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Originally Posted by garveyj
That probably won't work very well - boats are especially tough to get smooth footage on. I would look at software to smooth it out. Adobe Premiere has an add on that smooths the video out - it works really well but it takes a long time to render it.
You can look at an image stablizing lens, but I am guessing that since you already have a DSLR that you probably already have one of those.
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Yeah, I absolutely have Adobe Premiere. I've used the image stabilization on it before and found that it improved the video a lot. (I actually put a video link at the bottom of this post where I used this feature) I also found that when you slow down the footage, that helps too (which is obviously also done to improve watchability).
I do have a VR lens (Nikkor), but I'm not sure if I am activating the image stabilization at record time. Need to look into that.
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Originally Posted by brinks
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Yeah, since I'm not a professional and have no desire to get THAT good, I think I'll be sticking with the less expensive options. The glidecam or similar products seem to be the obvious next step in this venture, so I'll probably end up going that route eventually.
Definitely not spending the coin on the 3-axis gimbal.
I think for the most part here, I'm going to rely on basic inexpensive tools and rely on recording in smooth conditions from a stable spot in the boat. Then post-process it and do the best I can to get it stable.
The following video was just holding the camera in my hand (and recorded at 1080p/30fps, next time I'll use 720p/60fps).
Plans for next edit are to use the handle I bought, and get a chase boat out to mix up the angles a bit. Also as stated will shoot at 720p/60fps (camera only supports 30fps @ 1080p) to smoothen out the motion. Will also try and improve on the focus situation.