Filming on a roller-coaster?
Hello there, my boyfriend and I are going to Valley Fair (a Minnesota theme park) in September. I really want to film our nieces reaction on some of the rides and not to mention the ride itself. What is the best way to go about this?
How should I hold the camera? How do I make sure its safe? Have you ever attempted it before? What kind of camera do you recommend?
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You can put a Go Pro camera on a harness.
The only complaint I have with the Go Pro camera (at least the ones I’ve seen) is that its fish eye. Its a nice effect sometimes but it gets annoying after a while. Aside from that though I think its a really versatile camera that is great for filming “adventures”. Not knowing another camera like it off hand I would recommend it as well as long as you can deal with fish eye.
We just got one. Haven’t used it a lot. I think you can take it off th fish eye mode. At least that’s what hubby said when he told me he was buying it.
Im honestly not sure, I’ve just met two people with that camera and both said you couldnt. But for all I know, they dont know what they’re talking about.
afaik the go-pro is always fish eye unless you “hack” it by adding a lens or using some sort of after effects on the video.
That said, I’m sure there are cameras out there with interchangeable lenses. There are alternatives to the go-pro.
As far as holding the camera on the coaster goes: I’ve seen everything from duct-taped around the hand to mounted on the front of the coaster. If you were to get a helmet with it mounted then you could capture multiple angles (though it might be a bit shakier.. what with all the g-forces)
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