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Browsing Archive: August, 2014

New School of Music promo now online

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Monday, August 11, 2014,


This clip forms part of the NWU School of Music's interactive development and is now available online. Check out their YouTube channel for more videos. They also blog regularly.

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Microsoft unveils Hyperlapse for your action camera footage

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Monday, August 11, 2014,


One of the first things I did after I got my first GoPro was to fit it to my motorcycle helmet and ride to the next town and back. When I dropped the footage into my editing application and tried to cut a 2 minute time lapse version, I discovered what the video world already knew - shaky footage shot with an action camera on a body mount does not make good time lapse footage.

It seems that the folks at Microsoft Research has now sorted this out for us with Hyperlapse. If you follow the process...

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Behold my awesomeness

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, August 9, 2014,


Yes, it is indeed a GoPro-compatible bird feeder, built by yours truly. Because you can never have enough footage of garden birds in glorious 1080p. 
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Get a handle on it (a cheese handle)

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Wednesday, August 6, 2014,


My camera upgrade project is finally complete. The last phase was to replace the stock handle/mic holder on my FS100 with something much better and more sturdy. The handle that comes with the NEX-FS100 is probably the worst and most poorly designed component of the whole camera system, and really a piece of string tied to the lens would be an upgrade. Instead I went for Wooden Camera's 70mm NATO Cheese Handle kit.



It is beautifully machined from solid aluminium and features a quick-release/ad...

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