Haz (albuquerque NM)
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Flight distance : 497421 ft
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darrins Posted at 1-21 20:54
All I can say is I have shot videos of my son playing basketball now for a couple of years. I have used a Zhiyun Crane and a Sony a9, a Sony RX100 VI with a Zhiyun Crane Plus and a Feiyu Tech G6+, an iPhone X and XS Max with an Osmo Mobile 1 and 2 and a Freefly Movi Cinema Robot, have also used a GoPro Hero 7 Black with a Karma Grip and now the Osmo Pocket. Starting with the weight and simplicity, my favorite device for this is the OP. The gyms my son has played in have terrible lighting. If I was to shoot stills, I would have to use my a9 with a super fast prime lens, like the 85 1.4. Any f stop above 2.0 will have too much noise and the result is lousy. The a9 and RX100 have the advantage that they dont have a fixed lens, but they weigh more and take longer to setup and breakdown. Also, they are way more distracting and attention grabbing. In my opinion, the results from the OP are stunning, given the poor lighting and the mere size of the unit. I’m going to link a quick video from yesterday’s practice. I shot this in 4k60 on the pro setting with auto focus single because of the focus pumping issue with AFC. I had my iPhone attached to the OP and at the beginning of the practice game when they did the jump ball, I tapped in the center of the screen. This isn’t the best sample because my son (no. 7) was on the far side of the court the whole time, but it’s good enough. Also, when I uploaded this clip to Vimeo they obviously compress the video because at the beginning there are a lot of artifacts that aren’t in the original that is on my Mac and iPad. I did nothing to the video in post except trim the length and add a fade to the end. All I can say is I love the OP, don’t care if I am a beta tester, and am confident DJI will iron out the kinks. I would prefer to have it now and play with it during development than wait for so called perfection.
https://vimeo.com/312656933
Thanks for your input. Are you using the Dji software to edit your videos? |
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