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Disruptive technology for filming: Eric Austin's amazing Heli Video

By Rain Noe - June 28, 2010

It's a miracle that ESPN somehow talked technology-averse FIFA into letting them rig up the Skycam, the zooming overhead camera, over the matches. As we wrote in an earlier post, Skycam requires quite a bit of set-up involving cables and CNC spools. Then we come across this: RC pilot and videographer Eric Austin has rigged up Heli Video, a remote-control helicopter with a gimbal holding a Canon 5D or 7D which can downlink live video to a shooter on the ground. The results are absolutely stunning: (If you work in an office be sure to turn the audio down on your computer, these videos have an extremely loud soundtrack.)

Aerial video with a Canon 5D , 7D helivideo.com from Eric AUSTIN on Vimeo.

PB's Backyard from Trent Palmer on Vimeo.

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Marvin Smith

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FYI: The FAA grounded all commercial RC flights in 2006.
Final rules out soon but onerious certification will be required.

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/digital-video-industry-news/145993-rc-aerials-illegal-says-faa.html

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Niklas

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This young guy put together a LX3 on a RC-helicopter and shot this and other movies in hd.

http://vimeo.com/8677818

i liked the bike videos, but this is amazing i think. And quite cheap to arrange I would guess.
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Ryan

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This has been going on for some time now. There are a number of websites devoted to filming with helicopters and their variants. The difficulty with filming with a helicopter is that they require a large learning curve - specifically the single rotors. In addition, flying with a camera and trying to get a good shot is very difficult with only one person operating the whole system. This is unlikely to replace modern filming techniques because it lacks the qualities available with the current system.
However, helicopter (or quadcopter) mounted cameras have shown a lot of possibility in new areas such as accident investigation, real estate, and security.
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I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.