pokette wrote:I know it has been a while, but here is my ND test. I used the plastic sheets cut to fit the lens cover. The cover did produce some slight vignetting around the corners. I found the ND filters did not let in enough light the HD170 has the options to adjust the exposure. I tried ND4 with +1 on the exposure with pretty good results. The ND 8 filter with +2 was too washed out with some angles and I didn't like it. The ND8 with +1 was pretty good, still some color wash out. I find that I prefer not to use a filter because it changes the true colors. The HD170 has excellent colors. I will use the ND8 filter with +1 when the camera is installed in the cockpit only. Here is some video.

pokette wrote:I know it has been a while, but here is my ND test. I used the plastic sheets cut to fit the lens cover. The cover did produce some slight vignetting around the corners. I found the ND filters did not let in enough light the HD170 has the options to adjust the exposure. I tried ND4 with +1 on the exposure with pretty good results. The ND 8 filter with +2 was too washed out with some angles and I didn't like it. The ND8 with +1 was pretty good, still some color wash out. I find that I prefer not to use a filter because it changes the true colors. The HD170 has excellent colors. I will use the ND8 filter with +1 when the camera is installed in the cockpit only. Here is some video.

emflys wrote: Even the new Contour GPS with the forthcoming iphone app only allows you to view what is being shot - but you can't control the camera!! Lots of wasted battery time and useless footage.

courierguy wrote:I appear to have mostly gotten around the prop strobing effect, and other undesireable effects like panel glare reflected on the inside of the windshield, and worse of all my N number panel placard (!), by simply mounting my camera on my jury strut on a length of thin wall tubing that telescopes forward so that the prop is now out of the picture. I had to train myself not to walk into it when exiting the cockpit, but it is not that much in the way and best of all I can see the display while flying, including the LED lights that tell if it's shooting or not. I have some heavy weather strip material (left over from my Hydroswing door install, they sent way too much and it has been real handy for all kinds of stuff) that protects the jury strut paint from the bare aluminum tube, and also gives some better grip when I tape the tube with pipe wrap tape, it's crude but primitive, as secure as any other mechanical fastening system and way simple!

All this is pre bug season, but I have a clear lense coming that will at least keep them off the main lense. No filter needed with this setup. I love the stock mounting options, and find it quite versatile as to ease of rigging it to the plane. Once you shoot an entire video of some "hot" flying action, get home and review it, and then realize you were inverted the entire flight (including takeoff and landing) OR you forgot to swivel the lense around for right side up, you will never have that problem again! Watching that vid almost made me hurl, it was pretty disorienting

blackrock wrote:Does anyone have any recomendations for building (my 1st build in a long time) or tips?

Zane wrote:

blackrock wrote:Does anyone have any recomendations for building (my 1st build in a long time) or tips?

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/imac?mco=MTM3NDc3Nzg

blackrock wrote:

Zane wrote:

blackrock wrote:Does anyone have any recomendations for building (my 1st build in a long time) or tips?

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/imac?mco=MTM3NDc3Nzg

Hmm... Interesting - I always thought Mac's were much more expensive on a spped vs spped basis. Those are the same price range as what I'm building. Zane, why do you prefer Mac instead of Microsoft operating machines (I hate MS by the way).

Get the 27" iMac and you won't be sorry.

blackrock wrote:Okay, maybe Zane or others can help out here. Similarly configured, a Mac seems to be about 150% more money than a MS based system. Is it worth that much more (about $1AMU) to go with a Mac? I really like the idea of a Mac; however that is a lot of premium. Is less processor or RAM needed in a MAC vs a MS based system. I can see that if the OS has that much less overhead. Then I could relax the spec's and lower the Mac cost.

Thoughts?

courierguy wrote:

blackrock wrote:My trusty 7-year old PC is just getting too slow and is frustrating the daylights out of me. So, I just ordered components to build a PC that should easily be fast enough for HD editing. Heck, I can't even playback HD video with the current PC. This one should do the job with ease. I followed most of the guidelines from this site:

http://www.videoguys.com/Guide/E/Videoguys+System+recommendations+for+Video+Editing/0x4aebb06ba071d2b6a2cd784ce243a6c6.aspx

It will be based on an ASUS P6X58D-E Motherboard running an Intel Core i7 950 processor, 12GB ram, and 1.5TB of hard drive. I'll post once it is up and running .

Does anyone have any recomendations for building (my 1st build in a long time) or tips?