daniel.frederik
lvl.3
Flight distance : 10656 ft
New Zealand
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When I connect the cinemizers to another HDMI source ie: not the Inspire1 remote HDMI output I get a sharper picture. But if I touch the dongle provided or a cable connected to it twists and and puts pressure on it the picture drops out so the connection is imperfect. No support from the Zeiss website? Unbelievable! Imagine any of the great optics manufacturers not replying to a call for help such as Hasselblad or Leica or Luepold, it's unheard of.
But I don't think these Cinemizers are Zeiss gear, who ever made them appears to be standing on the shoulders of an established brand to bolster sales and Zeiss simply take a cut. Sako rifles did this, they have a range of rifles that are branded as Sako / Tikka, an inferiour product bearing a bigger name. Or Leupold Scopes, they now produce a budget range of rifle scopes called Redfield. And I see Leica are attahcing their lenses to Panasonic cameras ( which is why I have two panasonic cameras ).
Paul: re: posting some footage. It is nice a clip to see, you're stationary about 50 meters in the air looking down a grassy airstrip then you notice you're level with a small approaching plane. It's descending and passes the Inspire camera so your view of it is always changing, as it draws nearer the camera begins to move off parallel to the plane, it follows it and as the plane overtakes the Inspire the camera turns to follow it and by this time the Inspire can match the speed of the plane and holds a fixed downward perspective beside and above the aircraft which allows you to see the detail of plane; the control surfaces to and froing, the flaps in the downward position, the shadow and the plane coming together at the moment of touch down.
The catch is I couldn't see the tablet screen clearly, I had to hang right back so the subject is small in the frame, this is Ok on my 2.8 meter wide screen in my lounge but not on a regular size monitor let a lone a modest YouTube window. Also, I couldn't detect how over exposed the shot was at the time; when the Inspire camera sees half ground & half sky it seems to expose for one or the other. So I'm going to the shoot scene again with the Cinemizers, I'll keep trying to improve them, I'll get a better dongle, I'll experiment with the various nose mounts, I'll track down the best anti fogging agent for the lenses, I'll practice using and operating the remote by feel etc
I may well upload some footage but Im not having much success here. Eg, I was hoping to PM you but I'm not sure how...just sent a request through, we'll see if that works.
And what have you been shooting today? Planes aside I've been filming landscapes and geographical features, just for the pleasure of it. I'm considering sending the quad down a long and very deep canyon but I worry about losing Gps lock. Still, we should be practiced in recovering from this event right?
DF
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