http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/ Engadget Comments for Canon 5D Mark II helmet mount attracts Hollywood's attention http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Jul 20th 2009 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Seriously, this looks completely unhealthy. You better have a neck like Hogan if you parachute with that thing on, and an insurance agent with a wicked sense of humor.]]>Jul 20th 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Jul 20th 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Jul 20th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/

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disappointed...]]>Jul 20th 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Jul 20th 2009 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jBKKV2V8eU]]>Jul 21st 2009 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Jul 20th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Jul 20th 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/
Also good for getting Apu Nahasapetapettilan to stop selling floor hot dogs for the evil Qwik-E-Mart head office.]]>Jul 20th 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Jul 20th 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Jul 20th 2009 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/
And yes, I agree...having extra weight on your head on a hard opening isn't a pleasant experience.
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However, if you don't have to worry about that you can still get a custom L-bracket and a counter weight. A flat-top helmet might have enough space on top for a DSLR+video camera as well.]]>Jul 20th 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/
Hold on, no, actually I don't care. Is this posted so we can all laugh at this guy? What's going on here? The post sounds like it's serious.]]>Jul 20th 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Jul 20th 2009 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/
If anyone knows, please, let me know on my site or e-mail, thanks a lot in advance!]]>Jul 20th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Jul 20th 2009 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/
So, I can't really imagine grading or any kind of 2D-post done on 8bits, well, feature-wise. Of course we could deliver an ad or perhaps, if we'd be pushed, a TV show?! shot on this, but, I'd rather not think about the consequences...

I'd rather go RED, to be honest... I can't wait for Scarlet to come out! :P]]>Jul 20th 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/
Who cares about his thing give me nano bots in my eyes or give me diarrhea. ]]>Jul 20th 2009 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/
Its like a baseball helmet with shit screwed into the side of it]]>Jul 20th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/
feature highlights:
-keep production cost low with a one-man crew!
-now you can have both your hands in the shot at the same time!
-the 5D's excellent image stabilization should iron out the jerky video during...certain scenes.]]>Jul 20th 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Jul 20th 2009 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Jul 21st 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/
The cameras sticking out the sides like that are going to get hit by the risers (the straps that connect the skydivers harness to the suspension lines) when the parachute is deployed.

I can't speak for the entire move, but the freefall/flying scenes from Ironman were created in CG. Dynamic data was gathered in a wind tunnel from actual body flight pilots (i.e. skydivers).

I have a slew of skydives with the 5D Mark II, and it is an amazing camera - please leave camera rigging for skydiving to people who know what they're doing.]]>Jul 21st 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Jul 21st 2009 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/Jul 21st 2009 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/20/canon-5d-mark-ii-helmet-mount-attracts-hollywoods-attention/
As has been posted already at least twice, cameras go on the top of skydiving helmets so that they don't get in the way of the risers or lines, or whatever they are called, attached to the parachute.

Also if you note, that mount is fitted with a Preston focus motor and MDR box.

I've never seen someone use remote focus skydiving.


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