A Marshall Evening *redux on Vimeo

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39. Astro Time Lapse Test GH1

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38. Assassination, designbydave

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37. HD GoPro Hero 1080p Sound Test

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36. Hang Gliding With The GoPro HD Hero

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35. More HD GoPro Madness!

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34. First HD GoPro test clip

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33. Venice Beach Tilted

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32. Tarantula

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31. A Marshall Evening *redux

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30. Jeff O'Brien Buzzes

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29. Slow Motion Launches & Landings

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28. Sunglasses

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27. GH1 @ The Shop & Landing Zone

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26. Hang Gliding in Yosemite

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25. Livin' It Utah

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24. Cruis'n: Point Of The Mountain Utah 7/01/09

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23. Eric Delf LZ Buzz & Landing 6/22/09

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22. Summer Or Not?

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21. Pacific Crest Sneak Preview 09

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20. What I Like About You

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19. Flowers & Shit: Another Typical Test Video

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18. A Cold June Weekend

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17. Hang Gliders at John Wayne Airport

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16. Fishy - Canon HF-S100 + 0.3x Fisheye - Graded

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15. Hang Gliding With The Acer Aspire One

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14. e85 Contest Video: Thermals

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13. Fishy - Canon HF-S100 + 0.3x Fisheye

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*Slight recut with a bit of color grading with Magic Bullet Looks

Just a quick fly one evening from Marshall Peak to test out my GH1 with Olympus 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens. I am really pleased with this lens. The Field of view is amazingly large and its super sharp. There isn't even any chromatic aberration that I can see. Its also not all that expensive (for a nice camera lens) $669 at BHphoto. Although you will need a 4/3rds to micro 4/3rds adapter and the auto focus does not work.

This is also an excellent example of "convergence" as I could switch between HD video and stills.

flickr.com/photos/designbydave51/sets/72157622289353523/

Filmed at 720 60p
Stills shot in hq jpg mode 4000 x 3000
Edited on Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
No color grading

Music is "God Gave Me Style" by 50 Cent

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Darryl Ahye 2 months ago

Yeah that lens is nice. Interesting footage, how long can you stay in the air off one jump?
David Aldrich 2 months ago

On a typical day, as long as you want. Up to 6 hours is not unheard of. I usually fly 1-2 hours.
Darryl Ahye 2 months ago

That's awesome! I wanna go hang-gliding now.
David Aldrich 2 months ago

I can't recommend it highly enough! Where are you located? I can tell you the closest best place to get a tandem flight.
Darryl Ahye 2 months ago

Germantown, Maryland =)
David Aldrich 2 months ago

You can get training at Kitty Hawk Kites

or aerosports.net/
Kent Erickson 2 months ago

I live in SoCal and fly at Torrey and surrounding sites. I moved here from N.C. Ask for Bruce at KHK out there. I"m pretty sure there is a towing operation around Baltimore by the way.
Mike 2 months ago

Nice!
David Aldrich 2 months ago

Thanks Mike!
D Gol 2 months ago

beautiful, thanks for sharing
David Aldrich 2 months ago

You are much welcome! Thanks for watching!
Rod Clark 2 months ago

Nice wangs
David Aldrich 2 months ago

Thanks!
Arthur Kulcsar 2 months ago

Really wonderfull! Great lens to, I am looking for a wide angle lens too, I think this will be my choice too. Cheers, A.
David Aldrich 2 months ago

This lens is really excellent but it is a bit on the big and heavy side. Also the auto focus doesn't work and you have to use an expensive 4/3rds to micro 4/3rds adapter. (I got a deal on eBay.) Panasonic have a 7 - 14 f/4 lens coming out that is a native micro 4/3 mount.
Ron Coker 2 months ago

Mighty!
David Aldrich 2 months ago

Alrighty!
Ido Lavi 2 months ago

Great stuff! im really impressed with it all, the picture quality, the lens, the flying. wing overs do look good in slow-mo eh?
keep it up
David Aldrich 2 months ago

Thanks so much Ido!

Someday I may put the camera on with a pilot with some real skills!
Larry L 2 months ago

Great video. Are you using Woody Valley Tenax harness? If so do you like it?
David Aldrich 2 months ago

Thanks Larry L!

Yes I'm wearing the new Tenax 3. It took about 5 or 6 flights to get everything adjusted and working but now I really love it. Tons of storage and it fits well. Very good XC harness.
Tom Guilmette 2 months ago

great stuff. i would try that. looks relaxing.

glad you got that lens.
David Aldrich 2 months ago

Come out to California Tom, I will set you up with a top notch tandem instructor. You would love it!
Larry L 2 months ago

I saw Steve Pearson out here at Lookout and I mentioned your great video of the wills wing display at the airport. All of your videos are great. I really enjoyed point of the mountain.

I am in the market for a new harness. I have been looking at the moyes matrix. The matrix has a long composite back plate that many of the folks here like. The tenax looks like a great harness.
David Aldrich 2 months ago

The Tenax is great, I am very impressed with the build quality. It is not the most streamlined, aerodynamic harness though. It has more frontal area than the other "race" harnesses, although that means more room for all your crap. Better sport, recreation XC harness than a full out comp harness I'd say.
Larry L 2 months ago

Sounds like a great harness.

We are flying Mingus in October and Florida in November.

How is the winter flying at Crestline?
David Aldrich 2 months ago

eh, Santa Ana winds shut us down. We get about 1/3 of days flyable November - February. Of those not too many are soarable.
Jonathan Willoughby 2 months ago

Dude... that SO fucking sick! great use of the fisheye totally. love seeing the other guys flying around you too.
David Aldrich 2 months ago

Thanks Jonathan!
Ken Steadman 2 months ago

I have no idea about hang gliding but that landing seemed so bad ass
David Aldrich 2 months ago

Thanks Ken. Yes, this would be considered a good landing ; )
Mazen Jannoun 2 months ago

...and who needs auto-focus with a fisheye! great footage. thanks
David Aldrich 2 months ago

Indeed, the depth of field is very large.

Thanks for watching!
Bill Koehler 2 months ago

That looks like one rockin' afternoon.
What did you use to mount the camera to the hang glider?
David Aldrich 2 months ago

Hey Bill

I used a boom and custom machined mount that I built specifically for this purpose.
jehu Garcia 2 months ago

We want pictures of this custom milled mount Dave
David Aldrich 2 months ago

Here designbydave.net/blog/2008/07/dbyds-summer-project-1-camera-boom.html

but I've made a few modifications / upgrades since then.
Bill Koehler 2 months ago

Wow! I looked at your link above as well as the test run video, humping the hang glider up the hill :-( I would have thought a mount that thin and long would do more bouncing around. But the video you get with it looks very stable. Two thumbs up.
David Aldrich 2 months ago

The video on this page was shot with my improved version. The camera was only about 1 ft out in front of me, thanks to the 8mm fisheye lens, it doesn't have to be nearly as long.