it was a lot of work, but tons of fun. i could make these videos for a living!

man the video got awesome at one minute forty six seconds. nice pov mini cam shots!

Cheers Tom, a lot was shot specifically for the trailer, we're in a very hilly city, so should make for some hairy footage! The POV shots were on a JVC Everio mounted on a clamp with 2 points of articulation, great for road filming, but would be terrible trying to get anything like the footage in this piece of yours.

thanks!

yea, i unfortunately know and work with this guy...

yes yes yes! you are right, and i asked alex what he wanted and it ended up being a style thing! i should have put my foot down! LOL

when people wear glasses, they force the eyes to look at the persons mouth when they talk! plus you can see me in the reflection!

taking off the sunglasses == more generic

it's lifestyle marketing, baby :)

that is just a metal "L" bracket bolted to the helmet! you can read all about it in this blog entry:
tomguilmette.com/wp/my-blog/archives/2197

Did you drill holes into the helmet to attach the L bracket? or was it threaded already?

I am going to try something similar for my dirtbike with an HV30 and a .22 fisheye lens

any suggestions or help with the screwing the L bracket to the helmet would be appreciated

thanks david.

yea, after about five seconds into each "chasecam" take, all i saw was dust!

i have more crazy stuff... stay tuned.

yea, good luck in austria!

most of it was stable actually! it worked really well. plus the fact it was a 16mm fisheye lens helped out.

So patent pending then :o)

i shot all the ex1 stuff thru a polarizing filter in the red rock micro matte box. really gets that soft diffused look.

Si tratta di un GIANT GLORY DH 2009. E 'una moto molto veloce quando Alex sta cavalcando it!

all the moving (panning and tilting) shots are from the sony ex1 with the letus ultimate. the lock down shots (with a slow digital zoom) were the canon 5dmk2. the shot of alex pushing his bike back up the hill was shot witht he panasonic lumix 720p zs3 point and shoot camera.

i was able to keep up thru some of the terrain, but he pulled away quickly and i yelled "Cut!".

i use nikon because that is all i own (but now i just spent $6,000 on new canon "L" glass soon to test out...)

i use a cheap nikon to canon eos adapter ring i bought off ebay for $14. no brand, made in china.

i am certain that the new expensive canon "L" lenses will make a big difference. the nikons i own are very old and beat up.

thanks for watching.

thanks rob. i love using the scaling feature in the fcp motion tab to add slight pushes and pulls to static shots. much more engaging and it really does not effect the image quality that much if you just do it slightly.