threee deee!

i've been experimenting with my gopro cams alot in the past 2 years, so i was pretty stoked, when gopro finally released their 3d housing a couple of weeks ago. the setup is quite simple (gopro style): you just pop two seperate gopro HDs into the housing, connect them with a small cable and you are good to go.

helmet mount followcam

the two cams need the latest firmware update of course and its recommended to use similar SD cards. the settings of the left cam override the settings of the right cam (both cams need to be set to the same program however), so you always get a useable pair of stills or mp4 videos.

i couldn't shoot very much with this new toy when i was on the road for pleasure mag this spring, so i was pretty excited when we went down to karpathos this week for a short vacation. i have been shooting windsurfing with the gopro already last season, but never tried the photo burst function (which takes a 5MP photo every X seconds).
also, i was quite curious, how the 3d effect would look like in stills and movies.

mast mount

the wind was quite low this week, which is unusual for karpathos at that time of the year, so i couldn't shoot in real high wind, but at least i could try two of the basic mounts: mast top and helmet cam. worked pretty good. i feared, that the cam setup might be a bit too heavy especially for the helmet mount, but it was quite okay. the weight even helps keeping the cam more steady.
mounted on the mast, things get a bit shaky up there, but i guess, it will be good for some additional footage.

came across this full grown walrus... ;)

some friend of mine had his 3d laptop with active shutter glasses with him, so we could have a look in 'real' 3d. for now, i decided to use red/cyan anaglyph mode however, because this type of 3d glasses are still more common than the new active or passiv shutter versions.





made a small demo movie to showcase the possibilities... more to come this summer! ;)