Snowboarding & HVX

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Resurrecting this thread because I'd like to shoot some snowboarding with my now-getting-sorta-older HVX200.

* Thoughts on using the DV MultiRig Pro as a sort of camera holder (configuring it to hold the camera below me and hold the top as a handle)?
* Thoughts on renting a 0.6 wide angle adaptor lens for the HVX vs. a Super Fish Eye?
* Thoughts on what to put around the camera? I have a Pelican Rain Cover should this do the trick?
* Thoughts on shooting at 720/60p, and then editing on a 30p timeline so that i have the option of making everything a 60p slow motion shot if I so desire?


And here's a big one...

* Thoughts on how to view what I am shooting (when the camera is not by my eye). Folding out the little LCD screen sounds risky if I go crashing - I can just picture it snapping right off

Im not sure why you would want to edit in a 30p timeline while shooting 60p? If you shoot 60p (which I HIGHLY recommend), then use a 60p timeline.

As for protecting the camera, you dont need anything unless its snowing. I went the poor mans route for 3 years and used seran wrap. It worked really well, it was just a pain in the ass, so I got a cheap Porta Brace rain cover. Havent used it yet, but its not quite the pain in the ass, thats for sure.

Go Pros are cool and all, but if your doing follow cams, buy a wide angle (really not a huge fan of fisheyes, but thats just personal opinion).
You cant compare a Go Pro to an HVX.

As for seeing what your shooting, I usually just open the LCD before I drop and make sure its recording and everything is exposed, ect, and then i close it. Just takes a little practice.

Remember to always check your exposure and get it set right. Snow is not easy to get a good exposure with and lighting is constantly changing.

Also, you will be shocked on what your camera can handle. Im not saying abuse it or not baby it, but the HVX can take a beating. Mines been fallen with off an 80 footer, then landed on the next day, and then dropped out of the car after that. Its also been dropped off a snowmobile onto ice, partially buried in a slide, fallen with in my backpack, rolled over by a snowmobile, and been used in temperatures as low as -60. I really try not to abuse it, but thats just some things a camera will go through in 3 years of making ski movies. Camera still looks good and works (knock on wood).

Be careful with condensation though, especially up at Hood where the snow is pretty wet when it snows. Thats always my biggest concern.

Hope that helped some