Seeing the Sam Hill front boom view got me thinking, what would it look like if i turned it around so it was facing forward. The problem with directly reversing it would be the helmet blocking most of the center screen. I rigged up an "over the shoulder" rear boom and heres the setup.
The camera fits snugly in the "crush proof" section of 4" pvc, I also filled it with batting to aid in shaking on the camera. It fits in the Camel back along with the battery pack, and you can't really even feel it. The helmet feels weird not riding cause its got so weird polar moments of intertia it didn't have before - it doesnt like to spin much. But thats kinda good when riding cause it acts like a nice steady hand. Theres black iron tube counter weights on the other side of the boom to counter out the camera so it feels pretty neutral on your head, just a little heavier.
I tested it briefly in my jumpless, stuntless, boring grass back yard, and heres some footage, i think it looks pretty cool - not sure if anyones done the same view before. I'm gonna adjust the angles and stuff at Diablo, and clean up the wires hanging out obviously. Yea the AWB feature is kinda sucky, I'm prolly picking up a newer 420 tvl with lower lux model off of ebay if this setup works good. Theres no sound - didnt think it was worth it.
The camera fits snugly in the "crush proof" section of 4" pvc, I also filled it with batting to aid in shaking on the camera. It fits in the Camel back along with the battery pack, and you can't really even feel it. The helmet feels weird not riding cause its got so weird polar moments of intertia it didn't have before - it doesnt like to spin much. But thats kinda good when riding cause it acts like a nice steady hand. Theres black iron tube counter weights on the other side of the boom to counter out the camera so it feels pretty neutral on your head, just a little heavier.
I tested it briefly in my jumpless, stuntless, boring grass back yard, and heres some footage, i think it looks pretty cool - not sure if anyones done the same view before. I'm gonna adjust the angles and stuff at Diablo, and clean up the wires hanging out obviously. Yea the AWB feature is kinda sucky, I'm prolly picking up a newer 420 tvl with lower lux model off of ebay if this setup works good. Theres no sound - didnt think it was worth it.