Best HD Video Camera for Flight Videos

On Monday, December 31, 2012 1:11:25 PM UTC-5, KiloKilo wrote:
I'm getting interested in taking some hd videos on XC missions ... is the GoPro Hero 3 considered the best camera for this type of project.



I've also been fooling with a new Video Editor called Power Director ... great app... much better then then older software I had before.



I re-reprocessed a file Evan Ludeman provided ... and I put a re-edited version on you tube. I don't think the base video is HD quality - and I used a stock audio track - but you can see how nice the transitions and other features work.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMUGr...ature=youtu.be



KK

Ken, I have an older GoPro and love it....I have done a lot of videos with it. Sometimes I hold it in my hand...sometimes I have wing mounted. I can't think of any camera that is more suited to soaring videos....I use Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum for editing....I like it but it has a rather long learning curve.

Some samples of my videos on YouTube here is one with the GoPro on the wing and inside I had the pocket camera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHn0j...n-wFgw&index=3

Here is one where I just held the GoPro in my hand in the UltraLite flight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KhXd...xbuIxYL5n-wFgw

My advice is get the GoPro...you will love it

Jim




most of those are shot using the GoPro but some I used a small handheld pocket camera that I bought a couple years before the GoPro