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ascent_studios
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Now I just want to clear this up, I am not a noob at filming. I have been coin it for year and like to consider myself fairly good. That being said, my friend and I are filming this year and we're both skiing as well. We're deciding between a DSLR with a rig (follow focus, rails, matte box, Rode Mic) or a GoPro (Gimbal, Rode Mic)

Pros:

DSLR:
Better Quality audio and film
Great in color correction

GoPro:
Faster laps
1080p 60 digital zoom to 720p 24
Gimbal for smooth shots

Cons:

DSLR:
Slow us down because we will have to setup shots a lot more
No follow cam because we have no gimbal and my friend doesn't know how to use a steadicam

GoPro:
Lower Quality

I'm predicting that we are only going to be able to go up a few times sadly and we need to maximize our time on the mountain so we're leaning more towards the GoPro and gimbal on this one cause we will be able to do fast laps and get more runs in.

DSLR rig minus the monopod


GoPro rig is the same as SLVSH's basically minus the second gopro
Dec 7 2015 5:56PM
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ascent_studios
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I forgot to add this part whoops: What do you guys think I should do?
Dec 7 2015 6:24PM
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eheath
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Dslr and glide cam, teach your friend how to use it, not that hard IMO. A cheaper dslr say a gh3 (with 1080p60) with a fisheye or tokina 11-16 will be 100 times better than a gopro with a gimbal, especially if you are 'not a noob'. You don't need a full rig like you have pictured to film skiing, a glidecam 2000 HD + gh3 + wide lens + mic you're set and it will be much better than any gopro shot really.

That being said, id like to address your punch in theory with 1080p60 and 720p24. I'd say probably the majority of people are using a computer with a 1080p or higher resolution screen, punching in 1080p to 720p is a very minute differences (150%) and it doesn't look as good as you think it would. I would take this off your list of pros for a gopro.

All things considered, maybe a gopro would be easier, but if you care about the actual film making side of things, id teach your friend how to do use a glidecam, its not like using the gopro gimbal is plug-n-play either, its pretty tricky as well.
Dec 7 2015 6:30PM
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cb27.
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eheathDslr and glide cam, teach your friend how to use it, not that hard IMO. A cheaper dslr say a gh3 (with 1080p60) with a fisheye or tokina 11-16 will be 100 times better than a gopro with a gimbal, especially if you are 'not a noob'. You don't need a full rig like you have pictured to film skiing, a glidecam 2000 HD + gh3 + wide lens + mic you're set and it will be much better than any gopro shot really.

That being said, id like to address your punch in theory with 1080p60 and 720p24. I'd say probably the majority of people are using a computer with a 1080p or higher resolution screen, punching in 1080p to 720p is a very minute differences (150%) and it doesn't look as good as you think it would. I would take this off your list of pros for a gopro.

All things considered, maybe a gopro would be easier, but if you care about the actual film making side of things, id teach your friend how to do use a glidecam, its not like using the gopro gimbal is plug-n-play either, its pretty tricky as well.


Have you seen this?
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/799216/One-Year-with-my-Drone---4K-GoPro-Video

Gopro has come a long way, and can look sick with some editing. There are tons of other examples from people with feiyutechs.
Dec 7 2015 7:49PM
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HarkStudios
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eheathDslr and glide cam, teach your friend how to use it, not that hard IMO. A cheaper dslr say a gh3 (with 1080p60) with a fisheye or tokina 11-16 will be 100 times better than a gopro with a gimbal, especially if you are 'not a noob'. You don't need a full rig like you have pictured to film skiing, a glidecam 2000 HD + gh3 + wide lens + mic you're set and it will be much better than any gopro shot really.

That being said, id like to address your punch in theory with 1080p60 and 720p24. I'd say probably the majority of people are using a computer with a 1080p or higher resolution screen, punching in 1080p to 720p is a very minute differences (150%) and it doesn't look as good as you think it would. I would take this off your list of pros for a gopro.

All things considered, maybe a gopro would be easier, but if you care about the actual film making side of things, id teach your friend how to do use a glidecam, its not like using the gopro gimbal is plug-n-play either, its pretty tricky as well.


I would generally have to agree, and i know the Feiyu is not plug and play, none of the electronic gimbals are. They take some real learning..

That being said, look at this, Filmed on a gopro 4 black and a feiyu 3. Pretty great color correction and everything. For speed and ease, i personally would suggest the go pro route.
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/749032/Woodward-Copper---Unveiled-S1E1
Dec 7 2015 8:20PM
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ascent_studios
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EDolloStoneI would generally have to agree, and i know the Feiyu is not plug and play, none of the electronic gimbals are. They take some real learning..

That being said, look at this, Filmed on a gopro 4 black and a feiyu 3. Pretty great color correction and everything. For speed and ease, i personally would suggest the go pro route.
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/749032/Woodward-Copper---Unveiled-S1E1


thats what I'm thinking also. We need speed and I would love to not worry about my friend not having enough practice and getting wobbly footage while he's filming me. I think that color correction is where people screw up and it's what makes gopro edits look bad. Story also. I'm gonna remove the fisheye as well though.
Dec 7 2015 8:45PM
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Huck-e-Cheese
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I shoot with a 60d and a glidecam hd-2000, and although i am a big advocate for the dslr, you can get wonderful footage with the gopro, if you want to dedicate your whole day to filming, go dslr and you can do much more, if not, go wide angle and gimbal on a gopro and throw it in your pocket when you dont feel like filming
Dec 7 2015 9:06PM
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ascent_studios
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Huck-e-CheeseI shoot with a 60d and a glidecam hd-2000, and although i am a big advocate for the dslr, you can get wonderful footage with the gopro, if you want to dedicate your whole day to filming, go dslr and you can do much more, if not, go wide angle and gimbal on a gopro and throw it in your pocket when you dont feel like filming


our thoughts exactly
Dec 7 2015 9:12PM
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StokeFactor
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You can do some pretty decent follow cam shots with a cheap dslr rig especially with a wide-angle lens, you don't absolutely need a steadycam.

If you have both a Gopro and a dslr I'd say just switch between the two depending on what you wanna do that day. If you feel like performing and getting lots of shots go with the gopro, and if you feel like you wanna work your filming and switch between different focal length go with the DSLR.

If you have access to both, use them both for what they're good at haha.
Dec 8 2015 1:11PM
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Andrew_M
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Tossing the go pro around between friends and doing whatever is a lot more relaxed than breaking out your glide cam setup to stack shots, so if money is no issue and your not taking things too seriously, I would say get the go pro and go have some fun. If you decide you want to get more serious then think about getting a full set up, because if you buy a DSLR the odds are you won't want to shoot with a go pro after you've used it.
Dec 8 2015 1:32PM
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ascent_studios
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Andrew_MTossing the go pro around between friends and doing whatever is a lot more relaxed than breaking out your glide cam setup to stack shots, so if money is no issue and your not taking things too seriously, I would say get the go pro and go have some fun. If you decide you want to get more serious then think about getting a full set up, because if you buy a DSLR the odds are you won't want to shoot with a go pro after you've used it.


I own both and I think we are just gonna go with the gopro on this one
Dec 8 2015 5:22PM
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