RED ONE Skydiving

[Brook Willard]

A few years since I first started asking, the day is finally here.

Stay tuned...

Edit: Footage!

 

[Paul Hazlett]

you gotta have a strong neck for that I bet....

 

[Brandon Fraley]

Jesus, Brook, don't break your neck with that thing.

that said i cant wait to see it

 

[Charles Nicholson]

Beautiful!!!

 

[Andrew Walker]

What lens is that?

 

[guy fancher]

seriously. your neck is going to snap like a twig when you pull your shoot

 

[Brook Willard]

Stay tuned, you guys are gonna love this stuff.

 

[Joel Kaye]

Stay tuned, you guys are gonna love this stuff.

Finner told me he thought you were light in the loafers but I didn't believe him.

Congrats - 4k RED skydiving. Wow. Safe to say you've cornered yourself a niche there. Can't wait to see it.

 

[Brook Willard]

To prevent any confusion, I'm not the camera flyer today. More details coming.

 

[Joel Kaye]

To prevent any confusion, I'm not the camera flyer today. More details coming.

Ah. Nonetheless, this is pretty fascinating. I just can't imagine 15lbs strapped to someone's head if they have a hard landing.

 

[Chris Burket]

Very Cool stuff, but you weren't the first.....

It is a great camera for skydiving though isn't it? How did OB like it?

 

[Justin O'Neill]

SAAWEET!! I can't wait to see footage from this. Are they gonna let you jump with it??

 

[Jon Schellenger]

Dude that is insane!!!!!!!!! Honestly... I am very curious as to how you will protect your neck. That is a serious impact.

 

[Emiliano Ranzani]

WOW! And who is taking the jump with that? A rhino? 4K Skydiving surely ought to be one hell of an eyecandy!

 

[Chris Burket]

Greg Gasson (camera flyer pictured) wears a nascar neck collar to prevent neck injury. However, its mostly a precaution. When wearing heavy camera gear while skydiving, you have to actually fly your body and the camera as your parachute opens so that the G forces involved are taken straight down your spine, which is aligned straight up and down, instead of just letting your neck whip back and fourth. Greg usually jumps an Arri 235 or an SLCine camera for jobs so he's used to heavier cameras. Jumping that much weight on your head is not something you just jump into though. There are a hand full of very talented world champion skydivers who do it for films and television. Guys such as Greg, Craig OB, Joe Jennings, Norm Kent, and a few others. But skydiving with film cameras etc. isn't a really popular thing because its not something that comes up that often.

If anyone here local to LA wants to go jump, I'd encourage you to do it, its something you'll never forget. The closest DZ for LA people is Perris Valley Skydiving or Skydive Elsinore.

We shot our stuff at 50 fps, and I shot some landings at 100 fps and it looks unreal. Jaw dropping.... I can't wait to shoot some more stuff with it.

 

[Emiliano Ranzani]

We shot our stuff at 50 fps, and I shot some landings at 100 fps and it looks unreal. Jaw dropping.... I can't wait to shoot some more stuff with it.

I'm sure it looks good....SO SHARE IT, PLZ!! I'm too coward to take the jump and too poor to get a Red One!

 

[Brook Willard]

Very Cool stuff, but you weren't the first.....

It is a great camera for skydiving though isn't it? How did OB like it?

Well that's really lame. I thought you were gonna call me!

 

[Brook Willard]

 

[Mark B.]

Wouldn't it be more stable to put the camera onto a shoulder mount?

 

[Brook Willard]

Here's a quick h.264 teaser of things to come. Sorry about the gamma/saturation shift, the "real" cut I post will be prores.