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Those news of Ford on WRC.com just make me nuts, they are just so stupid! I mean those: ''Ford's Wilson remains confident'' , ''Blue Oval can fight back in second half of season, insists chief Quinn'' and others...
Ford have just been pathetic this year and they keep sayin this bull****, no they dont have to be negative, but they should shut up and work more on cars and make them better.
i have same problem on my old computer, but on my new laptop they work well, but quality is bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loose_Unit
@ tommeke_B: Filming on shoulder is the worst thing you can do. Like with filming humans the best height is the eye line, the same goes for rallies. Of course there are shots that looks best from higher angle and some from the ground, but mostly it's about the eye-line of the driver in the car. Believe me, the WRC cameramen can do wonders with the tripod, but they need to try more different angles on the stage. At the moment they are playing too safe.
About banners. I looked up 2003 Rally Finland 2nd leg review (WRC Daily Highlights: Finland 2003 Day 2: 26 Minutes - YouTube). Just watch one minute from 3:00 to 4:00 and count the times you see the banners. It's just the lack of different and more interesting camera placements/angles.
@ tommeke, you pointed to the right person in germany, if you look at these men coverage from the 90's (Chopard Brothers, RallyVideo, Star Production), it was just perfect ! Never seen anything better than what they provided then. I was so glad to see them again in Sweden, filming for "the best of rally live - Michelin". If you look to what they filmed this year, you can notice that it's what we need, just too short. They're close to Michele Mouton, so we can maybe expect that things could change :)
Well ERC has been a championship that has been since 2000 I think lost their importance of championship. Although they are doing the good thing what WRC are missing! And that's almost all to thank to Luca Grille formerly known as Cricketsfillm and now as Ellegy TV. He has always good places where he films from, very spectacular, nice sounds, great quality and also nice onboards! Plus some nice interviews and a reporter with a great voice :D . That coverage alone makes that championship more exciting to follow :-)
I use a Sony FX1000 and i know either rallymedia or rally-mad has the same and I've seen the wrc cameramen use it for interviews and service footage. It's much better if you view it directly to tv too, youtube kills a lot of quality.
The inboard cameras are 4:3 stretched to 16:9 so no wonder the quality is bad.
The space between the seats is too narrow to fit helmets so they lift it over the codrivers seat I've noticed. The camera like in Mikko's car is only a bullet cam and fitted to the flap so i can't see why it should be a problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Juha_Koo
Here's the type used on Mikko's car.
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And there is plenty of space for it on the sparco seat too.
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Lifting helmet over the seat.
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Not sure if I've seen footage from Kimi's seat cam?
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Nice light weight camera. I've used the few generations older Z1 several times and like what the camera can do, tho ENGs have a better lens and more control due to that over the image. But I'll stop here with the technical side because I feel like hijacking this thread and going too much off topic. If someone wants to continue this conversation then let's do in some other thread/place. It might be quite interesting actually.
But here's what I meant initially.
1) Better filming locations and better camera position, which would result in more interesting shots.
2) Going hand-held isn't the way because shakiness is more a feature in documentary filmmaking and in amateur/fan videos. Pro stuff is nearly always smooth. And you actually can do wonders with a tripod.
3) Better helicopter footage. It can do wonders when you need to patch totally different shots together.
Well, it's a problem because the other seats are covered with fabric. I don't know how they would glue it to place versus the Mikko's camera which is attached to hard plastic/carbon fibre. I'm sure teams don't want ruptures in 500€+ seats. :D Citroen's (factory team) use their own-design seats, don't know who has manufactured them, but also covered with fabric.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
JM isn't lifting the helmet over the seat, but exactly from the gap. And that isn't camera in Kimi's car, that's intercom connector. :) Hopefully the onboard camera guys could investigate how the intercom connector is attached to Kimi's seat, maybe they could use the idea for their cameras also.
Black duct tape! ;) Grřndal uses it on his go pro when fitted to the flap, simple but does the job :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Juha_Koo
Of course, i see the same on Kaj's belt now. Seems to be fitted with a cable tie.
Enjoy some fast sections with Grřndal from last winter :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeGUh...?v=GeGUhXXCtSI