Browsing Archive: October, 2012

Shooting on the move...

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Wednesday, October 17, 2012,

On site media transfer at last night's marathon shoot - this system is working so well for me.

Can anyone even remember tape...

Red Bull Stratos

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Wednesday, October 17, 2012,

It simply wouldn't be a video blog if I didn't post this...

According to his website Felix Baumgartner carried two HD cameras mounted on the legs of his suit, as well as a camera below his helmet. GoPro claims he was carrying one of theirs as well. (EDIT: He was definitely carrying a GoPro, look below the helmet in the centre of chest console and you'll see the top of the housing latch and the record button.) Whatever he was using to film this epic freefall, the footage just blows your mi...

Coming soon...from GoPro

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Wednesday, October 17, 2012,

This arrived via the GoPro Facebook feed this morning: "The Wi-Fi enabled HERO3: Black Edition is the most advanced GoPro, ever. No expense was spared during its development, resulting in a GoPro that is 30% smaller, 25% lighter and 2x more powerful than previous models"

Launching officially on www.gopro.com soon

They'll probably make me buy a whole new set of accessories now...

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WTF...!

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Thursday, October 11, 2012,

The world's favourite action camera has spawned a whole industry around custom camera mounts, but this one is so ridiculous I just had to post it! So picture this - you're packin' some 9mm Glock or SIG heat and you'd love to see yourself in action, right? So what do you do? Why you get this cool GoPro pistol mount of course!

I suppose it will produce interesting footage, if you can get used to to watching everything upside down. And if you can find a big enough holster...

Chasing (and filming) the Batmobile

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Monday, October 1, 2012,

I like solar power, I really do. Which is why this particular project really appealed to me.

I had the opportunity to film the NWU's solar car, nicknamed the Batmobile, over the weekend and I was really glad I did because the NWU team surprised everyone by winning the event. They came into the event as complete underdogs and quickly became media favourites as the Sasol SA Solar Championship toured the country.