CMOS CHIP-BIKE CAM

[LouBruno]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9secFIdn9f0


Special bike mount with a CMOS chip camera......you be the judge of CMOS vs. CCD.

[CKNewman]

Got Dramamine?

[CasablancaExpert]

Oh, come on Lou... that can't be direct from a camera -- you must've put that through the 'wobble like jello' filter on Effects Pack 9 !

[flvideo]

Now thats a canidate for deshaker software. That'll take a lot of deshaking!!! Bob..

[Jeanton]

The road looked pretty smooth to me so that is realy bad if they keep on making those cameras with the CMOS chips in it. I have two smaller cameras with them in there so I should try to shoot something wobbly. I feel sea sick just looking at it.

[JBrooks]

As many of you know, I own a professional half-inch CMOS based camera (Sony PMW-EX1) and I love it. Yes, it can look bad with very high motion and certain camera movements, but the trade-off is great low light , no vertical banding when light sources are in your shot. 90% of the time, and with the type of subjects that I shoot, I turn the shutter off. This helps a little with the rolling shutter issue even though the rolling shutter is part of the CMOS make-up as well. I aggree that the technology needs to improve. All of the videos that I have posted on this forum were shot with CMOS. CCD imagers are being phased out and manufactures are going the CMOS route. Until the technology improves, the Twixter and deshaker programs will greatly help. I would like to see that same footage after it was corrected in post. That's my 2 cents worth.

Joel Brooks
MIT Video

[LouBruno]

Important points. This camera is a single chip CMOS and not the professional quality of my SONY CMOS chips or the EX-1/3. However, I understand why certain videographers prefer the CANON XH series, JVC new series and the PANASONIC series (certain ones) that have CCD chips. I don't think DESHAKER will get the JELL-O look corrected..

As many of you know, I own a professional half-inch CMOS based camera (Sony PMW-EX1) and I love it. Yes, it can look bad with very high motion and certain camera movements, but the trade-off is great low light , no vertical banding when light sources are in your shot. 90% of the time, and with the type of subjects that I shoot, I turn the shutter off. This helps a little with the rolling shutter issue even though the rolling shutter is part of the CMOS make-up as well. I aggree that the technology needs to improve. All of the videos that I have posted on this forum were shot with CMOS. CCD imagers are being phased out and manufactures are going the CMOS route. Until the technology improves, the Twixter and deshaker programs will greatly help. I would like to see that same footage after it was corrected in post. That's my 2 cents worth.

Joel Brooks
MIT Video

[TimKennelly]

Yep, for any videog that likes to do whipsaws, firehosing, extemely unstable footage, disco shooting (well, for disco shooting it might be a desired "effect"), etc I would not recommend a CMOS based cam.

For amateurs, hobbyists and professionals who know and learn how to use both the strengths and the weaknesses of a cam the CMOS based cams, even the single chipped ones can produce imminently acceptable results.

PS - Deshaker would have no positive affect on the wobbly "effect" inherent in such unstable CMOS footage as a cam mounted to a bike frame without any sort of external stabilizer.