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INDEXThe latest in camera stabilizers - and it's the size of a fag packet.
9 years, 10 months ago - Karel Bata
The idea is impressive:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1091165875/steadxp-the-future-of-video-stabilization
It's not a camera shake cure-all - the usual caveats with stabilizing in post apply - but promises to be a great tool for fixing minor probs and will speed up post.
It currently uses up the camera sound inputs - that needs attention.
I can see this becoming an app for the iPhone.
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9 years, 10 months ago - Karel Bata
Faster, and for many shots better.
But as a first try this gadget could be a big disappointment. But they'll get there.
It's the kind of thing, if it works, that can expect to see in future cameras with keyframes being part of the metadata.
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9 years, 10 months ago - David Graham Scott
So basically post production methods are just as good, are you saying?
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9 years, 10 months ago - Karel Bata
Hold on, my triple negative there should have been a quadruple...
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9 years, 10 months ago - Dan Selakovich
Thanks, Karel. Certainly a much better way to go than to do it all in post.
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9 years, 10 months ago - Dan Selakovich
Proof reading: it doesn't work. I've tried. ;)
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9 years, 10 months ago - Dan Selakovich
I'm a little confused... does this "zoom in" the shot digitally to account for camera shake to steady the frame? If not, that's pretty cool. Now if only I could put the 2nd and 3rd Bourne films through this thing, I'd be a happy man!
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9 years, 10 months ago - Karel Bata
"In fact it doesn't do anything that fixing camera shake in post won't do,"
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9 years, 10 months ago - David Graham Scott
I'll stick to my shaky-cam style for the time being! LOL
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9 years, 10 months ago - Karel Bata
Yes, it does zoom in. In fact it doesn't do anything that fixing camera shake in post currently does, except - and this is important - it doesn't rely on picture content which can be very hit and miss. The keyframes produced should be an accurate record of the camera's movements rather than a guess. I would hope you can just import them.
It should work well as a quick 'first pass' which you might later clean up.
I can also see this technique being useful for recording a camera movement when shooting with green screen, and using the data to create a matching BG plate. Within reason of course.
A lot of potential here.
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9 years, 10 months ago - Karel Bata
I really should stop and read my posts more carefully to get of rid those typos!
LOL
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9 years, 10 months ago - David Graham Scott
Looks great but there's still a bit of info I'd like to know eg what's the score with the post production software?
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