What I did today........

[Mark Thorpe]

I placed a camera on a Great White Shark........

False Bay, south Africa.

Cheers,
Mark.

 

[mikeburton]

Nice...now who is gonna go retrieve it?

 

[Mark Thorpe]

Nice...now who is gonna go retrieve it?

Ahhh, a cunning plan dear sir that entails an on-board computer to control the camera, a release mechanism, a flotation device, a VHF transmitter and VHF receiver.......and of course me bobbing around in a small boat trying to track the bloody thing down.

Cheers,
Mark.

 

[Johnny Friday]

Mark,
I thought you were placing those by hand before. What happened?

I'm sure however that you wanted to place them by hand but must have gotten overruled by your boss?

Best Mark,
Johnny

 

[Martin Weiss]

Does the shark get credit as operator?

 

[Craig Meadows]

Hey! Isn't that the new RED Sharklet?

 

[Mark Thorpe]

Johnny - Politics Schmolitics, you know how it is. Wish I was swimming with the fishies this time round but there ya have it.....

Martin - Signed the model release just like all the others!!

CraigFPG - That raised a giggle here with the engineers and scientists.

Cheers,
Mark.

 

[Jason Ing]

Does the shark get credit as operator?

Yeah, be careful or the Camera Operator Union and PETA will be calling you. Sharks have right too, you know! Especially great whites. They're sort of Prima Donas, I heard.

 

[mikeburton]

Ahhh, a cunning plan dear sir that entails an on-board computer to control the camera, a release mechanism, a flotation device, a VHF transmitter and VHF receiver.......and of course me bobbing around in a small boat trying to track the bloody thing down.

Cheers,
Mark.

While your down there looking for your camera I think I left a pair of sunglasses if you wouldn't mind checking it out

 

[Brent J. Craig]

Wow... Just wow!

 

[Ed Watkins]

I sure hope sharks know how to pull focus, hold a shot, and apply the 2/3rds framing rule.

I mean, other wise the footage will just look terrible. :clown2:

 

[Tom Lowe]

That's nuthin... I swim 26 miles out to Catalina (and 26 back) every other Wednesday, where I personally wrestle Great Whites to the ocean floor and super-glue GPS devices to their heads.... My only gear is a leopard-skin thong and a pink "Action Barbie" snorkel.

 

[Mark Thorpe]

That's nuthin... I swim 26 miles out to Catalina (and 26 back) every other Wednesday, where I personally wrestle Great Whites to the ocean floor and super-glue GPS devices to their heads.... My only gear is a leopard-skin thong and a pink "Action Barbie" snorkel.

Dude, I've seen the photo's!! Fetching :w00t:

Cheers,
Mark.

 

[Jason Murphy]

That's Tom: RedUser's very own Brock Sampson.

Seriously, though, attaching cameras to sharks is very cool. Retrieving them, probably no so much, but regardless, sounds like a good day.

 

[Casey Green]

very cool...

however, I hear sharks prefer frickin' laser beams attached to their heads instead.

 

[Brent J. Craig]

however, I hear sharks prefer frickin' laser beams attached to their heads instead.

Casey wins the thread!

 

[JanneJansson]

Hello, we are going to shoot a fishing show in South Africa in a few months. Maybe we can hire you and your camera for a day?
If you are interested mail me: janne@sfe.se (Swedish TV4)

Cheers

 

[Mark Thorpe]

Hello, we are going to shoot a fishing show in South Africa in a few months. Maybe we can hire you and your camera for a day?
If you are interested mail me: janne@sfe.se (Swedish TV4)

Cheers

Email sent.

 

[Mark Thorpe]

Complete rundown of the procedure, with images, posted to the blog:

http://camdiver.blogspot.com/

Cheers,
Mark.