation) to be good straight from the camera, at +100mm, without needing the help off some software stabilisation later on.

As pictures are my main thing the 70D had the added bonus of the video feature for when I need it without going all out. What ever way you guys decided to go just make sure that the camera in question has a viewfinder as it makes the video taking so much easier(one flaw of the 70D, you have to use the LCD) but the next generation of DSLR from Canon is rumoured to sport a hybrid viewfinder to solve that.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 is also another camera well worth looking at, with f/2.8 through out its range(25-600mm).

Keith you might try looking at AVS Video Editor or PowerDirector but there is also an open source editing software, OpenShot, that I've been waiting to see arrive for Windows that *nix users have been giving good reviews. It should be released any day now.

Happy Days:
Well that’s very interesting advise Sverrir. The Canon and the Panasonic look like smashing cameras although knowing me as I do, I doubt I’ll be spending 500euro on a camera that I’ll only use three or four times a year. I’m not a rich man like you. :D
I agree with you about the need for a viewfinder though. Preferably one with a soft eye cap to keep out all erroneous light.

As for Image Stabilisation; yeah, it’s a great invention. If your present camera doesn’t have it there are techniques for overcoming the problem of a ‘shaky camera’ without resulting to bulky tripods. They are a bit ‘off topic’ so if you want any info/ advise PM me and I’ll give you  the benefit of my years of experience working in the British Film Industry :lol:  (circa late 1960’s……. long before I.S. had been invented! :oops: )

Little (old) Keith

selleri:
I wish my 70D had cost €500! Sponsered by MasterCard and all that.  ;)

Send me an PM, always fun to learn new(old) tricks!   :clap:

Fred:
Very good, thanks for the info Sverrir  :clap:
Good point about image stabilisation...
Now, cost wise, that is why I would like to combine the 2 as in my head, might actually cost more to buy a decent camera for aerial photos, and a HD camcorder for some decent footages if you see what I mean.

Happy Days:
Sounds to me like a Go-Pro camera would suit you Fred. :D  

Just thinking on about the subject of aerial videoing,…….. :?:

I think a video combining ground based shots, inter spliced with aerial to aerial shots of models in flight would be really cool.  8)

I tried last summer that but found the problem was that it’s incredibly difficult to align the shot from the camera plane to the target plane. Particularly when using gliders. (They bounce around too much!) It was a little easier when using powered models but even then all I ended up with were what you might call “passing shots” as the target model happened to pass through the aerial cameras’ field of view.

Most aerial videos only show endless long distance shots of aerial views, which are not very entertaining. In my opinion.

I think the only way to get decent aerial close ups is by using a remote controlled gimbal mounted camera on a stabilized quad-copter. But now you’re talking serious money. :!:

L.K.

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