GH2 Check it out- Wirless Monitor

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aonavy

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So i have a wedding I'm filming this Saturday and really wanted to try out my DIY crane. I noticed it pretty hard to frame with just the back LCD on the GH2 or GF2. So I came up with an idea of using the GoPro hero 3 (Black) and the GoPro app as a "wireless monitor". The app is laggy but if you a great idea what your shooting. Just using an adapter from the hotshoe to gopro and your good. Then ill be mounting an old android phone close to where I'm standing.

I think my plan for this wedding is to have 14-45mm zoomed tight and the go pro to shoot wide to get two different perspectives.

What you think?

I'm going to figure out a way to lower the quality to the phone to enable more steady streaming. has anyone seen anything for this app yet?

Thanks for looking

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Interesting. I am wondering if there is a less laggy solution than the GoPro in this price range?

How laggy is the WiFi on a Canon PowerShot ELPH 320 HS ? ( it's only $200, has WiFi support, and wide-angle equivalent to 24mm on a Full-Frame 35mm )
 
TheDingo said:
Interesting. I am wondering if there is a less laggy solution than the GoPro in this price range?

How laggy is the WiFi on a Canon PowerShot ELPH 320 HS ? ( it's only $200, has WiFi support, and wide-angle equivalent to 24mm on a Full-Frame 35mm )
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well the hero 3 black has some great specs considering the size. ive been looking online for some "hack" on getting streaming to be more fluent
 
aonavy said:
well the hero 3 black has some great specs considering the size
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Yes, but every review I've read on the Hero 3 Black complains about how laggy the WiFi connection is.

The Canon compact I listed is half the price, shoots 24p, and I wonder if the WiFi is better than the GoPro ?
 
the nyrius aries pro ( almost same as Paralinx arrow) cost less than 250$ and send HD with no lag.
It seems better to take the real output from HDMI (don't know if it is possible from this camera) for a price that is way lower than a gopro
you wont't be able to send to a smartphone, but the receiver is very small.
 
I figured I would use the gopro because i already own one. I use the gopro for a ton of things beside weddings. I figure this would be a cost savings. The Gh2 does hdmi out but i figure i would give this a try.
 
aonavy said:
I figured I would use the gopro because i already own one
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I was keen on the GoPro until this WiFi laggy thing kept showing up in almost every review. I hope it can be fixed with a firmware update, as the GoPro is killer for the price. ( I would probably use it as a BTS / crash-cam most of the time )
 
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