Comments on: SOLOSHOT: Now You Can Film Yourself Without Bugging A Friend

By: John Andresen

John Andresen — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:44:00 +0000

They must make a version that also Tilt, not only Pan.

By: JimmySchaefer

JimmySchaefer — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:46:00 +0000

Am I the only one who thinks this guy looks like Michael Phelps? possibly his little brother.

By: Nick Viton

Nick Viton — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:44:00 +0000

Love the innovation. Maybe not for me, but hurray for new ideas and forward-thinking. Kudos, Soloshot!

By: Corey Melton

Corey Melton — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:56:00 +0000

go pro has a “zoom” setting. 3 settings Wide, Medium, Narrow

By: Tom Rietveld

Tom Rietveld — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:41:00 +0000

hmm.. I film a lot of wakeboarding, and though it seems cool I think it’ll have a lot of disadvantages… First: Security! No way i’m leaving a 5dII on it’s own. Second: You need (quite) long lenses to make the follow shots interesting. It would be boring to have a (say) 11-16 on there. Therefor a GoPro wouldn’t be cool to put on it as well… You need to be up close with those kind of wide angles imo.

And what about manual focussing(?), you can’t just set it to f8 and expect your subject to be in focus a full track(length)… Also, it takes away the dynamics from the footage you (well, I) need in a sport like this. So you might wanna tilt a little with jump or landing… Maybe to have one, for safe b-roll footage. But i’d say no… I guess :)

By: planetMitch

planetMitch — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:01:00 +0000

Boy, have to agree with you here! Maybe with a gopro or something inexpensive, but with a DSLR? That’d be sure to walk away when you’re out surfing or skiing etc.

By: Jens Marklund

Jens Marklund — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:17:00 +0000

I’ve read that this is done only to escape added tax for being considered a video camera. Below 30 min is the limit I think. Might also have to do with heat.

By: Josh Knill

Josh Knill — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:21:00 +0000

Magic Lantern has an auto restart function which kicks in when the clip limit is reached. Exceptionally reliable too, I use it all the time.

By: YJawhar

YJawhar — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:57:00 +0000

The would be awesome with a gopro!

By: J TM

J TM — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:22:00 +0000

Aren’t most DSLR video clips limited to 20-30 minutes or so? (which would be a problem for the wedding reception)