RED EPIC strapped to helmet and thrown from plane...

[Mark Toia]

Hey,
I found this very amusing and interesting at the same time.
I'm sure a GO PRO would have been the go.. But for 5k - 17 megpixel RAW 120fps lovin... How else are you going to do this.
Sharing is caring....

 

[Kwan Khan]

Nice

 

[Mike Garrick]

Wow .....Why does he have the Redmote on the back ? Hope its screwed in tight .......

 

[Andrew Truong]

would love to see the footage from this

 

[Pawel Achtel]

would love to see the footage from this

...would love to know the spinal surgery and quadriplegic rehab bill from this

 

[SUNILPREM]

Interesting ...................

 

[Bobby Farokhzad]

5K heaven... literally

 

[Roger Johansen]

The trip looks like FUN but I'm not sure about the landing - lets hope this isn't how they got the BT Scarlets!!!

 

[Mark Toia]

Wow .....Why does he have the Redmote on the back ? Hope its screwed in tight .......

I thought the same..

 

[Tim Bradley]

They could have taken the side handle off too. Any less weight surely would have been better on his neck. Or maybe they should have rigged a follow focus and Matt box on it too.

 

[Mark Toia]

I think they need the side handle for the RED VOLT...
At the end of the day... It's still lighter than a Arri 235... with only small loads.
What else is going to give you 5k, 120 fps... RAW.. and be that small. ?

Nothing.?

 

[Jeetu Chawla]

They could have taken the side handle off too. Any less weight surely would have been better on his neck. Or maybe they should have rigged a follow focus and Matt box on it too.

Hehe... So how else would you power the camera then

 

[Dominik Muench]

I want that headgear plate.... this would make the next paintball game soooooo much more fun ^^

Epic beats the GoPro as action cam ^^

 

[Paramon Ivanovich]

Hehe... So how else would you power the camera then

with this, probably didn't have time to prepare the shot, and looking at the helmet mount that was a spontaneous idea, but i would definitely strip the camera before putting it on my head.

 

[Brad Webb]

I'm no scientist, but aren't you weightless in a free fall? Therefore the weight of the camera is a non factor... Until landing. Once the chute opens he could undo the helmet and tuck it under an arm before landing.

 

[Ketch Rossi]

He he, we used it on Joe Jennings head for our Dubai Skydiving shoot last year... He actually used to fly the R1!!

Wish we could show you guys what we captured during that insane competition with al of our cameras.

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

I'm no scientist, but aren't you weightless in a free fall? Therefore the weight of the camera is a non factor... Until landing. Once the chute opens he could undo the helmet and tuck it under an arm before landing.

Weight during free fall is not an issue. The mass on top of the head and its inertia are.
Once the parachute opens what's on that helmet will reduce speed from roughly 120 mph to 20 very quickly.
Which means head + camera mass x 3-4 G yank for the neck spine and nerves.

There's also the shape issue, and wind drag affecting free fall balance.

 

[Will Keir]

I'd like to see those shots.

 

[Peter Degerfeldt]

Epic= less pain in the neck

Epic= less pain in the neck

You guys don't realize how spoiled we are with the release of the Epic camera, both in quality, safety and neck pain.
Looking back at all the crap we been skydiving/BASE jumping with, my neck wold be in a better condition if RED released the Epic years ago

blue skies

 

[Petr Dvorak]

He forgot the Meizler module!