I hope we can use this thread to talk about how you shoot and edit your esk8ing videos.
I’ll start. I recently got a Insta 360 One X camera. It’s basically a 360 camera but the main purpose was to shoot first and then frame later. Traditional cameras needs to be pointed in certain direction that that is pretty hard to do while you are focused on riding the board. With this camera you still need to move around the camera to front or back up or down depending the viewpoint you want but you don’t have to worry about pointing it somewhere.
I haven’t really used any fancy video editing software, but maybe it’s time to get a subscription on adobe premiere. For now I am just using the phone app for everything. It’s pretty limited as well. They only had 5 songs to choose from and had no option of adding your own songs. Anyways, hope you enjoy my first video here.
I’ve tried RAM mounting a 4K cam to the sprung top deck of a Trampa, shaky AF, even off a gimbal.
Hate helmet cams, chin cams, stick cams. Considering chest cam a lá Police in interim
Waiting for someone clever to integrate $20 of Sony sensor-based pcb with MIPI interface to an existing remote, of course a high-speed SDCard is required, maybe not easy but the electronics are already tiny enough
I don’t think it is that bad.
Here is a video I shot a while ago with my gopro 5 black mounted on my Evo, that I think is perfectly watchable.
A better camera like the gopro 7, which has a lot better image stabilisation, should yield a lot better results, especially mounted on a Trampa which is a lot smoother over rough terrain
I’m using an Olfi 4K, up there with GoPro. I ride on very rough tarmac then sand, suspension uses all its travel pogoing the camera which has stabilization in f/w like the GoPro
I promise you & from the many esk8 videos made even with cheap cams on selfie sticks; you cannot beat human hand stabilization, therefore it makes sense to integrate 5gm/$20 of cam tech into a remote
Different angles from the same point? A human wrist can achieve most of those angles, maybe not the extreme ones for prolonged time. Just a case of having the sensor mounted in a rotatable bubble, think of the gunner underneath a WWII Lancaster bomber
I have found the videos more enjoyable when I can see the human riding the esk8 in the video. For that you need a long selfie stick (like min 4 feet). Basically something like this video below. I think this person must have 5/6 feet selfie stick.
This is a must for me. Seeing just the road makes no sense
The middle of the road is a camera further back from the board, showing the rear wheels, half of a person and the road ahead, I tried a 3D printed mount for that but the vibration were too much and it would shift every time, the footage wasn’t that bad but definitely had had jello
In the meanwhile a selfie stick is the best, but I never use since it’s one more thing to carry and pay attention instead of just riding, and with my heavy ass second generation GoPro 20 min holding it and my arms are done
Yeah…i also need to improve here…I used my phone on this one with a long selfie stick…didnt linked that much. I enjoyed watching the 3d camera video sent earlier through.
This would have worked with a go pro type camera because of the wide angle lens. Also one needs to focus on the orientation of the camera. So basically we need a stabilizer or a 360 camera.
