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Soloshot for skiing, thoghts?

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Afterbang.no
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May 9 2013 2:55PM
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sveinung
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wow
May 9 2013 6:57PM
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Flame
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I would like to see how it works. Hard to find patient people to film. They aren't always as committed to getting the trick perfect like you are. Would look better than a stationary tripod shot anyway
May 10 2013 9:07PM
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Mag
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Thought about backing it on kickstarter a while back, decided I'd be better off with other equipment.
May 11 2013 3:42AM
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Laurent.
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And whilst you are enjoying your sport I will be running off with your camera tripod and orange box.
May 11 2013 6:16AM
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Jpurd
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It looks like you put a transmitter on your body and then the tripod head picks up a radio signal and follows you.... pretty dang cool idea
May 11 2013 7:18AM
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Mag
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Just padlock it? Possibly an alarm if motion is sensed, or even better an electric shock. But really you could just padlock it.

What annoys me about this idea is I actually thought of it before it came out, didn't think it'd be so simple though.
May 11 2013 10:14AM
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Laurent.
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Padlock:

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Also what are you going to padlock?

The tripod? I can still screw off your camera and an electric shock doesn't seem that wise when talking about sensitive equipment.

Alarm could be annoying but I'll be long gone when you have crawled out of the ocean.
May 11 2013 10:21AM
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Mag
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Padlock to camera(strap mounts possibly), to tripod to something attached to the ground.
Obviously it's beatable but you'd hope nobody would have bolt cutters.

Possibly an electric fence then?(must be enough to electrocute)

The main difficulty is protecting somebody from stealing the lens.

Of course nobody would ever do this haha, but where I live people rarely steal shit, never had anything stolen
May 11 2013 10:26AM
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Balbertt
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Now what if you attached this to a steady cam and follow cam'ed with it. Then you can see where your going and keep up while your getting the shot.
May 11 2013 11:44AM
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Mag
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Pan speed is way too slow for something like that, can't remember the exact speed but its like 30/40 degrees a second
May 11 2013 11:53AM
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Balbertt
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Yeah that would not work.
May 11 2013 12:16PM
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mvf
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No it uses GPS:

http://www.bayerpattern.com/soloshot-automatic-panning-head/
May 11 2013 8:06PM
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123+ski
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cool idea, saw it on kickstarter, but for that price, there are other things I would get first if I even had that much to spend haha
May 12 2013 4:49PM
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Forcillo
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Soloshot: The solution for how to make a video of yourself without having any friends!
May 12 2013 10:22PM
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Static
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i'm thinking ski resorts could monetize this pretty easily, mount some to lift towers and rent out the arm bands. It woud be sick to be able to watch your last run on your phone as you ride up the lifts.
May 13 2013 5:42AM
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Afterbang.no
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Naa that's helmet countour and teletubbies!
May 13 2013 6:53PM
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